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- "We Have Not Reached The End Of The Road": Pm On N-Deal (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Acknowledging that "some problems" persisted in implementing the Indo-US nuclear deal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said "we have not reached the end of the road" and efforts are on to evolve a broad-based national consensus.
- Deal Will Be Sealed: Pm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
As Washington steps up pressure to push through the Indo-US nuclear deal mired in a political controversy here and tries to assuage the BJP's deal-related concerns, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, today made it clear that his government was . . . .
- Chinese Barbie In Russia (Pioneer, Dmitry Kosyrev, Oct 31, 2007)
While the number of students abroad applying for the Russian courses is on the rise, Russian toys are facing extinction
- Up To India To Close N-Deal: Kissinger (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 31, 2007)
Making it clear that he is in India not to “influence” the government on the Indo-US nuclear deal, former US secretary of state, Dr Henry Kissinger, said today it was up to India’s political leadership to conclude the deal.
- India Must Follow Processes On Nuke Deal: Us (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
India needs to follow its political processes to resolve internal disputes over a nuclear energy deal with the United States, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said in New Delhi on Tuesday.
- N-Deal Delayed, Not Dead, Says Pm (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday the controversial nuclear deal with the United States had been delayed but was not dead.
- Simple Solution: Vote For Green Leaders (Deccan Herald, Thomas L Friedman, Oct 31, 2007)
Drivers who were getting seven to 10 miles a gallon from their Crown Vics were getting 25 to 30 from their hybrids.
- Nuclear Deal Delayed, Not Dead: Manmohan (Express India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that India's controversial nuclear deal with the United States had been delayed but was not dead.
- Govt Looking At Dec Window To Approach Iaea (Indian Express, D K Singh, Oct 31, 2007)
Trying hard to build a “broad-based consensus” at home over the Indo-US nuclear — Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said “there is some delay” but “we have not reached the end of the road yet” — the Congress-led UPA government . . . .
- Argentina President Thanks Husband, Wishes Hillary Luck (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
First Lady Cristina Fernandez, in her first televised interview since winning Argentina’s presidency, wished Hillary Clinton well in her US election bid and thanked her husband for his role in her triumph at the polls.
- Don’T Delay, Seal Deal Quickly: Kissinger To India (Express India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Batting for early conclusion of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger warned that a delay could impact upon prospects of such a cooperation as the critics would be ‘better organised’ two years later.
- This ‘Sick Child’ Needs More Than Words (Indian Express, Harsh V. Pant, Oct 31, 2007)
Amid all the claims about the rise of India as a major player in the world, it is often ignored that the country continues to face some fundamental obstacles in this drive to achieve its full potential.
- Pm Hints At Treading N-Path Again (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
The prime minister said his government had encountered "some problems" in the implementation of the deal with the US but "we have not reached the end of the road."
- Death In The Family (Indian Express, Christopher Hitchens , Oct 31, 2007)
I was having an oppressively normal morning a few months ago, flicking through the banality of quotidian e-mail traffic, when I idly clicked on a message from a friend headed “Seen This?” The attached item turned out to be a very well-written . . . .
- Around Midnight (OutLook, Mushirul Hasan, Oct 31, 2007)
Phillips Talbot, president emeritus of the Asia Society in the United States, is the latest author to add his voice to the complex debates on India’s Partition.
- Inflation Still The Key Concern (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 31, 2007)
In a somewhat unexpected move, the RBI has increased the CRR by 50 basis points to 7.50 per cent. The reverse-repo and repo rates have, however, been kept unchanged at 6 per cent and 7.75 per cent respectively.
- Nuclear Deal Delayed, Not Dead: Singh (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday his country’s controversial nuclear deal with the United States had been delayed but was not dead.
- Fuel For The Hungry (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Oct 31, 2007)
The rush into “biofuels” or “agrofuels” is being described as the green gold rush of the 21st century.
- Economic Consequences Of Talibanisation (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 31, 2007)
During the 1990s Pakistan’s annual growth rate averaged about 3 percent.
- Other Voices – European Press (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 30, 2007)
There is still some room for manoeuvre in the nuclear dispute with Iran. And the US sees this too, despite the militaristic rhetoric within the Bush administration.
- Regulating Capital Inflows (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
It might be early days yet to assess the full impact of the Securities and Exchange Board of India’s decision to bar participatory notes based on derivates and limit the PNs in the spot market.
- Need For Political Balance (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 30, 2007)
Each country should have a political system that suits its internal and external situation.
- Lahore’S Heritage Needs Care (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 30, 2007)
NEGLECT threatens to deprive Lahore of its archaeological heritage. Its magnificent Mughal monuments are fast running the risk of losing their splendour to the fatal combination of pollution, human intervention and a lack of money and expertise . . .
- Warsaw’S New Dispensation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Poland’s likely new coalition of the centre-right Civic Platform — the largest single party to emerge from the recent general elections — promises to build upon the country’s robust economic growth, push for early adoption of the . . . .
- Pak Hires Delhi Thorn To Lobby Us (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Pakistan has hired controversial the former US assistant secretary of state for South Asia, Robin Raphael, to push its case on Capitol Hill and with the White House.
- Globalisation Dynamics (Hindu, C. T. Kurien, Oct 30, 2007)
Alan Greenspan, as readers may know, was till mid-2006 the Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve System (“the Fed”), one of the highest official positions in that country which he had occupied for almost two decades.
- Pm: India Has Never Reneged On A Deal (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Oct 30, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in yet another hint that the government is determined to move ahead on the civil nuclear energy agreement with the United States, told the delegates of the Global Fortune Forum here on Monday that India . . . .
- Bjp Still ‘Totally Opposed’ To N-Deal (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Oct 30, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in yet another hint that the government is determined to move ahead on the civil nuclear energy agreement with the United States, told the delegates of the Global Fortune Forum here on Monday that India "has never . . . .
- The Future Is Black (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Almost nonstop, gargantuan 145-tonne trucks rumble through China's biggest open-pit coal mine, sending up clouds of soot as they dump their loads into mechanised sorters.
- Khan Labs Gave N-Components To Libya: Book (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Pakistan's Khan Research Laboratories, which was founded by nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan, had clandestinely supplied centrifuge components to a nuclear plant intended to be installed in Libya, a new book has claimed.
- Saund’S Portrait To Be Unveiled In Us Cong (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
A portrait of Dalip Singh Saund, the first Indian American Congressman, will be unveiled in the US Congress next month.
- Half A Century Of Space Exploration (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Oct 30, 2007)
In terms of human lifespan, the space age that began with the launch of Sputnik-1, the world’s first artificial satellite, would count as comfortably middle-aged.
- Towards Flashpoint (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 30, 2007)
THE efforts to defuse the Iranian crisis through dialogue suffered a major setback when the US imposed fresh sanctions on the Persian Gulf nation last week to force it to give up its nuclear ambitions.
- This Too Shall Pass (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 30, 2007)
Some well-meaning commentators have sought to portray the present, with China’s new emphasis on a harmonious society and a harmonious world, as being propitious for a reconciliation between Beijing and the Dalai Lama.
- No Threat To Upa Govt: Karat (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
CPM general secretary Prakash Karat today said there was no threat to the UPA government following differences with the Left over the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Ronen Sen Offers Unconditional Apology (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Oct 30, 2007)
India’s Ambassador to the United States Ronen Sen offered an unqualified and unconditional apology to the Lok Sabha Privileges Committee here on Monday for his “headless chicken[s]” remark relating to the discussion in India related . . . . . . .
- The Type Of War Being Fought In The Frontiers Is Not Our War: Asad Durrani (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 30, 2007)
The former ISI chief,Asad Durrani, on the situation in the NWFP, talks with the Taliban, and the challenges before the new army chief.
- Sensex Hits 20k, Makes Mukesh World’S Richest (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
The Sensex airbrushed a kiss to the magical 20,000 mark on Monday just 15 minutes before the close of trade as a new set of scrips boosted its fortunes.
- 'There Are Strict Regulations On Sting Operations In Britain' (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Nik Keith Gowing is no stranger to India and not to billions across the world. Well, it's hard to miss the main presenter on the BBC's international news and current affairs channel, BBC World for over a decade.
- Us Courts Indian Politicians For Nuke Deal (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Oct 30, 2007)
The US is trying to convince various Indian politicians to salvage the Indo-US nuclear deal after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh failed to generate political consensus for it.
- N-Deal: Rice Calls Pranab, Us Rules Out Renegotiation (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday spoke to External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee over telephone on bilateral nuclear deal as Washington ruled out renegotiation of the agreement.
- Positive Signals (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 30, 2007)
Sonia Gandhi’s visit to China has come at a time when there is unease in Beijing and New Delhi over the Sino-Indian bilateral relationship.
- Would Watson Be Different If He Were Black? (Hindu, Sujatha Byravan, Oct 30, 2007)
Does race matter for intelligence? In any case, what is race or even intelligence?
- Pressure Builds On Turkey (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Intense diplomatic efforts have continued to try to head off a major Turkish operation against fighters of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, the PKK, in northern Iraq.
- Why Not Death Penalty? (Deccan Herald, C V Aravind, Oct 30, 2007)
Indian Presidents have always been loathe to disposing off mercy petitions as most of them might have been against capital punishment.
- 'Musharraf Had Run Proxy War In J&k' (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, commander of 4 Corps (Lahore), Lt Gen Mohammed Aziz, and Chief of General Staff, Gen Mohammed Yusuf, had run the proxy war in Jammu and Kashmir in the early 1990s, a new book has claimed.
- Nuclear Nightmares (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
According to a new book by two British journalists, Adrian Levy and Catherine Scott-Clark, Pakistan readied nuclear missiles for use against India during the Kargil war.
- Rice Rules Out Renegotiation On N-Deal (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke to External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee over telephone on Monday on bilateral nuclear deal as Washington ruled out renegotiation of the agreement.
- ‘Musharraf Ran Proxy J-K War’ (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, commander of 4 Corps (Lahore), Lt Gen Mohammed Aziz, and Chief of General Staff, Gen Mohammed Yusuf, had run the proxy war in Jammu and Kashmir in the early 1990s, a new book has claimed.
- No Threat To Upa Over Nuke Deal: Karat (Tribune, Arup Chanda, Oct 30, 2007)
CPM general secretary Praksh Karat today ruled out mid-term polls or threat to the ruling UPA at the Centre over the Left’s stand over the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Child Sweatshop Shame Threatens Gap's Ethical Image (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
An Observer investigation into children making clothes has shocked the retail giant and may cause it to withdraw apparel ordered . . . .
- 123 Agreement In Present Form Not Acceptable, Rajnath Tells Mulford (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Oct 30, 2007)
It would not be possible for the Bharatiya Janata Party to accept the 123 agreement on the India-United States nuclear deal in its present form.
- Business Big Shot: Nikesh Arora (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Nikesh Arora, the 39-year-old head of Google’s European operations, got the job after wandering around the British Museum, being interviewed on the move by Google’s founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
- Indian 'Slave' Children Found Making Gap Clothes (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Child workers, some as young as 10, have been found working in a textile factory in conditions close to slavery to produce clothes that appear destined for Gap Kids, one of the most successful arms of the high street giant.
- Pak Vows To Go Ahead With Iran Gas Pipeline F.P. Report (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Pakistan said Monday that it would go ahead with the multi-billion Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project.
- Pride And Joy In India Over La.'S Bobby Jindal (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
U.S. politics aren't usually the subject of gossip in the homes of this sleepy rice- and wheat-growing village in northern India. But when Bobby Jindal, an American of Indian descent, was elected governor of Louisiana this month, the residents . . .
- Argentina’S First Lady Now President (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Argentine first lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner rode an economic boom and her husband's popularity to victory in a presidential election on Sunday to become the country's first elected woman leader.
- Let N-Deal Go Through, Kissinger Urges Bjp (Pioneer, KUMAR UTTAM, Oct 30, 2007)
As the US continued its efforts to garner BJP support for the much-opposed civilian nuclear agreement, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and US Ambassador to India David C Mulford met Leader of the Opposition LK Advani and BJP president . . .
- Higher Education: The Quality Issue (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Oct 30, 2007)
When an individual falls sick, only he and his family are affected. When institutions are affected, the ramifications are much more.
- What Happens When You ‘Talk’ To Terrorists? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 30, 2007)
The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairperson, Benazir Bhutto, finally committed on Sunday in Larkana that she “would not talk to extremists who had shed the blood of innocent Muslims”.
- Two Options, One Future (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Oct 30, 2007)
In the end, the nuclear deal asks India an existential question -- does it want to be the US or the EU? Does it want to be a power player or does it only want to pretend?
- Dalai Lama Holds Talks With Canada (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Canadian leader Stephen Harper became the country's first prime minister to hold formal talks with the Dalai Lama, in defiance of China's warnings of harming Sino-Canadian relations.
- In Parliament, Bjp To Oppose N-Deal (New Indian Express, ANITA SALUJA, Oct 30, 2007)
Former BJP President M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday made it clear that the party would oppose the Indo-US nuclear deal in the present form.
- British Muslim Minister Detained At Us Airport (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Britain's first Muslim Government Minister said he was "deeply disappointed" on Monday after his luggage was searched for explosives at a United States airport as he returned from official talks.
- India-Usa Interests (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 30, 2007)
If there is a “natural alliance” between India and the United States, it arises to the extent that both are large democracies and more or less free societies that happen to be placed half way across the globe and pose no perceptible military threat . . .
- Special (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
If there is a “natural alliance” between India and the United States, it arises to the extent that both are large democracies and more or less free societies that happen to be placed half way across the globe and pose no perceptible . . . . .
- Nuke Deal To Dominate Winter Session (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
The winter session of Parliament will be held from November 15 to December 7 and the political focus is clearly on a likely debate on the long-pending agenda of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal with the Left raging against the government . . . .
- Survival Of The Fittest Religion (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Oct 30, 2007)
In the west, religion’s running battle with science is well known. In the beginning the natural sciences — astronomy in particular — was its chief foe since that study of the heavens soon began to threaten the established view . . . . .
- Iraq Minister Warns Turkey Over ‘Serious’ Standoff (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Iraq warned today that a full-scale Turkish incursion against Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq would have “disastrous” results and accused Ankara of being unresponsive to a peaceful resolution of the crisis.
- Dirty Business (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 29, 2007)
There is déjà vu about the report that the government is preparing to remove the hurdles to the entry of Dow Chemical, which has bought Union Carbide into India in a big way.
- Unaware Of Gold (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Oct 29, 2007)
Britannia has long ceased to rule the waves. No matter, thanks to the American century, English has retained its dominance on the global stage.
- Nuclear Deal Will Be Beneficial, Says Kakodkar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Defending the India-U.S. civil nuclear deal, Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar on Sunday said it could help in fulfilling growing energy requirements of the country.
- Globalisation:new Challenges (Deccan Herald, MARIO SOARES, Oct 29, 2007)
Recent developments show, the world is now on the way to a multi-polar arrangement.
- ‘In ’99, Pak Planned To Nuke India’ (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Pakistan intended to use nuclear missiles against India during the 1999 Kargil war, but was sternly dissuaded by then US President Bill Clinton from doing so, claims a recently published book by two British journalists.
- Bangalore It Show Takes Off Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
It promises to be bigger and grander this year. Over 200 top information technology companies, 60 of them global majors, will converge for BangaloreIT.in, arguably Asia’s largest IT and telecom annual event, to take off at the Bangalore . . . .
- Contempt Of Court And The Truth (Hindu, Anil Divan, Oct 29, 2007)
The contest is between truth and its suppression. The choice then is between the plea of truth to expose judicial misconduct and the attempt to stifle such publication by the use of the contempt power.
- Unravelling The Rudy Giuliani Myth (Hindu, KESAVA MENON, Oct 29, 2007)
A new book on the former New York Mayor and Republican presidential hopeful argues that in choosing a leader, people must look beyond the valorous images he may invoke to see whether the man has real substance.
- Pak Wanted To Nuke India: Book (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Pakistan was preparing to use nuclear missiles against India during the Kargil war, a new book has claimed, citing a conversation between US President Bill Clinton and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif eight years ago.
- For First Time, Pak Accepts Indian Dossier On Terror In J&k (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Oct 29, 2007)
The Indo-Pak anti terror meeting last week may not have led to any major breakthrough, but for the first time Pakistan has accepted a dossier on terror in Jammu and Kashmir.
- The ‘Resource-Curse’ Effect In Myanmar (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 29, 2007)
Last week, US President Bush announced new sanctions against Myanmar’s military government.
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