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Articles 921 through 1020 of 21681:
- Trapped In A Blind Alley (Indian Express, Syeda Hameed, Oct 24, 2006)
I stood facing a crowd, mostly young boys. A pair of bright eyes caught mine. “Your name?” I asked, choking on the stench from the open drains around the slum. “Saddam,” the voice was confident.
- India Warned On Investor 'Threat' (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
India's National Security Council has recommended new legislation to monitor investment from countries that may pose a threat to national security.
- Nuclear Program Oversight Increased (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Pakistan has adopted a vast system of checks and balances in its military nuclear program to prevent nonproliferation abuses such as the nuclear black market run by top scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, a senior Pakistani military official said yesterday.
- Pro-Taleban Militants In Tax Move (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Pro-Taleban militants in Pakistan's troubled North Waziristan tribal region have announced plans to raise their own taxes, reports say.
- Pakistan And India In Spying Row (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
A spying row has erupted between Pakistan and India after a Pakistani diplomatic driver was detained in Delhi for allegedly receiving secret files.
- Britain Deep In The Red On Green Score (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Britain consumes so much of the world’s natural resources that if everyone lived in the same way it would take three planets to sustain our lifestyle.
- Farewell To Arms Control (Indian Express, Harsh V. Pant, Oct 24, 2006)
After Condoleezza Rice’s whirlwind tour of Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing and Moscow to cope with the fallout of North Korea’s atomic test, there’s no evidence that Pyongyang is ready to put the nuclear genie back in the bottle. What is certain: the global . . .
- Force Multiplier (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 24, 2006)
In his interview to this newspaper, the outgoing chief of naval staff, Admiral Arun Prakash, has drawn attention to the UPA government’s lack of political resolve in appointing a chief of defence staff (CDS).
- Fresh Threats From Taliban (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 23, 2006)
The Taliban has again emerged as a major threat to peace and stability in the region.
- Musharraf Wants Law To Stop ‘Rowdyism’ In Na (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has made an impassioned plea for legislation against ‘rowdyism’ that has traditionally greeted a president’s address to parliament.
- We Can Devise Our Own Model, But We Must Agree On The Principle Of Unified Command At The Top’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 23, 2006)
Navy chief Admiral Arun Prakash instituted an “era of military transformation” in his service. Days before he retires, he tells Shiv Aroor that his parallel role as chairman of the chiefs of staff committee has encountered pronounced inertia in the . . .
- Domains, Policies And Uniformity (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 23, 2006)
October 10 was World Mental Health Day.
- The Search For The Puppet-Masters (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 23, 2006)
Indian investigators know the marionettes who enact the Lashkar-e-Taiba's jihad — but the men who hold the strings are out of reach.
- Sc Scraps Gwadar Land Quotas (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
The Supreme Court Saturday scrapped land quotas - both industrial and residential - allotted allocated to parliamentarians, MPAs and other dignitaries in Gwadar.
- Default Dialogue (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 23, 2006)
India should pressurise Pakistan on terrorism.
- Musharraf Ready To Meet Sharif, Benazir (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Close on the heels of a threat by former prime ministers Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto to boycott the 2007 elections in Pakistan if they were not allowed to contest, president Pervez Musharraf on Sunday said their return to the country would . . .
- Meet And Greet (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 23, 2006)
Diwali and Id are the time when most Indians meet and greet their neighbours.
- “The Other Kargil War” A Dangerous Development (Tribune, Pran Chopra , Oct 23, 2006)
The Kargil war” is a household phrase.
- Terrorists Diverting Charity Funds (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Humanitarian and religious charity for the needy is being channelled for terrorist activists by groups such as Tamil Tigers and Al Qaeda, according to a former US official and expert on terrorism funding.
- Fdi Growth: India Still Below Potential (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 23, 2006)
FDI inflows into South, East and South-East Asia reached $165 billion in 2005, corresponding to 18 per cent of world inflows.
- Three Wings, One Force (Asian Age, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 23, 2006)
I know for certain that our Air Force was not satisfied with the Army’s response to the intrusion by Pakistan at Kargil. Vinod Putney, head of the Western Air Command and deputy to Air Chief A.Y. Tipnis, would talk to me twice or thrice those days.
- Environmental Fact And Fiction (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 23, 2006)
The environment minister’s words contradict the actions of his government.
- China Holds The Key (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 23, 2006)
It is amusing to learn, courtesy a South Korean newspaper, that Mr Kim Jong-il, the man who has brought North Korea to the brink of disaster, is contrite about going ahead and exploding a nuclear device.
- Kargil Pullout Was Sharif Decision: Mush (Pioneer, KJM Varma, Oct 23, 2006)
In a new twist to claims and counter claims by Pakistani leaders on the 1999 Kargil conflict, President Pervez Musharraf has said that the then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif pulled out troops despite his suggestion that the campaign could be . . .
- More Power To Provinces (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 23, 2006)
The government is to be commended for accepting the importance of provincial autonomy to stability and harmony in Pakistan.
- Autonomy Issue In Focus Again (Dawn, Zamir Ghumro, Oct 23, 2006)
In the wake of Nawab Akbar Bugti’s killing at the hands of security forces in August, the issue of provincial autonomy has resurfaced.
- President Warns Against Troop Pullout From Iraq - Sticks To His Guns On Kargil Operation (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf Saturday warned any troops withdrawal from Iraq would have an adverse impact on the region and the world at large.
- Taliban To Step Up Attacks, Says Omar (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Taliban supreme leader Mulla Mohammad Omar said on Saturday that his fighters will step up attacks on foreign forces in the coming months which will surprise many. “With the grace of Allah the fighting would be increased manifold . . .
- Six Killed In Pakistan Blast (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
A bomb blast has killed at least six people in Pakistan's north-western city of Peshawar, police say.
- India Has Proof Of Isi Hand’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
India has “pretty good”, but not “clinching” evidence against Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence agency for involvement in the Mumbai train bomb blasts. Further, it could “call off” off the joint counter-terrorism mechanism with . . .
- Taleban Leader In New War Threat (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
A website posting said to be from Taleban spiritual head Mullah Mohammad Omar threatens a "surprising" rise in Afghan violence in the coming months.
- Pakistan And India In Spying Row (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
A spying row has erupted between Pakistan and India after a Pakistani diplomatic driver was detained in Delhi for allegedly receiving secret files.
- Army Personnel, Isi Agent Held (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Anil Kumar Dubey was allegedly supplying defence-related information
- Sharif Ordered Kargil Pullout: Musharraf (Tribune, K J M Varma, Oct 23, 2006)
In a new twist to claims and counter claims by Pakistani leaders on the 1999 Kargil conflict, President Pervez Musharraf has said the then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif pulled out troops despite his suggestion that the campaign could be militarily . . .
- Army Man Spying For Pak Via Nepal (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Delhi police have arrested an army man who they say was about to sneak into Kathmandu to hand over a pen drive, film rolls and documents containing sensitive information to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agents there.
- The War Within (Telegraph, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Oct 23, 2006)
Let us not dwell on George Fernandes for a change, and attempt to trace a brief history of India’s armament supply instead.
- Pakistani Mullas Sent Us For Jihad, Claim Taliban (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2006)
Say no ‘infidels’ in Afghanistan, everyone there is Muslim
Allege some clerics acting as middlemen for Taliban recruiters
- 47 Tribal Elders Also Signed Peace Accord (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2006)
The government has belatedly released the list of the 47 tribal elders from North Waziristan who signed the September 5 peace accord together with nine militants as representatives of the Utmanzai tribes residing in the area.
- The End Of A Long Friendship? (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Oct 19, 2006)
North Korea's recent moves have pushed China into a corner.
- Lashkar-E-Taiba Founder Released (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 19, 2006)
India is Pakistan's eternal enemy, says Saeed
- Tables Turned For The G.O.P. Over Iraq Issue (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Four months ago, the White House offered a set of clear political directions to Republicans heading into the midterm elections: embrace the war in Iraq as critical to the antiterrorism fight and belittle Democrats as advocates of a “cut and run” . . .
- India’S Nuclear Hypocrisy (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Oct 19, 2006)
India must come up with a new vision and try to change the system if it wants to become a global leader
- Media’S Pr Problem (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 19, 2006)
Precisely because this newspaper puts a great deal of emphasis on investigative reportage, it has always been deeply uncomfortable with “sting journalism”.
- Muslims Put Faith Into Action For Ramadan (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Last weekend, Muslims served some 18,000 needy Americans in 14 US cities to mark their 'Humanitarian Day for the Homeless.'
- Make Rbi Watchdog For Financial (Indian Express, CITHARA PAUL, Oct 19, 2006)
Suggesting the need for a strong regulatory framework to discourage speculative financial practices in Special Economic Zones (SEZs), the Left parties are going to tell the government to bring all financial activities, including that of offshore . . .
- Let Founder Released On Pakistan Court’S Order (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Lashkar-e-Toiba founder Hafeez Muhammad Saeed was released on Wednesday after spending about two months in preventive detention on the orders of a Pakistani court.
- Pakistan's Intentions Will Be On Test: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Says Bangladesh is another security concern
- China May Supply N-Power Plants To Pakistan (Tribune, Ihtasham ul Haque, Oct 19, 2006)
China has agreed in principle to offer four to six nuclear power plants to Pakistan and the issue is expected to be finalised during President Hu Jintao’s visit to Islamabad next month.
- Jolie Times (Indian Express, SUNANDA MEHTA, Oct 19, 2006)
It was the nth time that I was answering that query: “Why are we doing this?”
- Cpm To Beijing Brass: India Won’T Be Joining Us In Containing China (Indian Express, ANANDA MAJUMDAR, Oct 19, 2006)
Setting the stage for a positive dialogue with the Chinese leadership in the context of President Hu Jintao’s visit in November, the Left has indicated to the Chinese that India would not be part of any US-led global strategy for the containment of China.
- Re-Emergence Of Taliban (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Oct 19, 2006)
Ever since American forces entered Afghanistan and removed the Taliban from power, Indian foreign policy has been based on the premise that the US and its NATO allies would restore peace, stability and moderation in Afghanistan.
- Us Active In Pakistan Terror Ops: Cheney (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
US vice-president Dick Cheney has said that the US was taking part in anti-terrorism operations in Pakistan, where more Al Qaida members have been caught or killed"probably than any place else."
- Anti-Terror Mechanism Will Test Pak Intentions: Pm (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Oct 19, 2006)
A day after Chief of Army Staff Gen J.J. Singh stated that terror infrastructure in Pakistan was intact and it was still backing insurgency, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said that the anti-terrorism institutional mechanism between the two . . .
- Pak Peace Process On Anti-Terror Test (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today told the military that Pakistan’s intentions will be tested by the joint anti-terror institutional mechanism that he proposed to Pervez Musha-rraf in Havana. Future talks with Pakistan on a peace pro-cess hinged . . .
- 22 Indian Fishermen Held (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
The Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (MSA) on Wednesday arrested 22 Indian fishermen and impounded their four boats for illegally entering Pakistani territorial seawaters for fishing.
- Al Qaeda Caught And Killed: Tally Highest In Pakistan: Cheney (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
United States Vice President Dick Cheney said on Tuesday that Washington was participating in anti-terrorism operations in Pakistan, where more Al Qaeda members have been caught or killed “probably than any place else”.
- India Puts Pakistan On Notice: Talks Will Collapse (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Oct 19, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Wednesday told Pakistan that bilateral talks between the two countries would collapse “unless the government of Pakistan clearly deals with the issue of terrorism”.
- Aq Khan: First Hero Then Villain? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 19, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf seems to have changed his mind about Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan being a hero of Pakistan.
- India Has Put Islamabad On Terror Notice: Singh (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Oct 19, 2006)
India on Wednesday signalled a tough stance towards the delayed foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan next month with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declaring that Islamabad was now on notice over terrorism.
- World Bank Expert Upholds India’S Position On Baglihar (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
In what could be described as a major diplomatic victory for India, a World Bank-appointed expert has, in the “draft final determination’’ submitted by him, upheld New Delhi’s position on the Baglihar hydro-electric project being built on river . . .
- A Leader In Medical Tourism, Almost (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
After living with pain for nearly 15 years, Russell Cole, 62, travelled from California to Mumbai last November to have three joints operated — knees and right hip — at the L H Hiranandani Hospital. Cole, who suffered from severe . . .
- Law And Order, Pakistan-Style (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 19, 2006)
The manner in which the Pakistani courts have dealt with the various arrests of Lashkar-e-Tayyeba founder Hafiz Mohammed Saeed look somewhat farcical.
- Populism Gone Overboard (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Oct 19, 2006)
Mulayam Singh Yadav has opened the doors of Hardwar to Islamic festivities, showing utter disregard for Hindu sentiments, says Anuradha Dutt.
- Pakistani Government Cannot Gag Me: I Will Continue Spreading (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, former head of Pakistan’s Lashkar-e-Taiba and current Jamaatud Dawa (JD) Amir, pledged to keep “spreading the message of Allah” after he was freed from a 71 day detention, his spokesman said Wednesday.
- Nato-Taliban Clashes Leave 20 Afghans Dead (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Fighting between NATO forces and Taliban guerrillas killed at least 20 civilians in southern Afghanistan, police and officials said on Wednesday, the highest number of combat-related deaths in weeks.
- Norway Will Not Send Special Forces To Afghanistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Nato-member Norway will not send special forces to southern Afghanistan despite the alliance’s appeal for additional forces to battle Taliban insurgents, the government said on Wednesday.
- ‘Nato Monitoring Tribal Peace Deal’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Nato expressed fresh concern on Wednesday about insurgents crossing into Afghanistan and warned that it was closely monitoring a Pakistani peace deal in a volatile border area to see if it has any effect.
- Terror Kingpin Free Man In Pak (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Oct 19, 2006)
One of the most wanted men in India and high on the terror list, the founder of the Lash-kar-e-Tayyaba, Hafiz Saeed, was released by a Pakistan court shortly after midnight on Tuesday.
- India To Discourage Fdi From Pakistan, China And Others (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Oct 19, 2006)
India is planning to enact a law to discourage foreign investment from China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Macua, Taiwan and North Korea.
- Playing With Fire Power (Pioneer, MN Buch, Oct 19, 2006)
Let the process of defence purchases be transparent, and let's never question decisions merely because some party alleges corruption
- Pak-Us Strategic Talks On Nov. 6 (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
The second round of Pakistan-America wide length strategic dialogue would be started in Federal Capital on November 6.
- Pm Blows Hot On Pak Now (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
PM Manmohan Singh, who came under heavy Opposition shelling for describing Pakistan as a victim of terrorism, on Wednesday attempted to cover his flanks by sending out a tough message to Islamabad that no meaningful dialogue can take place under the . . .
- Court Stays Lakhra Power Plant Lease (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
The Hyderabad circuit bench of the Sindh High Court on Wednesday stayed the lease of Lakhra power plant till Oct 31 and issued notices to the chairman of Wapda, federal government, federal ministry of water and power and Privatisation Commission . . .
- The Elusive Consensus (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 19, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s call for developing a broad national consensus on critical national issues comes against a political background characterised by a lack of agreement on some of the nation’s fundamental problems.
- High Pol Prices Are Here To Stay (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Oct 19, 2006)
The peak POL prices will remain unchanged for at least some fortnights despite the 25 per cent fall in world oil prices in recent weeks.
- Britain Now 'No 1 Al-Qaida Target' (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Britain has become the main target for a resurgent al-Qaida, which has successfully regrouped and now presents a greater threat than ever before, according to counter-terrorist officials.
- Air Strike, Clashes In Afghanistan Scores Including 22 Civilians Killed (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Nine Afghan civilians were killed and 17 wounded in a late night air strike in a troubled district of the southern Kandahar province, bordering Pakistan, officials and residents said on Wednesday.
- Manmohan Asks Pakistan To Fulfil Terror Pledge (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Listing international terrorism as the main challenge facing pluralistic and democratic nations, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday asked Pakistan to take concrete steps to tackle the issue of terrorism or else India would find it difficult . . .
- Some High-Fives (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 19, 2006)
Pakistan's enthralling four-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the ongoing Champions Trophy is proof that cricket is perhaps the only sport in which even when a couple of lynchpins of a side are dropped for reporting positive for the use of steroids, . . .
- Revival Of The Taliban (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Oct 19, 2006)
Ever since American forces entered Afghanistan and removed the Taliban from power, Indian foreign policy has been based on the premise that the Americans and their NATO allies would restore peace, stability and moderation in Afghanistan.
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