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Articles 321 through 420 of 500:
- Indian Tv And The Pull Of Scandal (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Anyone who remembers the recently fabricated television 'sting' on Delhi school teacher Uma Khurana and the waves of scandal that subsequently lapped around her, has to find a deep and abiding resonance in Britain's newest, most savage . . . .
- Myanmar: Un Envoy Heads Back To Asia, To Rope In Neighbours (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
The ruling junta on Sunday lashed out at global efforts to bring democracy to the tightly controlled nation, timing its message for the day a UN envoy headed to Asia to rally Myanmar’s neighbours for help with the country’s crisis.
- Land-Grabbing Bonanza (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 15, 2007)
Land-Grabbing around the metropolitan suburbs in developing countries is commonplace. This happens principally in two ways.
- Reconciliation Without Truth (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 15, 2007)
One of the successes of political liberalism is that it can coerce consumers to buy a shiny apple with a worm in its centre and convince them that it is still a delicious treat.
- The Myanmar Crisis And The U.N. Way (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Oct 15, 2007)
With China and Russia continuing to rein the U.S. in, the Security Council has now moved away from its January posture of no collective action and towards a politically non-prescriptive stand on the Myanmar issue.
- Morality Should Trounce Economic Justification (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Oct 15, 2007)
Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, met with the Dalai Lama last week.
- Nuclear Winter (Asian Age, M.J. Akbar, Oct 15, 2007)
The government’s retreat on the Indo-US nuclear deal, after three years of do-or-die bravado, can only be explained by that old adage: He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
- The People Win (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Oct 15, 2007)
The media and the politician. Or to fine-tune this, the media and the politician in power. There used to be a disconnect, but no longer.
- Junta Slams Global Pro-Democracy Efforts (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
The military junta detained six more key pro democracy activists over the weekend, while slamming on Sunday the global support the protestors have received.
- Puja Wishes For A ‘Liberal’ State (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
On this day next week, the terribly liberal city of Calcutta will still be bathed in the magic of Durga Pujo.
- Brutal Weapon Of War (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 15, 2007)
Eastern Congo is going through another one of its convulsions of violence, and this time it seems that women are being systematically attacked on a scale never before seen here.
- 'It's Possible For Us To Have Military History Written Without Carrying Sensitive Material' (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 15, 2007)
Let me tell you the story of two young officers commissioned in the army of two neighbouring countries in 1964. They both should have retired.
- Rizwanur Riddle (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
How involved were West Bengal police officers in the death of the promising young graphics designer, Rizwanur Rahman, whose body was found on the railway tracks in Dum Dum three weeks ago? This is a question that requires a convincing . . . . .. .
- A Different View (New Indian Express, GEETA DOCTOR, Oct 15, 2007)
In the way of back-handed compliments Ashvin Mehta used to be described as the “Indian Ansel Adams” when he produced the images of the Himalayas, the coastline and ocean fronts of the Indian sub-continent and other carefully compiled portfolios.
- Racism Noose Tightens (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
The graduate school where a noose was found on the door of a black professor turned over a security videotape, but police were dismayed that they had to get a subpoena to acquire the evidence.
- South Block's Lowest Hour (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Oct 13, 2007)
Some FAQs on Burma that the foreign policy establishment would duck in the 'national interest'
- Burma Quagmire (Pioneer, Bibhu Prasad Routray, Oct 13, 2007)
When starting a car, the driver never has a view of what lies just an inch ahead of the front wheel. India's 'Look East' policy is something like that -- we don't have a clear policy on Burma, but we have plans all the way up to glitzy Singapore.
- Facilitating Return Of Bhutto (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 13, 2007)
AN assault on people’s intelligence, disservice to the English language and insulting serious political undertakings elsewhere in the world are among the three side effects of governance in a country where the ruling class is riddled with contradictions.
- Shiny On The Outside (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Oct 13, 2007)
Among the many puzzles of China, what strikes a visitor from India is, where are all the people in the world’s most populous country?! In India, you throw a stone in any direction and a group will surface from nowhere.
- No Action Against Cops Now (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
The cover-up in the Rizwanur Rehman case acquired a new twist today when Mr Jyoti Basu announced that the chief minister had on “the advice of the advocate-general” decided not to take any action against senior police officers, including the . . . .
- 11 Tigers Killed: Colombo (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 13, 2007)
The Sri Lanka military on Friday claimed that at least 11 cadres of the LTTE and a soldier were killed in clashes across the northern region. The fighting raged on even as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour . . . .
- Getting Bloodier And Messier (Dawn, S. Mudassir Ali Shah, Oct 13, 2007)
SENSELESS suicide attacks, relentless bombings and ubiquitous insurgency-related violence across Afghanistan — claiming thousands of lives during the last nine months — have made 2007 the most deadly year for a war-weary nation since the ouster of . . . .
- 2 Nationalists Produced In Atc (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
Following a warning given by the Chief Justice of Pakistan that he would summon heads of intelligence agencies if the missing persons are not released, Sindh police on Friday produced two missing nationalists in the anti-terrorism court here on Friday.
- Un Flays Hired Muscles (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
The United Nations urged US authorities on Thursday to hold private security firms accountable for unjustified killings of Iraqi civilians and warned against increasing reliance on the heavily armed guards.
- Rising Violent Crime (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
The brutal policing of yesteryear can hardly produce results in these days of high ingenuity among criminals. The need of the hour is application of the mind.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 12, 2007)
By its insistence that HD Kumaraswamy of the Janata Dal (Secular) abdicate chief ministership of Karnataka in favour of his deputy, BS Yediyurappa of the BJP, on 3 October itself in accordance with the agreement the two parties had entered . . . . .
- Reflections On Burma (Pioneer, Vinayshil Gautam, Oct 12, 2007)
There is something happening in our foreign policy which marks a departure from how it has been conventionally handled. This needs to be understood and assessed.
- Too Young A Breadwinner (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 12, 2007)
More than 2.5 million children aged between six and l2 are in full-time work. This figure, courtesy of the Central Auditing Agency, is rising for many reasons. However, the biggest motive for sending pre-teens out to work is poverty.
- Checking On Cheques (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 12, 2007)
ACCORDING to the current Jordanian law, an individual may be jailed for paying with a “bad” cheque.
- Wars Devastate African Nations, Wipe Out Aid Gains (Hindu, Chris McGreal, Oct 12, 2007)
Conflicts in Africa since the end of the cold war have cost the continent £150-billion, equivalent to all the foreign aid it has received over the same period, according to a report released by Oxfam on Thursday.
- ‘Incredible India’ Right Here At Home (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Oct 12, 2007)
The week-long ‘Incredible India’ campaign in New York aimed at boosting the vibrant image of an emerging, powerful India at 60 and showcasing its diversity. But the real action was at home.
- Rizwanur-Priyanka And Today’S India (Indian Express, NANDITA PATEL, Oct 12, 2007)
Although the law, as is its wont in India, will take its time to deliver justice in the Rizwanur Rahman-Priyanka Todi case, there is little disagreement in ongoing public debate that, prima facie, Rizwanur was discriminated against on religious . . . ..
- Themes Aesthetically Laid Out (Hindu, RUPA GOPAL, Oct 12, 2007)
Kalpakam Srinivasamurti’s displays emphasise the enduring beauty of our culture and heritage.
- Myanmar Lashes Out At Western Powers (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Oct 12, 2007)
At least one anti-junta protester, a pro-democracy activist, has “died in custody” in Myanmar, according to dissident sources in neighbouring Thailand.
- Of Divine Forms (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
The Centre told the Supreme Court on Thursday that by providing 27 per cent quota for backward classes in premier educational institutions it sought to produce highly qualified persons among OBCs, who otherwise would remain educationally . . . .
- Failing The Foreign Policy Test (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Oct 12, 2007)
IF the real test of the short-term success of a nation’s foreign policy lies in its neighbourhood, rather than in distant lands or remote or rarefied international fora, then India’s policy has been something of a failure in recent years . . . .
- 3 Militants Killed (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
Three militants were killed in encounters with the police and security forces in Pulwama district today.
- Truth Will Out (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 11, 2007)
High tech trumps human abilities in many ways - including developing methods for ascertaining the truth.
- Don't Sit And Watch (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 11, 2007)
The recent protests in Myanmar by monks against the excesses of the military junta have brought widespread international attention. India, a former champion of demo-cracy in Myanmar, has been conspicuously silent on the developments there.
- 6 Taliban Freed In Exchange For German (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
A German engineer and four Afghans taken hostage in central Afghanistan in July were freed on Wednesday in exchange for six Taliban fighters, an Afghan official said.
- Washington Dissensus (Frontline, WALDEN BELLO, Oct 11, 2007)
The Washington Consensus has undergone a process of unravelling, and its former adherents have gone off in divergent directions.
- Hounding Teheran (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Oct 11, 2007)
THE last week of September witnessed frenetic diplomatic activity involving Iran and its friends and enemies. Most of the action was centred in New York where Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was attending the annual summit at the United Nations.
- Time To Break The Silence (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2007)
IT is time the silence was broken on the issue of child domestic labour in Pakistan. Attiqa, a 10-year-old, has been tortured viciously by her employer, a well-off contractor in Badami Bagh. Her eyelashes, eyebrows and hair were chopped off. . .
- On How To Set Up Business In Brazil (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 11, 2007)
Brazilian companies, beyond paying dividends to their shareholders, may also pay interest on equity to them. And such interest is a deductible expense.
- Farm Policy Flurries (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 11, 2007)
While the hike in MSP for key crops is a positive, the blanket ban on export of all non-basmati rice varieties needs to be reviewed.
- Ambedkar's Conversion To Buddhism: An Epic Event (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 11, 2007)
Practice of Ambedkar's version of Navayana could be a powerful antidote to reigning consumerism, which is debasing life today.
- U.N. Rights Official Visits Sri Lanka (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 11, 2007)
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour, on a five-day visit for a first hand assessment of the human rights situation, exchanged views with Defence Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday.
- Sri Lanka Bans Private Arms Deals (Hindustan Times, PK Balachandran, Oct 11, 2007)
The Sri Lankan government has gazetted a regulation banning Sri Lankans from entering into any arms deals whether in the country or abroad, Basil Rajapaksa, President Mahinda Rajapaksa's Advisor, told parliament on Tuesday.
- Ulfa Eyes Gem Of An Investment (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
Stocks and mutual funds are for the taxpaying investor. For the extortionist Ulfa, the ideal investment is a piece of jade worth several crore rupees.
- The Mysterious Burmese Junta (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
These are supposed to be humbling times for foreign policy analysts – chaos in Iraq having made it harder to cast the United States as omnipotent, omniscient and self-actualising.
- The Dilemma In Fata (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 10, 2007)
One of the major issues in the war in Fata today is the question of collateral damage.
- Reliance: Stepping On The Gas (Frontline, V. Sridhar, Oct 10, 2007)
The government’s approval of Reliance’s pricing formula for gas from the Krishna-Godavari basin triggers a major controversy.
- The Makings Of A Historic Trial (Hindu, John Laughland, Oct 10, 2007)
Former leaders are never presumed innocent when arraigned, for their prosecutions are driven by their victorious rivals.
- Tortured Logic, Tortured Result (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 10, 2007)
Critics cheered when the Bush administration did an about-face and disavowed torture as a government-sanctioned policy… reports now indicate that while the administration was paying lip service to the idea of abiding by anti-torture statutes . . . . .
- Behind The Hizb Ul-Mujahideen’S Ceasefire (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 10, 2007)
The head of Kashmir’s numerically strongest terror group knows his organisation has its back to the wall.
- India's Guarded Optimism (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Oct 10, 2007)
The Indian government initially made itself conspicuous in the international community by maintaining a discreet silence as monks took to the streets in Myanmar.
- U.S: Myopia As Vision (Frontline, Vijay Prashad, Oct 10, 2007)
Thanks to the Myanmarese protests, Bush returned to his robust message to go after the outposts of tyranny and liberate the world’s peoples.
- Karuna Now Removed From His Own Ltte Faction (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
"Colonel" Karuna, the man who revolted against LTTE supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran three years ago, has been "removed" from his own faction of the Tigers and replaced by Pillaiyan, a rival within the group.
- Desire For Democracy (Hindustan Times, Hari Jaisingh, Oct 10, 2007)
The sage of the Renaissance Age, Erasmus, distinguishes between the "quiet" and "turbulent" periods of history. The turbulent periods may be short but they provide sharp contrasts to historical happenings.
- Maoists' Ultimatum To Govt (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
Two days before a battle on the floor of Parliament, Nepal's Maoist guerrillas on Tuesday warned that the Government would fall if the raging dispute over King Gyanendra and the election was not resolved.
- Iraqis Divided By Constitution’S Treatment Of Women (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
It has been nearly 30 years since she got married, but Iraqi legislator Samira Musawi still bristles at what she considers the ultimate indignity: a law requiring witnesses to certify the rite.
- 3 Militants Killed In Kashmir Encounters (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
In a joint operation, Kashmir police, army and CRPF today eliminated three militants in two different encounters in Kulgam and Kupwara, belonging to Lashker-e-Toiba and Hizbul Mujahideen terror outfits.
- Call To Probe India Union Death (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Sri Lankan trades unionists have urged their government and India to investigate the killing of one of their leading representatives in India.
- Security Adviser For Ibobi After Pm Rap (Telegraph, Nishit Dholabhai, Oct 09, 2007)
A bit of plainspeak by the Prime Minister on the breakdown of law and order in Manipur appears to have paved the way for radical strategy changes, including the entry of a security adviser to do the thinking for the state government.
- People Are Important (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Listening to the testimonies of asylum seekers in Malta's detention centres, one cannot but be concerned about the fate of any migrants forced to turn back.
- High Court Names String Of Vvips In Sexual Abuse Case (Indian Express, RIYAZ WANI, Oct 09, 2007)
Reprimanding the CBI for laxity in investigating the Srinagar sex abuse scandal, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court today revealed the names of a minister, two legislators, top bureaucrats, police officers and a prominent businessman against whom . . . .
- Return Of The Sanction (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
The burmese government’s grotesque crackdown on pro-democracy protests will have one certain effect.
- Modern Slavery (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
The UN revelation on Wednesday that India is emerging as a leading destination for human trafficking in South Asia is a matter of serious concern.
- Counterpoint: Soft Power Vs Hard Facts (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
I went to New York last week for an event designed to make Americans think better of India (see today’s Brunch). But even as India@60 took over Manhattan, I was less interested in the American view of India than in our view of the United States.
- Not In The Spitting-Game (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
When it comes to male versus female, in any part of the country, it is always the woman who has to, time and again,fend off the demeaning stares, eve teasing and general disrespect.
- India's Silence And The Junta (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Oct 08, 2007)
It seems economic and military ties score over the suppression of human rights in Myanmar.
- Faking Sincerity (Hindu, Mark Lawson, Oct 08, 2007)
Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Tory leader David Cameron are spinning implausible claims to be ordinary, appealing blokes who have dispensed with spin.
- Nayagarh’S Wells Tell You About Orissa (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
A common abuse for women who step out of line from the strict control of patriarchal communities was to ask them to drown themselves in the well: kuen mein dub mar (Hindi) or kua re budi mara (Oriya) — go drown yourself in the well.
- Student Ragged, Stripped In Bhopal Hostel (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
A shocking incident of ragging, coupled with an attempt at sexual assault, has been reported to the Madhya Pradesh police just two days after two first-year girl students of the Institute of Hotel Management in Bhopal were . . . . .
- Army, Police Claim Firm Control (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Going by the relative lull in violence in the valley, the past few days have rather been bloody but security agencies are not really complaining.
- Pak In Limbo, Wait For Court Verdict (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Pakistan today entered political limbo, caught between General Pervez Musharraf’s presidential election win and a future court ruling on whether he was even eligible to run.
- The Witch And A Poet (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 06, 2007)
I no longer bother to read best sellers or books touted to have earned their authors advance royalties of millions or more dollars or pounds, writes Khushwant Singh.
- Undiluted Commitment (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 06, 2007)
An initiative to bring out a European Union declaration on the International Day against the death penalty (October 10) stands aborted, thanks to Poland’s veto.
- What's Next For Myanmar's Generals (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
Soldiers are taught that anyone who opposes them is an enemy bent on returning the country to civil war.
- Being In Charge Is A Nice Job (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 06, 2007)
The trouble with all those pesky constitutions that forbid presidents to stand for a third term of office is that the incumbents don't want to go.
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