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Articles 10521 through 10620 of 18611:
- India Slams Mps Filmed In Tv Sting (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Dec 14, 2005)
India's media lambasted 11 federal lawmakers said by a TV station and a Web site to have been filmed secretly taking cash in exchange for asking questions in parliament, and one MP was suspended from the upper house.
- Dialogue With Hurriyat Will Resume Soon: Azad (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Dec 14, 2005)
"Ready for mid-term elections if separatists take part"
While there would be no compromise on violence, "local sensitivities" have to be kept in mind
Talks between the Hurriyat and Manmohan will take place "soon"
- Quake Hits Afghan Hindu Kush, Residents Flee Homes (Reuters, ZEESHAN HAIDER , Dec 13, 2005)
A strong earthquake struck the sparsely populated Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan early on Tuesday, close to a region in northern Pakistan and Kashmir devastated by a quake two months ago.
- Asean Moves Toward Charter, Human Rights On Agenda (Reuters, Michelle Nichols, Dec 13, 2005)
Southeast Asia's regional grouping agreed on Monday to draft its first constitution, a document that could enshrine human rights and democracy in a region where both have come under critical scrutiny.
- Spread Literacy (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
It can only be a matter of regret that Jammu and Kashmir continues to be in the company of States with poor literacy rates. With only 54.46 per cent of its total population described as literate (65.75 per cent men and 41.82 per cent women) the State . .
- New Challenges In Kashmir (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 13, 2005)
The great earthquake that devastated large parts of undivided Kashmir in October has had seismic consequences not just for its victims but also for political processes on both sides of the Line of Control. Jihadist groups like the Lashkar-e-Taiba . . .
- India All Set To Acquire Crystal Maze Missiles From Israel (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Dec 13, 2005)
India is on the verge of acquiring a long-range weapon with Israel scheduled to deliver the 100-km range air to surface stand-off Crystal Maze missile next month.
- Retail Fdi: Window Isn’T Shut, Pm Tells Asean (Indian Express, SUNIT ARORA, Dec 13, 2005)
ASEAN ‘There are problems...there are immense opportunities, I hope we have a positive outcome in five-six months’
- ‘The Moment There’S Red Tape, There’S Corruption. Who Suffers Most In Corruption? The Small Guy’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 13, 2005)
‘The moment there’s red tape, there’s corruption. Who suffers most in corruption? The small guy’
- 3rd Oic Summit Approved 10-Year Plan Of Action: Fo (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
The third extraordinary OIC summit held in Makkah remained successful as it adopted comprehensive document of 10-Year Programme of Action which deals with the political, development, socio-economic and scientific issues relating to Muslim Ummah.
- Convert J&k Into A Federation (Daily Excelsior, M Y TARIGAMI, Dec 13, 2005)
Natural calamities do not recognize the artificial lines drawn upon the earth. Yet the human sufferings, wherever caused, are identical and the feelings of pain similar.
- Jaundiced View (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 13, 2005)
How does it feel like living in a State in which there is a bomb blast on almost every third day?
- Natwar Singh Guest Of In-Law Patiala? (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
Smarting under Volcker controversy which culminated in his exit from the Union Cabinet, veteran Congress leader K Natwar Singh is understood to be resting at the new Motibagh residence here of his brother-in-law and Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh
- Oic's Bloopers (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 13, 2005)
The Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC), meeting in Mecca supposedly in order to reject extremism and extol the virtues of tolerance, has committed several bloopers.
- Geelani Criticises Oic (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Dec 13, 2005)
In a scathing attack on the Organisation of Islamic Conference , hard-line separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Monday said it had failed to represent the wishes and aspirations of Kashmiris and instead "strengthening Indian claim over Kashmir."
- Cash For Questions (Tribune, R. Suryamurthy, Dec 13, 2005)
Eerie silence prevailed in both Houses of Parliament today as the nation saw the soul-stirring visuals of 11 MPs belonging to four different political parties, including Suresh Chandel, BJP MP from Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, accepting cash . . .
- You Can Never Tell (Tribune, Raj Kadyan, Dec 13, 2005)
I had been driving from The Hague to Paris. Driving on those highways is monotonous. I had done that stretch so many times that I remembered all the landmarks.
- India, Pakistan Should Convert Loc Into Soft Border: Kuldeep (News International, Rasheed Khalid, Dec 13, 2005)
Shri Kuldeep Nayyar, former Indian MP and journalist, has said that India and Pakistan should retain only defence, foreign affairs and communication of their respective administered Kashmirs and give rest of all powers to the two governments . . .
- Punjab Bus Service Sans Kashmir (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 13, 2005)
The Lahore-Amritsar trial bus carrying nine officials and technical experts of the relevant departments of Indian Punjab arrived in Lahore on Sunday.
- Flexibility Needed On Kashmir, Says Fo (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, Dec 13, 2005)
Pakistan on Monday said the resolution of the Kashmir issue was being discussed and underlined that it required flexibility which it was willing to show.
- India Revives Talks With Israel (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Dec 13, 2005)
A mere handshake recently between the foreign ministers of Pakistan and Israel in Istanbul has prompted India to revive its faltering dialogue with the Jewish state, the Indian Express reported on Monday.
- Mulberry Bush Of Kashmir (Dawn, F.S. Aijazuddin, Dec 13, 2005)
It was the sheer audacity of the suggestion that challenged them: Undo the knot that has vexed their elders for over 50 years. Find a solution to the Jammu & Kashmir problem.
- Four Coalition Soldiers Hurt In Afghanistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
A roadside bomb hit a vehicle of US-led coalition troops in the town of Spin Boldak in Kandahar province on Monday, wounding four soldiers, said the force.
- Will Oic Summit Make A Difference? (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Dec 13, 2005)
The extraordinary summit of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) concluded its two-day deliberations in Makkah last week.
- Quake: Thinking Long-Term (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Dec 13, 2005)
I have written before on the subject of the earthquake and its economic impact. But the subject covered in some of the earlier articles dealt with the effect of the disaster over the short term. In today’s article and the one next week . . .
- Parliament Stung (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
11 MPs suspended after being caught taking cash for questions----- A sting operation carried over a span of eight months rocked Indian politics on Monday with a clutch of 11 MPs caught red-handed on camera accepting cash for raising questions in both ...
- Pakistan’S ‘No-Borders-Plus’ Kashmir Solution (News International, Nasim Zehra, Dec 13, 2005)
It has been a gradual coming out of the closet. For Pakistan’s ‘no-borders-plus’ solution for Kashmir, it is exposÈ time.
- Land Of Missed Opportunities (Pioneer, Asheesh Shah, Dec 13, 2005)
We cannot progress unless the energies of the people are channelised towards nation building, says Asheesh Shah
- Averting Suicide Attacks In Afghanistan: (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
Coalition forces looking to terror tactics in Iraq to combat threat
* ISAF says NATO soldiers will not take over counter-terrorist operations
- Rights Abuses In Kashmir (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 13, 2005)
That rights abuses in held Kashmir have continued despite the ongoing peace process was highlighted the way Kashmiris in the occupied territory observed International Human Rights Day on Saturday.
- At Odds With The Cross (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Dec 13, 2005)
Two indigenous groups with a lived history of centuries of civilisational amity are supposedly engaged in fratricidal conflict in Assam's Karbi Anglong district. To the bewilderment of the majority of Karbis and Dimasas, gangs of armed and hooded . . .
- Nato Not To Pursue Taliban: Official (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
Nato-led soldiers to deploy next year to insurgency-hit southern Afghanistan will not take over counter-terrorist operations conducted by US-led forces, a spokesman said on Monday.
- Averting Suicide Attacks In Afghanistan: Us-Led Forces Plan New Strategy (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
Coalition forces looking to terror tactics in Iraq to combat threat
* ISAF says NATO soldiers will not take over counter-terrorist operations
- Apollo Lines Up Rs 30 Cr Buy (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
Apollo Hospitals is all set to invest Rs 30 crore to acquire a 51 per cent stake in Imperial Cancer Hospitals and Research Centre, which is setting up a 220-bed multi-speciality hospital in Bangalore.
- India Should Be Flexibile: Fo (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
* No proposal to open visa offices in Lahore and Amritsar
* India and Pakistan will open consulates from January
* Pakistan agrees to buy goods from India
- More Blasts In Sri Lanka Amid Fresh Peace Moves (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
A powerful mine exploded just missing a police patrol on Monday after Japan offered to host talks between Sri Lanka and Tamil Tiger rebels to save their tottering truce, officials said. The explosion caused by a claymore mine targeted the patrol . . .
- ‘Made In India’ Label On Relief Goods Irks Pakistan (News International, Mariana Baabar, Dec 13, 2005)
Pakistan has expressed "political sensitivity" towards certain relief items coming from India with the label of "Made in India" for use in the earthquake devastated areas.
- Export Of Orphans (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 13, 2005)
More than five hundred orphans from the Valley shall be sent to Maharastra for education. An organization shall adapt them and take care of their needs.
- Now, Act On Labour Law Reform (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 12, 2005)
That the prime minister should choose to bring up the touchy issue of labour reform at the Indian Labour Conference deserves to be welcomed.
- Iran Offers Us Share In Nuke Power Plants (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Iran opened the door Sunday for US help in building a nuclear power plant — a move designed to ease American suspicions that Tehran is using its nuclear programme as a cover to build atomic weapons.
- Peace With Pakistan (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 12, 2005)
I am veering round to the viewpoint that Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee might have pushed the India-Pakistan dialogue faster and farther than Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has done.
- 43 Hurt In Blasts At Uk Oil Depot (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
At least 43 persons were injured, two of them seriously, when a series of huge blasts ripped through an oil depot near Luton airport, northwest of London today, filling the sky with orange flames and thick black smoke and damaging nearby houses.
- Voice Of Pakistan (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 12, 2005)
The support extended by the 57-member Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) to the “inalienable right” of the people of Jammu and Kashmir for “self-determination” in accordance with the UN resolutions is nothing but a replay of the tape-recording . . .
- First Amritsar-Lahore Bus Rolls, Crosses Via Wagah Border (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
The first Amritsar-Lahore bus crossed over to Pakistan on a trial run through the land route at the Indo-Pak Wagah border here today.
- Charity Begins As A Brainwave (Indian Express, Sukhmani Singh, Dec 12, 2005)
Unsung Good Samaritans continue to be innovative about getting in the moolah
- 43 Hurt In Massive Blasts In Oil Depot Northwest Of London (Press Trust of India, H S RAO, Dec 12, 2005)
At least 43 people were injured, two of them seriously, when a series of huge blasts ripped through an oil depot near Luton airport, northwest of London today, filling the sky with orange flames and thick black smoke and damaging nearby houses.
- Let It Not Stink (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 12, 2005)
Often in these columns we have highlighted the threat posed to the health of ordinary citizens by scattered garbage in streets especially in the old city. Except for one or two lanes where vigilant residents have kept a collective watch . . .
- New Indo-Pak Bus On Trial (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
A 45-seater luxury Volvo coach with four officials and five crew members Sunday commenced its 30-km trial run from Amritsar city to Lahore in Pakistan.
- Even If You Hate George Bush, Must You Be A Saddam Groupie? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 12, 2005)
Even if you hate George Bush, must you be a Saddam groupie?
Anti-war activists are so confused, says Christopher Hitchens
- Iran Offers Us Share In Building Nuclear Plants (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday offered the United States a share in building a new nuclear power plant in an apparent effort to curb US opposition to its controversial atomic programme.
- Pak Overtures Bring Israel Blip Back On India Radar (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Dec 12, 2005)
Caught on the backfoot by Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s tactical overtures towards Tel Aviv, New Delhi has hurriedly brought back Israel on its radar with the Joint Working Group (JWG)
- Possible Options On Kashmir: Pakistan More Flexible Than India (Daily Times, Ali Waqar, Dec 12, 2005)
Kuldeep Nayar; a leading journalist, peace activist and former member of the Rajya Sabha proposed maximum autonomy for the Indian and Pakistani sides of Kashmir except for foreign, defence and communication affairs.
- Reinventing The Oic (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Dec 12, 2005)
In the year-long run-up to its extraordinary summit in Makkah on December 7-8, the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), which had emerged in 1969 as a collective response to an arson attack on Masjid-i-Aqsa, has had a bad press.
- An Instrument Of Oppression (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Dec 12, 2005)
Last Tuesday all progressive and enlightened elements in this country, even those who preach enlightened moderation, should have flown their flags at half mast, after the National Assembly demonstrated once again that when it comes to repression and . . .
- Iran Allows Us To Bid For Building Its N-Plant (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Iran on Sunday opened the door for US help in building a nuclear power plant, a move designed to ease American suspicions that Tehran is using its nuclear programme as a cover to build atomic weapons.
- Violence Grows In Pakistan's Tribal Zone, Despite Army Presence (Christian Science Monitor, Gretchen Peters, Dec 12, 2005)
Music and TV have been banned. Women are confined to their homes. Shops must close five times a day for prayers, an edict enforced by armed religious police who patrol the streets.
- Disappearance Of A Journalist (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
The mysterious disappearance of Hayatullah Khan, a journalist working out of North Waziristan, raises quite a few questions.
- Now Bus To Lahore From Amritsar (Hindu, Sarabjit Pandher, Dec 12, 2005)
Trial run begins; the first bus from Lahore will arrive on December 23
- Blasts Blow Up Uk Fuel Depot (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Dec 12, 2005)
At least 39 people have been injured, one seriously, in a series of explosions outside London that was sufficiently powerful to be heard across the sea in neighbouring Holland.
- Iran Offers Us Share In Nuclear Power Plants (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Iran opened the door on Sunday for US help in building a nuclear power plant a move designed to ease American suspicions that Tehran is using its nuclear programme as a cover to build atomic weapons.
- `Cancer Hospital Needed For Malabar' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Education Minister E.T. Mohammed Basheer has said that a cancer hospital with modern facilities was necessary for the Malabar region.
- Thousands March To Protest Wto Meet (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Activists converge on Hong Kong; charge globalisation favours the rich and robs workers of their jobs
- Kashmir: The Question Of Self-Governance (News International, Ershad Mahmud, Dec 12, 2005)
The idea of self-governance for all regions of the formerly united state of Jammu and Kashmir has stirred enthusiasm as well as heated debate. Interestingly, the entire Kashmiri discourse has focused on its dynamics, raising hopes that it may play . . .
- 43 Hurt In London Oil Depot Blasts (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
At least 43 people were injured, two of them seriously, when a series of huge blasts ripped through an oil depot near Luton airport, northwest of London today, filling the sky with orange flames and thick black smoke and shattering windows and doors . .
- For Speedier Justice (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 12, 2005)
Off and on the crucial issue of vacancies of judges in thupreme Court, High Courts and subordinate courts keeps cropping up in concerned quarters. It is generally believed that the delay in their appointments is one major cause of a large number . . .
- Fatwa Calls For Death To Karzai (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Taliban have issued a fatwa (religious decree) calling for President Hamid Karzai to be killed for serving American and British “infidels”.
- Usa Offered Share In Iran N-Plant (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Iran’s foreign ministry today offered the USA a share in building a new nuclear power plant in an apparent effort to curb US opposition to its controversial atomic program.
- 'Ji Rejects United Kashmir' (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
The JI has rejected the idea of United Kashmir or its division into five zones however supported demilitarisation in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
- Shut Up, Please! (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 12, 2005)
Ever since assuming office after the election in June this year, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahamadinejad has shown a remarkable penchant for dropping bricks that set off massive ripples of anger worldwide. Clearly, he does not believe that the head . . .
- One Too Many Power Centre (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Dec 12, 2005)
Former Minister for External Affairs Natwar Singh has finally resigned from the Union Cabinet. Despite his exit, chaos prevails within the Congress because of the existence of dual power centres. With Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi...
- Promoting The Religion Of Tourism (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , Dec 12, 2005)
Two persons as unlike as Ms Renuka Chowdhary and Mr Iqbal Singh Gulati can be like-minded. The vivacious Minister says she will make a great tourism event of the Kalachakra ceremony being observed next month at Amravati, Andhra Pradesh.
- End Of Regional Parties ? (Daily Excelsior, T. Sreedhar, Dec 12, 2005)
The verdict of recent Bihar elections and the infighting in Shiva Sena made many to sit up and note the steady diminishing trend by the regional parties. In 2004, when the regional parties like Telugu Desam in Andhra Pradesh and Akali Dal in Punjab . . .
- China Flays Us For Its 'Double Standards' On Human Rights (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
China today lashed out at the United States for its "double standards" on human rights issue and asked Washington to correct its own problems before claiming itself to be a global "human rights guard".
- Return Is Possible (Greater Kashmir, Aatif Ahmed Mehjoor, Dec 12, 2005)
Aatif Ahmed Mehjoor comments on Pandit migration and an unspoken possibility of their coming back
It is now more than fifteen years since the volatile months of early 1990 when Kashmir’s Pandit community fled en masse from the valley.
- India Rejects Suggested Options Of Self-Governance For Jammu And Kashmir Emanating From Pakistan And Endorsed By Washington And The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (India Daily, Sonia Chopra, Dec 12, 2005)
India took the right approach. It has taken the strong stand on Kashmir and asked those proposing self rule in Kashmir to take a back seat and just forget about it.
- India And Pakistan Test New Bus Link (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
India and Pakistan on Sunday conducted a successful trial run of a bus service linking Amritsar to Lahore as part of their cautious peace process.
- Protests, Clashes Mark Rights Day In Jk (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Protest demonstrations and hunger strike by pro-independence leaders marked the International Human Rights Day here on Saturday.
- No Method To Media Madness (Hindustan Times, V GANGADHAR, Dec 11, 2005)
At Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital, there is now a new daily prayer for doctors, nurses and general staff: "O, Lord God, send us dengue cases,/ Malaria, hepatitis, encephalitis and the rest,/But God, please spare us from reporters,/Photographers and Amar Singh
- Mathrani Mud Makes Cong Dig Deep (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Dec 11, 2005)
The muckraking is getting murkier and the Congress is trying to figure out who saddled the party with Anil Mathrani, the former Croatian ambassador who is turning into a millstone around its neck following the Volcker report scandal.
- Sufi Saints Of India (Daily Excelsior, K K Khullar, Dec 11, 2005)
Asked what was his view of the highest form of devotion of God, Shaikh Moinuddin Chisthti, popularly known as 'Garib Nawaz' replied: "Redressing the misery of the miserable, fulfilling the needs of the needy, feeding the hungry, . . .
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