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Articles 11421 through 11520 of 18611:
- Quite Reassuring (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
It is very reassuring that the State Government is fully geared to tackle the danger of bird flu.
- Feature - Time Runs Out For Animal Survivors Of Pakistan Quake (Reuters, Robert Birsel, Nov 22, 2005)
Pakistani farmer Shabir Naqvi lost six members of his family in last month's earthquake, among them his wife, daughter and father.
- Iraqi Peace Talks Rescued After Near Collapse (Reuters, Mohammed Abbas and Waleed Ibrahim, Nov 22, 2005)
Iraqi politicians put aside some differences and agreed a closing statement at a reconciliation conference on Monday, despite last minute objections to the mention of Iraqi federalism and the definition of resistance.
- Pak Proposes Dates For Trial Of Amritsar-Lahore Bus Service (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Pakistan has proposed to India to hold the trial run of the Amritsar-Lahore bus service on December 11 and 13.
- Beyond The Boundaries (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 22, 2005)
I did not find any one from the media. But I watched the editor of an Urdu daily, Aziz Burney, offering Eid namaz at Rajghat, Mahatma Gandhi’s samadhi, to atone for the bomb blasts in Delhi.
- Relief Aid Increased To Rs 80b (Daily Times, Rana Qaisar, Nov 22, 2005)
Each family to get Rs 175,000 to rebuild house
* Quake database to be available online
* National Voluntary Movement Programme being launched
* Opp should join govt in rehabilitation of quake victims: Musharraf
- Indian Army Chief Offers Militants Peace (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Militants who give up violence in Jammu and Kashmir will be given government assistance to restart their lives, the Indian Army chief said on Monday.
- The Bihar Laloo Lost (The Financial Express, Vandita Mishra, Nov 22, 2005)
In Bihar’s most celebrated festival, Chhat, the participating men, and mostly women, must break their fast in the evening with kheer.
- Nine More Kashmiris Cross Loc (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Nine more people on Monday walked across the heavily militarized border in disputed Kashmir in a further sign of easing tensions.
- Kishanganga May Be Taken To Icj Or Neutral Expert (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Pakistan’s Commission of Indus Water (PCIW) has recommended to the federal government to move the International Court of Justice (ICJ) or Neutral Expert (NE) for the resolution of the Kishanganga hydropower project.
- Pakistan Fine By Un Resolutions On (News International, Mariana Baabar, Nov 22, 2005)
Pakistan on Monday said it still abided by the UN resolutions on Kashmir but needs an out-of-the-box solution.
- Why Us Hates France (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Nov 22, 2005)
Weeks of rioting by France’s underclass in poorer neighbourhoods have opened up another front: a new cross-Atlantic war of words, with American commentators, many of them in the neoconservative ranks, . . . .
- What J&k Self-Rule Offer: Delhi Asks Pak (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
India has dismissed a Pakistan Foreign Office statement which says that the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, had been presented a new proposal on “self-governance” in Kashmir, saying, no such thing has been received.
- Canada Report On Air India Bombing Due On Wed (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
A recommendation on whether a full inquiry is needed into how Canada handled the deadly bombing of Air India Flight 182 will be released on Wednesday.
- India Rejects Pak’S "Self- Governance" Idea For J&k (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
India tonight virtually rejected Pakistan’s idea of "so-called self-governance" in Jammu and Kashmir saying while people of the State already enjoyed autonomy and popular democratic rights which residents of the state’s parts under Pakistan’s occupation..
- Birth Of Bihar The Poll Model (Telegraph, Uttam Sengupta, Nov 22, 2005)
Fairest poll ever and the most peaceful by far. Even hard-nosed politicians, cutting across party lines, grudgingly admit that the election for the Bihar Assembly this time has been different and “clean”.
- Old Problems Weigh Down Saarc (Daily Excelsior, I. S Chaddha, Nov 22, 2005)
Occasions like a Saarc meet always produce their full quota of pious statements. Mr Manmohan Singh tacitly admitted this when he said that "people do make statements directed at special audiences".
- India Rejects Pak's 'Self-Governance' Idea For J-K (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
India on Monday night virtually rejected Pakistan's idea of 'so-called self-governance' in Jammu and Kashmir saying while people of the state already enjoyed autonomy and popular democratic rights which residents of the state's parts under Pakistan's . ..
- Second Meeting Point Opened (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Nine persons including seven hailing from Poonch and two from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) today crossed Line of Control (LoC) and walked into PoK as India and Pakistan opened the second meeting point at this post in Poonch district today.
- Amritsar-Lahore Bus Service Trial Run On Dec 11, 13 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
India and Pakistan have agreed to hold the trial run for Amritsar-Lahore bus service on December 11, Minister of State for External Affairs E Ahamed said here tonight.
- Corporation Council Meet Peaceful (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Opposition Councillors stage walkout towards the end of proceedings
Councillors from all parties attended
Anyone who wanted to speak was given a chance
- Pakistan Gave No Proposal For Self-Governance: India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
India said on Monday night that it had received no proposal regarding so-called "self-governance" in Jammu and Kashmir during the November 12 Dhaka meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Shaukat Aziz.
- Ultras Tighten Grip On Pok (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Nov 22, 2005)
It was not the Pakistani army but the jihadis who rushed to the aid of the quake-hit first.
- Secure Driver's Return: Pm (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Taliban threatens to kill him unless BRO pulls out
One of the three Afghans kidnapped returns
He is being interrogated
- India’S Response Awaited: Fo: Kashmir Demilitarization, Self-Governance (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, Nov 22, 2005)
Pakistan on Monday declared that India had taken note of its proposal on demilitarization and self-governance in Kashmir, indicating that there could be a forward movement on both proposals if New Delhi responded positively.
- Shaukat Snubs Eu & Rightly (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 22, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has expressed his reservations over a recent statement of European Union that the Pakistani Parliament should approve the earthquake-related aid. The EU representative had made the statement at Saturday’s donors’ conference....
- Pot Calls Kettle Black (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 22, 2005)
About one-fourth of the 5.8 billion dollars worth of pledges made at the Donors’ Conference for rehabilitation and reconstruction of the earthquake-hit areas reportedly came from the Muslim countries. The pledges are in the form of soft loans and . . .
- ‘Look East Policy’ Has Paid Off (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 22, 2005)
About one-fourth of the 5.8 billion dollars worth of pledges made at the Donors’ Conference for rehabilitation and reconstruction of the earthquake-hit areas reportedly came from the Muslim countries. The pledges are in the form of soft loans and grants i
- The Bihar Laloo Lost (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Nov 22, 2005)
In Bihar’s most celebrated festival, Chhat, the participating men, and mostly women, must break their fast in the evening with kheer. But there is an attached ritual injunction: if the believer should come upon any gravel in the dish,
- Pakistan Ready For Talks On Self-Governance (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 22, 2005)
"India had not responded to the idea so far; Islamabad was ready to engage New Delhi on the subject''
- Anil Ambani Plans Foray In Drugs Retail (Business Standard, Mitul Thakkar, Nov 22, 2005)
The Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Enterprise (ADAE) group is planning to foray into retailing of pharmaceutical products. Sources close to the development said the group was in the process of appointing top executives for the pharmaceutical venture and . . .
- Pak Proposes ‘Out-Of-Box’ Solution Of Kashmir (Pakistan Observer, Aroosa Alam, Nov 22, 2005)
Pakistan on Monday admitted that country has tabled an “out of box” solution of Kashmir issue before the Indian leadership and awaits response from New Delhi. The proposal revolves around demilitarisation of Kashmir region along with self governance....
- Pak Proposes Self-Governance For Kashmir (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Pakistan on Monday said it has forwarded a proposal to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for granting “self governance” to Kashmir on both sides of the Line of Control.
- The First Martyr (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 22, 2005)
Today is the anniversary of a hero who gave his life for Kashmir in the 19th century. Born in England, the hero named Robert Thorp
- World Apathy And Marketing (Greater Kashmir, MINHAJ QIDWAI, Nov 22, 2005)
The earthquake that struck Pakistan on Oct. 08, is a tragedy that brought mayhem for Pakistan. With about 90,000 dead and more than 2 million left homeless,
- Can’T Forget That Horrible Day, Time And Place (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
I survived, they didn’t. Sheikh Asif narrates an eye witness account of the car bomb blast near JK Bank Corporate office
- Second Group Crosses Loc (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
A group of nine people, including two Pakistanis, today became the second batch to cross the Line of Control into Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir at a relief point near here.
- Kidnappers Threaten To Kill Indian Hostage (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Taliban have threatened to kill an Indian engineer they are holding hostage unless his company stops work in Afghanistan by Tuesday.
- Taliban Threatens To Kill Abducted Indian Worker (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Suspected Talibans have kidnapped an Indian driver and three of his Afghan colleagues working with Border Road Organisation (BRO) in a highway construction project in southern Afghanistan's Nimroz province on Saturday night.
- Indians Are Now Prime Target Of Taliban And Al-Queda (India Daily, Sonia Chopra, Nov 21, 2005)
India is all on a sudden on the terror radar of the Taliban and Al-Queda.
- New Delhi Hopes To Avoid Vote On Iran (Hindustan Times, Nilova Roy Chaudhury, Nov 21, 2005)
Diplomatic efforts are on in Vienna and Tehran to ensure that there is no need for a vote when the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors meets on Thursday.
- India Expresses Concern Over Cross Border Terrorism To Pak (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
India today offered to undertake specific projects in education and health sectors in quake-hit areas of Pakistan even as it expressed concern over incidents of cross border terrorism in the aftermath of the recent serial blasts in New Delhi.
- Suspected Talibans Abduct Indian, 3 Afghans (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Suspected Talibans have kidnapped an Indian driver and three of his Afghan colleagues working with Border Road Organisation (BRO) in a highway construction project in southern Afghanistan's Nimroz province last night
- Taliban Say Abducted Indian Engineer In Afghanistan (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Taliban insurgents have kidnapped an Indian road engineer in southern Afghanistan, a spokesman for the militant group said on Sunday
- Ready, Unsteady, Go (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Nov 21, 2005)
The last word on the BJP-RSS tussle is yet to be heard. There has been intense speculation these last few weeks as to who will succeed L.K. Advani as the BJP chief after he demits office in December at Mumbai.
- Bihar's Most Wanted: Ajay, In 40s, Trigger-Happy And Fond Of Good Life (Telegraph, Uttam Sengupta, Nov 21, 2005)
“We should have killed him three years ago,” says an otherwise suave police officer, regretting the ease with which the erstwhile commander of the “People’s Red Army”, Ajay Sao alias Ajay Kanu alias Ravi Kanu, was rescued by Maoists last Sunday . . .
- Iraqi Politicians Get Tentative Deal At Cairo Talks (Reuters, Mohammed Abbas and Waleed Ibrahim, Nov 21, 2005)
Iraqi politicians from across the spectrum reached tentative agreement at a conference in Cairo on Sunday that violence should stop, detainees go free and U.S. forces gradually withdraw.
- Kashmiris Credit Quake With Bridging Border Divide (Reuters, Sheikh Mushtaq, Nov 21, 2005)
Last month's earthquake killed tens of thousands in Kashmir but, for divided families in the disputed region, it also opened up new routes to reunite with long-lost relatives across the frontier.
- Mirwaiz’S Ideas (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 21, 2005)
Those seeking a solution of the Kashmir issue need to take note of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq’s speech in New Delhi on Wednesday.
- Very Well Said (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 21, 2005)
In the late sixties there was violence in and around Srinagar. Some concerned young persons of the Capital city's prestigious Sri Pratap College set apart their political differences to form a peace committee for the restoration of harmony.
- Mahajan Predicts Nda Win In Bihar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Says it will lead to disintegration of the UPA regime at the Centre
Dismisses possibility of hung Assembly
Andhra policy on naxalism lacks coherence
Partymen proud of RSS association, says Venkaiah Naidu
- Development Agenda For Karnataka (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Kalam unveils 11-point plan, wants economic activity spread across the State
- World Responds To Pakistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 21, 2005)
The outcome of the International Donors’ Conference held in Islamabad is quite encouraging with world community making pledges more than the amount indicated by the host and the multilateral institutions in their consensus assessment report of the . . .
- Seeking Happiness From Ruins (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 21, 2005)
President Pervez Musharraf sprang surprise during International Donors’ Conference in the capital when he diverted from the topic of the day and talked about Pakistan-India relations and especially the need for resolution of the long-standing issue of ...
- Loc Should Be Demilitarized: Strategic Assets Not Damaged: Aziz (Dawn, Iftikhar A. Khan, Nov 21, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Sunday called for demilitarization of the Line of Control (LoC) and reiterated that settlement of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute was essential for durable peace in the region.
- Peace Offering’ To India Made In Earnestness: Fm (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, Nov 21, 2005)
After President Pervez Musharraf’s impassioned ‘peace offering’ to India at the International Donors’ Conference here on Saturday that caught the Indian delegation off-guard foreign minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri explained to his Indian counterpart ....
- Oppression By Bigger Powers Makes Peace An Impossibility (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 21, 2005)
Bloodshed is abhorable. But those who want to rule by force are responsible for it. Everywhere in the world, Muslims are being persecuted.
- Singh’S Concern Over Cross-Border Terrorism Conveyed To Aziz (Daily Times, Shahzad Raza, Nov 21, 2005)
Indian Minister of State for External Affairs E Ahamed said on Sunday that he had conveyed Indian Premier Manmohan Singh’s concerns regarding “cross-border terrorism” to Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz.
- Parliament Session Set To Be Stormy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
The winter session of Parliament beginning Wednesday is expected, by all accounts, to be stormy with the Congress-led coalition facing a determined Opposition in the wake of the ....
- Twenty Years Of Saarc Failure (Greater Kashmir, Samuel Baid, Nov 21, 2005)
Compared to the 12th summit meeting of the Heads of State and Government of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
- Sonia, Sania And The Fab Four (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Nov 21, 2005)
When people agree to answer questions, it’s usually because they have something to say. That sounds very silly but the truth often is. Silly.
- Man Who Stopped Hindu Rashtra (Indian Express, Fali S. Nariman, Nov 21, 2005)
Excerpts from the inaugural lecture on ‘Challenges to Indian Democracy’ delivered at the Nehru Centre on November 14
- Indian Kidnapped In Afghanistan (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Taliban insurgents have kidnapped an Indian in southern Afghanistan, a spokesman for the militant group said today.
- Prospects Of Peace (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Peace process between India and Pakistan and their resolve to settle the Kashmir issue through dialogue has some how sustained many up hills during the past two years.
- Corruption In J And K (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 21, 2005)
Besides Pakistan-sponsored terrorism, Jammu and Kashmir has been suffering from widespread corruption at various levels of the government.
- Udf Had No Truck With Bjp And Rss, Says Hassan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
`Pinarayi, Karunakaran trying to cover up impending defeat in byelection'
- Iran Adopts Bill Against Iaea Inspections (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Iran’s parliament approved a bill on Sunday that requires the government to block inspections of the country’s facilities if the International Atomic Energy Agency refers the Iranian programme to the UN Security Council
- India Not Averse To Pakistani Observers At War Games (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
India is not averse to inviting Pakistan to witness its military exercises, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Sunday.
- Challenges Before President Rajapakse (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Nov 21, 2005)
Mahinda Rajapakse, in his self-defined role of architect of a "new Sri Lanka," has to balance several contradictions. These arise from the polarised mandate and his political allies.
- Debris In Quake Zone Is A Serious Health Risk: Un (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
* Pakistan must reforest earthquake-hit areas: environment minister
- The Divestment Debate: China's Example (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Nov 21, 2005)
Contradictions abound in the world of modern political economies.
- Which Option To Choose: Saarc Or Eco? (Dawn, Javid Husain, Nov 21, 2005)
The evolution of the European Union into a dynamic association of European states cooperating for common economic, political and security goals is enviable.
- Do Not Back U.S. Stand On Iran: Karat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Tremendous U.S. pressure on India
- First Crossing Over By Indians To Pok From Poonch Today (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Nine persons from this side of the Line of Control — two of them Pakistanis — will cross over to Pak occupied Kashmir at Chakkan-da-Bagh crossing point in Poonch to meet their quake-affected relatives on Monday.
- Careful With Syria (Dawn, David Ignatius, Nov 21, 2005)
In the United Nations’ looming confrontation with Syria, it’s hard to define the best strategy but easy to identify the worst one: the imposition of general economic sanctions that would hurt the Syrian people while allowing the ruling elite to grow . . .
- Compassion Fatigue (Dawn, James Harkin, Nov 21, 2005)
The latest buzzword in the aid industry — compassion fatigue — refers to the psychological exhaustion said to be induced by endless appeals for money and sympathy. If charity begins at home, then compassion fatigue begins when it comes to places far away.
- Abdul Kalam's Vision For Karnataka (Hindu, A. Jayaram, Nov 21, 2005)
The President unveils 11-point plan, wants economic activity spread across the State
- Poetry, Pistachio, Power (Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Nov 21, 2005)
A government rarely receives all its challenges in a cluster. But this could be just that kind of a week for the Congress-led coalition: the Bihar verdict, Supreme Court’s judgement on the constitutionality of the dissolution of that state’s assembly,
- Loc Bridge Unites, Also Divides Families (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Nov 21, 2005)
Her wrinkled face is glum though she has waited for over half a century for this moment. As Begum Jan waits to take her first step across the rope bridge, the 85-year-old says the journey ‘‘is an answer to my pleas to God for 58 long years.’’
- Iraqi Police Wage A War Of Vengeance (Hindu, Peter Beaumont, Nov 21, 2005)
Baghdad's Medical Forensic Institute — the mortuary — is a low, modern building reached via a narrow street. Most days it is filled with families of the dead.
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