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Articles 2221 through 2320 of 21681:
- Pm, Azad Differ On Infiltration (Times of India, BHASKAR ROY, Sep 24, 2006)
PM Manmohan Singh's take on cross-border infiltration — that its levels were decreasing — has set him squarely at odds with the official figures last released, which shows a 225% jump in cross-over while comparing the first six months of 2005 with . . .
- ``No Paper Given To Musharraf'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Authoritative sources in the Manmohan Singh establishment have denied reports that Prime Minister handed over any "non-paper" on Jammu and Kashmir to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf during their recent meeting in Havana.
- Salve On Minorities, Rap On West (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
The Prime Minister today criticised the West for making an “erroneous linkage” between terrorism and Muslims and urged police not to make the minorities an automatic target of suspicion while probing terror.
- Sonia: Tough Anti-Terrorist Action Should Not Polarise Society (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Sep 24, 2006)
It is not correct to accuse minority communities of terrorist sympathies: Manmohan.
- No Freedom In Pok: Human Rights Watch (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 24, 2006)
"Militant infiltration into India continues"
- 'Terror Shouldn't Lead To Talks Failure' (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Sep 24, 2006)
Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf tried to raise the stakes on Saturday by saying that secretary and minister level talks had run their course and he would prefer a one-on-one with PM Manmohan Singh.
- Talks Should Never Break Down, Says Musharraf (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Joint statement has "seeds of success and forward movement"
Manmohan a "very positive and a very sincere person"
Appeals to citizens of India, Pakistan to show "understanding and flexibility"
Says he was the "greatest believer in democracy"
- Pm Warns Of Terror Strikes (Deccan Herald, Utpal Borpujari, Sep 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Saturday warned that there could be more “externally-sponsored” terrorist attacks targeting a wide a range of religious, economic and sensitive places...
- France To Probe Osama Death Report Leak (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
France’s Defence Ministry said on Saturday it could not confirm a newspaper report quoting French secret services saying al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had died but would launch an inquiry into the leak of secret papers.
- Pak Puts Off Signing F-16s Deal With Us (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Pakistan has put off signing the letter of acceptance (LOA) for purchase of 36 F-16 fighters from the US after complaints from its airforce that the planes were “bereft” of vital electronic warfare systems.
- Proof Of A Q Khan Network Left Musharraf Embarrassed (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has revealed that his “most embarrassing moment” was when a US official placed in front of him concrete evidence of Pakistan’s top scientist A Q Khan leaking nuclear secrets to Iran and North Korea.
- Pm Differs With His Ministers On Infiltration (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Sep 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, fresh from his meeting with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf at Havana, is speaking in a voice totally different from his own Cabinet colleagues and chief ministers in the Congress Party.
- Who Says India Is Soft State? (Pioneer, Debraj Mookerjee, Sep 24, 2006)
There is the call today for India to somehow project itself as a hard state. Such desire, one would assume, is expressed because strong willed and nationalist citizens are disturbed by what they view as the labelling of the country as a soft state.
- Musharraf For Direct Talks With Singh (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf has called for a direct dialogue with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to settle Kashmir and other bilateral issues.
- Drifting And Drowning (News International, Masood Hasan, Sep 24, 2006)
It's not only Murree that is collapsing. So is whatever little else that was of any value at one time. Now, like a childhood story, it is just a distant, hazy memory. Somewhere on the long and difficult highway of life, we as a people have gone off . . .
- Musharraf Puts Us On Defensive (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 24, 2006)
President Bush, White House spokesman and former US Deputy
- India Knew Of Suicide Attack On Musharraf’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Former defence minister George Fernandes said on Saturday that India was aware of an assassination attempt on Pakistani President Gen Pervez Musharraf two years ago, and had warned Islamabad two days before the attack in December 2003.
- Democratic Federalism (The Economic Times, C P Bhambhri, Sep 24, 2006)
The military regime in Pakistan has not learnt any lesson from its own history and has followed the same policy of ruthless suppression of sub-nationalist movement in Balochistan. It has forgotten that the birth of Bangladesh as a separate country . . .
- Manmohan Chastises Police For Alienating Muslims (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged regional leaders on Saturday to recruit more Muslims into the police and intelligence agencies to help counter a growing sense of insecurity in the minority community.
- President Musharraf And The Taliban (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 24, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf said at the joint White House press conference with President George W Bush on Friday that his deal with a grand jirga in North Waziristan had been misrepresented in the press.
- Indians And Pakistanis Negative About Each Other (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Notwithstanding recent confidence building measures and the peace process between India and Pakistan, people from both countries continue to view each other “unfavourably”, said an international survey report.
- Kargil Boosted Kashmir Cause: Opposing Us Would Be Disastrous, Says Musharraf In Book (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Sep 24, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf’s yet-to-be-released book — In the Line of Fire — has painted a bleak picture for Pakistan had it not joined the United States in the war on terrorism and says that the 1999 Kargil standoff with India boosted the cause . . .
- Bush Praises Musharraf, Karzai Ahead Of Three-Way Meeting (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Ahead of their tripartite meeting, US President George W Bush today hailed his Pakistani and Afghan counterparts Pervez Musharraf and Hamid Karzai as two "courageous leaders" working to defeat terrorism.
- Nothing To Support The Claim: Us (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
The US government is unable to confirm a French newspaper report that Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is believed to have died last month in Pakistan, the US State Department said on Saturday.
- Who Is Terrorising Pak?’ (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
BJP Leader AB Vajpayee has termed the Indo-Pakistan joint statement in Havana a “conspiracy” against the country.
- Angry (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 24, 2006)
Muslims are angry with the Jews. We are angry with the Christians. Pakistani Muslims are angry with Jews, Christians and Hindus. People of the Book -- Jews, Christians and Muslims -- are all at war while China and India stride ahead.
- Us Denies Threatening Pak (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
The Bush administration has denied giving any instruction to former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage to threaten Pakistan of US bombings after the September 11 attacks.
- Musharraf Unveils Strategy To Curb Extremism (News International, Muhammad Saleh Zaafir, Sep 24, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has announced a six-point strategy to curb extremism and said extremism paves the way for terrorism.
- Anchoring A Sinking Ship Don't Shoot The Mes (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 24, 2006)
Fantasy author Terry Pratchett unintentionally summarised the dilemma of the semi-educated, quasi-religious middle of the road Pakistani when he said 'the trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and . . .
- The Charm Offensive (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 24, 2006)
The rancour and bitterness of the previous day seemed to have vanished into thin air as US President George W Bush and his Pakistani counterpart Pervez Musharraf faced the press in Washington on Friday.
- Musharraf Seeks Summit-Level Talks With India (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has said that he wants the India-Pakistan dialogue to be raised to summit level. “While the ministerial-level and secretary-level talks must continue, I believe that they have run their course because there have been so . . .
- Bush Hails Musharraf, Karzai (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
US President George W Bush on Saturday praised presidents Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan and Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan as “two courageous leaders” worthy of US help as they prepared for three-way talks next week.
- The Charades Of Power Politics (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 24, 2006)
Given that Pakistan came into being as a separate state in the name of the Muslims of the subcontinent, it is not surprising that Islam has played a defining role in the shaping of the polity.
- Pakistan Denies Bin Laden’S Death Reports (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Pakistan has received no information from any foreign government that would corroborate a French newspaper report on Saturday that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden died of typhoid in Pakistan, government official said.
- The Havana Puzzle (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Sep 24, 2006)
Even if the general delivers, can we hope for any sort of continuity in the post-Musharraf era?
- I’Ll Pass Women’S Bill: Musharraf (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Sep 24, 2006)
Says extremism and terrorism prime obstacles to national progress
He will win battle against extremists
Calls Bugti cruel dictator
- Military Rule: Then And Now (Dawn, Zafar Iqbal, Sep 24, 2006)
There is a great deal of clamour that General Musharraf should remove his uniform.
- Population Planning Strategies (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 24, 2006)
The federal secretary of population welfare’s remarks that two new cities the size of Sargodha and Sialkot were needed to absorb the three million people being added to the population every year were hardly surprising.
- Rationalising Drug Prices (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 24, 2006)
A matter of pressing concern was highlighted in Karachi on Friday when a leading physician stressed the need to “end the human greed” that is pushing the cost of life-saving medicines beyond the reach of ordinary citizens.
- Press Freedom Under Threat (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 24, 2006)
Attacks on the press and media seem to have increased in recent months and this is a most disturbing and troubling development. The first incident that comes to mind -- and probably the most tragic -- is the death of FATA-based journalist . . .
- Bpo Executive Sells Personal Information To D-Company (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
The pesky call centre employee trying to sell you a credit card or mobile phone has suddenly acquired more sinister dimensions: S/he could well be misusing the personal information. A 25-year-old call centre employee from a BPO in Tardeo did just . . .
- A General Intent On Staying On, Come What May (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Among other things, this self-congratulatory book stands l'affaire Kargil on its head and presents an over-the-top reading of what propels India-Pakistan relations.
- Us Won't Intervene In Kashmir, Says Bush (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Sep 23, 2006)
President Bush on Friday told Pakistan "it's very important that the issue of Kashmir move forward and be resolved peacefully,"but declined to intervene in the matter besides offering help to move the process forward.
- Kashmir Bilateral Issue: Bush (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Sep 23, 2006)
President George W. Bush on Friday said it was very important that the issue of Kashmir move forward and be resolved peacefully.
- Us Threatened To Bomb Pak, Says Musharraf (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Sep 23, 2006)
The Bush administration threatened to bomb Pakistan “back to the Stone Age” if it didn’t help in the US-led war on terror, Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf revealed in an interview this week.
- "A Country Like India Must Have A Land Use Plan" (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Sep 23, 2006)
George B. Schaller, a pioneer in field biology, says it is possible to achieve economic growth without destroying the environment and losing wildlife. In an interview in Bangalore recently, he says even India and China, the two most populous . . .
- It’S Confirmed: Dawood Plotted 1993 Blasts (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
The fact that underworld don Dawood Ibrahim masterminded the 1993 serial bombings with the help of Tiger Memon was no secret, but for the first time since that gruesome event, his direct involvement in the terror attacks has been judicially . . .
- Who Says India Is Soft State? (Pioneer, Debraj Mookerjee, Sep 23, 2006)
There is the call today for India to somehow project itself as a hard state. Such desire, one would assume, is expressed because strong willed and nationalist citizens are disturbed by what they view as the labelling of the country as a soft state.
- White House: Not U.S. Policy To Threaten Pakistan (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
The White House said on Friday it was not U.S. policy to threaten Pakistan and former U.S. diplomat Richard Armitage denied warning Pakistan's president the United States would bomb his country after Sept. 11.
- India, Pak Can Solve Kashmir Issue: Bush (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
US President George W Bush has said the US is prepared to help India and Pakistan resolve their dispute over Jammu & Kashmir, but insisted America cannot "force" nations to reach agreements.
- Kashmir Issue Has To Be Resolved Between India And Pakistan: Bush (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Making it clear that the issue of Kashmir has to be resolved between India and Pakistan, President George W Bush on Friday said US can only help create conditions for peace and cannot "force" nations to reach agreements.
- Usa Had Threatened To Bomb Pak: Pervez (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
The United States of America had threatened to bomb Pakistan “back to the stone age” if it did not cooperate in the war against terror after the 11 September attacks on America, President Pervez Musharraf has said in a startling disclosure.
- Stay The Course (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 23, 2006)
Even before India and Pakistan have had a chance to give concrete shape to the joint "anti-terrorism institutional mechanism" announced by the two sides in Havana, a torrent of criticism has come from the Bharatiya Janata Party and a host of . . .
- General Knowledge (Tribune, Amar Chandel, Sep 23, 2006)
Unlike other boys his age, my son is an avid viewer of TV news channels, particularly parliamentary proceedings. That has me worried because this over-exposure coupled with an aversion to books and dictionaries is giving him a distorted world-view.
- Pakistan’S Dilemma (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Sep 23, 2006)
Despite knowing that Al Queda and Taliban are dangerous, Pakistan cannot wage a war against them.
- Pakistan Puts Off Signing F-16 Deal With America (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Pakistan has put off signing the Letter of Acceptance (LoA) for purchase of 36 F-16 fighters from the US after complaints from its Air force that the planes were ‘bereft’ of vital electronic warfare systems.
- Mush Blasts Us, Bush Praises Mush, Mush Thanks Bush (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Within 24 hours of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf claiming that the US had threatened to "bomb" his country "back to the Stone Age" unless he joined the war against terror, President George W Bush, describing him as "a strong defender . . .
- Bush Offers Pak Help On J&k (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
US President George W. Bush, with Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf standing at his side, said on Friday his country is prepared to help India and Pakistan in any way to resolve their long-standing dispute over Kashmir.
- Aq Khan Affair ~ India To Rub It In (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
The Pakistan president, General Pervez Musharraf, has told an American TV network that the evidence of AQ Khan’s proliferation activity by the CIA director “was the most embarrassing moment”. India is ready to rub it in a bit more, next week.
- Resolve Kashmir Issue Bilaterally, Says Bush (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
The United States President, George W. Bush, on Friday said India and Pakistan should resolve the Kashmir issue bilaterally and Washington would extend all support.
- 'Buy The Book!' (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Did Armitage threaten to bomb Pakistan back into the stone age? Did Mush buckle under that? Would Bush launch strikes into Pakistan? No answer, just usual book promotion that seems to be the new flavour of the week.
- Baloch Leaders For Pre-1947 Status (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 23, 2006)
A grand jirga of 95 Baloch tribal chiefs and 300 other prominent Baloch leaders has said it will move the International Court of Justice against what it termed the violation of its "territorial integrity, exploitation of Balochistan's natural . . .
- Luckily For Us, The Devil Has Refused Our Surrender (New Indian Express, S Gurumurthy , Sep 23, 2006)
‘‘India has suffered its first strategic setback in the fight against terrorism,’’ writes Ajit Doval, the former chief of Intelligence Bureau. India has suffered this strategic setback not because of Pakistan; nor because of Al-Qaeda or Lashkar-e-Toiba.
- The Rise And Fall (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 23, 2006)
Sonthi Boonyaratglin, Chairman of the Democratic Reform Council in Thailand: On 19 September 2006, General Sonthi and others launched a military coup and overthrew the elected but divisive prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra.
- Bush Taken Aback By "Bomb Attack" Report (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Praises President Musharraf in the fight against terrorism
- Pakistan Defers F-16 Deal: Paper (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 23, 2006)
Pakistan delayed signing the Letter of Acceptance (LoA) for the F-16 deal with the United States on the issue of the aircraft being stripped down for this sale and on conditionalities of usage, a newspaper said on Friday.
- Mulford Hopeful Of Senate Nod For Bill (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
The United States Ambassador, David C.Mulford, on Friday termed the civilian nuclear agreement between his country and India the most important diplomatic initiative in the past 50 years.
- ‘Us Had Threatened To Bomb Pak’ (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Sep 23, 2006)
The US threatened to bomb Pakistan "back to the Stone Age" if it did not co-operate in the fight against militants in Afghanistan, General Perez Musharraf has claimed on the eve of an all important summit with President George Bush at the White House.
- A Sensational Week (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 23, 2006)
So many amazing things have happened in the week gone by that it is difficult to pinpoint which was the most significant event. I find it more feasible to discuss these events and leave it to the readers to determine their relevant importance.
- Who Is To Blame? (News International, Hafizur Rahman, Sep 23, 2006)
"Cherchez la femme," says the French maxim widely used in English. Loosely translated, it means that behind every ill, every odd happening, every trouble, you will find the hand of a woman. Somehow, in our country most of the ills of society are . . .
- Bush Presses Gen On Taliban, Fixes 3-Way Talks With Karzai (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Sep 23, 2006)
Public praise and private pressure. The tough love that has marked US President George W. Bush’s engagement with Pakistan’s General Pervez Musharraf since 9/11 appears unchanged after five years.
- India, Pak Should Resolve Kashmir Bilaterally: Bush (Hindustan Times, S Rajagopalan, Sep 23, 2006)
US President George W Bush on Friday tacitly but emphatically ruled out a US-led initiative to resolve the Kashmir dispute.
- Kashmir To Be Resolved By India, Pakistan: Bush (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Making it clear that the issue of Kashmir has to be resolved between India and Pakistan, President George W Bush today said US can only help create conditions for peace and cannot "force" nations to reach agreements.
- Assertive Japan? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 23, 2006)
Shinzo Abe’s election as leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) paves the way for his election as Japan’s new prime minister. Mr Abe comes from a political family but comes to the job with little political experience.
- Tougher Than They Thought (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 23, 2006)
According to an apocryphal account, a Taliban preacher told his Friday congregation soon after the American invasion of Afghanistan:
- On Natural Gas Pricing, Iran Keeps India Out (Indian Express, Amitav Ranjan, Sep 23, 2006)
Contrary to the agreement, Iran has excluded India — and likely Pakistan — from the joint exercise to work out the pricing formula for natural gas that would flow through the proposed tri-nation Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline.
- Maharaj Hari Singh -A Visionary (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 23, 2006)
On 23rd September 1895, Raja Amar Singh Ji was blessed with a son. Little was known at that point in time, that, this child would, one day, rule the State of Jammu & Kashmir and emerge as the leader of all the Princely States of India.
- Talking Again (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 23, 2006)
Another breakthrough! The topsy-turvy path of India-Pakistan dialogue has become so predictable that any talk of a 'breakthrough' after a 'deadlock' can evoke only a yawn.
- We’Ll Hunt Taliban, Qaeda: Musharraf To Bush (Daily Times, Rana Qaisar, Sep 23, 2006)
US president says Musharraf committed to fighting terrorism
Musharraf committed to holding free and fair polls in 2007
US and Pakistan want long-term broad-based strategic relationship
US willing to help resolve Kashmir
- Some Things Are So Scary (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 23, 2006)
The mysteries of American foreign policy elude me but surely we need to be more careful before we start talking about bilateral cooperation with a country that we know harbours some of the most evil terrorists in the world.
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