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Articles 4021 through 4120 of 21681:
- 'Al-Qaeda Man Holed Up Between Nuristan, Kunar Provinces' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
Pakistan has told the US. Military that an Arab, al-Qaida operative who masterminded the London jetliner terror plot is hiding in mountainous terrain in northeastern Afghanistan, an Intelligence official said on Friday.
- Bunkum Of Resilience (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 19, 2006)
Children in schools are taught that India is a great country and a potential superpower.
- India In Dilemma Over Lanka Crisis (Asian Age, M. R. Narayan Swamy, Aug 19, 2006)
India finds itself in a bind vis-a-vis Sri Lanka’s collapsing peace process, unable to prevent the outbreak of another war that is bound to have major strategic, diplomatic and political fallouts.
- Musharraf For Joint Indo-Pak Control Of Kashmir: Proposal Meant . . . (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
Amendments in Hudood Ordinance to please US, Western lobbies.
- Same Old Tune Of Violence (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 18, 2006)
One will not say that the India-Pakistan relations have nosedived after more than two years of remarkable bonhomie.
- Musharraf For Joint Management Of Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Endorsing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s suggestion to institutionalise arrangements to bring people from both sides of divided Kashmir closer, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said this needs to be discussed as it could be a "starter" . . .
- Aiadmk,mdmk Seek Discussion In Assly On Killing Of 61 Children (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
The AIADMK and its ally the MDMK today sought to move an adjournment motion in the Tamil Nadu assembly on the killing of 61 Tamil schoolchildren in strikes by the Sri Lankan Air force at Mullaitheevu in the Tamil areas of the island nation.
- Bjp's Existential Crisis (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Aug 18, 2006)
The old horse of the BJP, L.K. Advani, is once again jockeying for the presidentship of the party as the term of the present incumbent Mr. Rajnath Singh will expire in November.
- Trans-Atlantic Bomb Plot Planner Was Jaish Member (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 18, 2006)
Rashid Rauf trained in terror facilities set up to fuel jihad in J&K, admits Jaish chief's father
- Salman Refutes Allegations Regarding Stock Market Crash (Pakistan Observer, Sharafat Kazmi, Aug 18, 2006)
Dr. Salman Shah, Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs and Statistics has said that the Ministry of Finance had absolutely no role in the creation or precipitation of the Stock Market crash in March 2005.
- Hurriyat Factions Turn Down Offer On Talks (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
The two factions of the Hurriyat Conference, one headed by Molvi Umar Farooq and the other by Syed Ali Shah Geelani, have turned down yet another offer from the Chief Minister, Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad, appealing the Kashmiri separatists to participate . . .
- Uk Terror Suspects' Faith Made In India (Hindustan Times, Vijay Dutt, Aug 18, 2006)
Among those arrested in connection with the recent terror plot to blow up transatlantic airliners, the key figures seem to be linked to the Tablighi Jamaat, an orthodox Islamic movement that was formed in India in 1927. Its headquarters was in . . .
- Al-Qaeda Behind Jetliner Terror Plot: Pak (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Interrogations of suspects in Pakistan lead its investigators to believe that the alleged plot to blow up US-bound jetliners was sanctioned by the Al-Qaeda leadership, a senior intelligence official said on Thursday.
- Malik To Be New Pak Envoy To India (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Mr Shahid Malik will be Pakistan’s new High Commissioner to India, reports here said.
- Seize The Moment In Assam (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 18, 2006)
By reciprocating the Central Government's Independence Day-eve offer to hold its fire, the United Liberation Front of Asom has kept alive the possibility of its becoming a dialogue partner.
- The Tempest & The Templar Knight (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 18, 2006)
History does not repeat itself but it does rhyme” (Mark Twain), the rhyme of history with periodic repetitions is actually a divine benevolence to make with the deficiencies.
- ‘Sino-Pak Ties Key Factor To Maintain Peace (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Chairman Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed Thursday said the time-tested relations between Pakistan and China was a key factor responsible for maintaining peace and stability in South Asia.
- India, Pakistan Should Trust Each Other: Mus (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf says that the July 11 Mumbai bombings could be the handiwork of “freelance terrorists” and said the two countries should have trust in each other.
- An 'Honour Killing' In Italy (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 18, 2006)
The apparent 'honour killing' of a 20-year-old women of Pakistani origin near the Italian city of Brescia has understandably created quite a furore in that country, especially with reference to integration of ethnic minorities into the mainstream.
- Checking Inflation (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 18, 2006)
According to official figures, inflation for the first month of the current financial year -- July -- was 7.63 per cent.
- Israel Fails In Lebanon: Envoy (Pakistan Observer, Mahmood Hussain, Aug 18, 2006)
Israel has failed to accomplish its objectives despite over a month long death and destruction it inflicted on the peaceful Lebanese nation.
- Re-Forging Instruments To Meet Challenges (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 18, 2006)
The polity will have to promote a new way of conducting its internal disputes in a manner that will not distract the Indian state from dealing with new globally-inspired instigations.
- Only Democracy Can Break Pakistan Terror Link (Hindu, Benazir Bhutto, Aug 18, 2006)
A democratic Pakistan, free from the yoke of military dictatorship, would cease to be the petri dish of the pandemic of international terrorism.
- I Head Entire Kashmir: Attique Khan (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 18, 2006)
Asks India to let Kashmiris live as per their free will
- Musharraf For Joint Management Of Kashmir (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf has appreciated Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s suggestion for institutionalization of arrangements to bring people from both sides of divided Kashmir closer and said it could be a “starter” for the joint . . .
- Of Terror Twosome & Mumbai Blasts (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Mohammad Sohail and Mohammad Zubair, militants arrested by the Border Security Force at Hingalgunj on Monday, belong to the terror module which triggered off serial blasts on Mumbai’s local trains in July.
- Uk Terror Plotter Has Jaish Links (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Two suspicious containers from Pakistan forced evacuation of a Seattle port terminal in North America after a sniffer dog indicated they could contain explosives.
- Let And Al Qaeda (OutLook, B. Raman , Aug 18, 2006)
Now even the National Security Advisor is openly talking about the links between these two and how the LET has become as great a threat to regional and international peace and security as Al Qaeda...
- No Country But A Religion (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Aug 18, 2006)
A joke was going round Britain in the fifties about a National Serviceman (National Service was compulsory then and even a Commonwealth citizen like me had to ask for deferment) who tried to get out of Sunday church parade by registering as a Muslim.
- New Export Target (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 18, 2006)
Encouraged perhaps by doubling of annual exports from $8.2 billion to $16.5 billion in seven years ending June 2006, the Planning Commission is now working on a strategy to boost exports to $40 billion per annum over the next five years.
- The ‘Islamabad Declaration’ (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 18, 2006)
The context was global but the issues highlighted at the recent International Judicial Conference in Islamabad could easily be Pakistan-specific. Among other measures, the August 14 ‘Islamabad Declaration’ called for greater judicial review of . . .
- It Industry Asked To Adopt Quality Concept (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Minister for Information Technology Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari on Thursday asked the local IT industry to adopt the concept of quality and improve business processes in line with international practices to penetrate the world markets.
- Jaish Denies Link To Uk Terror Plot (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
An aide to the leader of banned militant group Jaish-i-Mohammad denied on Thursday that a British national arrested in Pakistan in connection with the plot to blow up US-bound airliners had ever been a member of the group.
- Musharraf Sets Peace Accord Parameters: ‘Indian Pm Sincere’ (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Aug 18, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has set ‘doable’ parameters, short of independence, for resolving the Kashmir dispute, which, he says, can yield a friendship treaty with India and the withdrawal of the case from the United Nations Security Council, an . . .
- Purified By Opposition (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 18, 2006)
The only good news from Thursday’s nuclear debate in the Rajya Sabha is that the prime minister has finally stood up to defend the constitutional right of his government to conduct foreign policy.
- Karachi Receives Heaviest Downpour (Pakistan Observer, John Thakur Das, Aug 18, 2006)
Karachi authorities this evening declared emergency in the city following heavy rains that killed five persons and injured many while there was a complete chaos on the roads that were submerged in water. Life was totally paralyzed as low lying . . .
- Study Of Hiv Prevalence In Nwfp, Fata Planned (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
The Aga Khan Medical University Hospital, Karachi, is conducting a study to determine the causes of HIV/Aids prevalence among migrant workers in the NWFP and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and outline recommendations for prevention of the . . .
- Message From Imphal (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 18, 2006)
The bomb explosion in Imphal, Manipur, on Janmashtami at the ISKCON temple, which killed four people and injured 40 others including the international director of the religious society Damodar Swami, was the first of its kind and, therefore, holds . . .
- Hudood Amendment Bill In Na Today (Daily Times, Shahzad Raza, Aug 18, 2006)
The government is to present a bill amending the Hudood Ordinances in the National Assembly today (Friday).
- Mushahid Slams ‘Expansionist Designs’ Of India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Pakistan’s major grievance against India is not over Kashmir, but its “expansionism” and short-sightedness, Pakistan Muslim League Secretary General Mushahid Hussain Sayed said on Thursday.
- Pakistan’S Frequent-Fall Problem (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 18, 2006)
Yesterday this newspaper quoted General Pervez Musharraf as saying that foreign terrorists would not be allowed to operate from Pakistan or train in Pakistan’s territory.
- Salahuddin Stresses Demilitarisation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
The Pakistan based chief of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, Syed Salahuddin, on Thursday said that the proposal of self-rule could be discussed only after complete demilitarisation across the Line of Control.
- India Breaks Cease-Fire (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
The two and a half year long cease-fire between Pakistan and India disrupted at the Line of Control (LoC) Tuesday when two people were injured after the Indian side opened fire at Bandi Abbas in district Poonch.
- Strengthening Ideological Moorings (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 17, 2006)
Ajk Prime Minister Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan has announced a number of measures to draw the State of Jammu and Kashmir closer to Pakistan ideologically.
- Judicial Activism (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 17, 2006)
The 23-point 'Islamabad Declaration' adopted at the conclusion of a four-day international judicial conference on the theme of 'Justice For All' is a perfect wish-list of all the things that Pakistanis, particularly Pakistani women and children,. . .
- Afghan Opium Trade Is Latest Aids Worry (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Aug 17, 2006)
Battered by decades of war, Afghanistan has become a major AIDS worry in the sub-continent, with use of opium and related drugs increasing in the country and its neighbours.
- Behind The Code Of Diplomatic Conduct (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Aug 17, 2006)
The relationship between India and Pakistan depends on its diplomats. If they are ill-treated, the result is ill-will and tension.
- As India Debates N-Deal, China & Pak Move To Close Rival Pact (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Aug 17, 2006)
As India’s nuclear debate enters the Rajya Sabha tomorrow, Beijing and Islamabad are moving towards deeper bilateral atomic energy cooperation.
- Al Qaeda Leader Was Plot’S Mastermind: Pak Official (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
A senior Pakistani intelligence official told reporters here on Tuesday night that a leader of Al Qaeda based in Afghanistan was the mastermind of the reported plot in Britain to blow up American airliners.
- Nuke Numbers: Deal Adds Up (Indian Express, Amitav Mallik, Aug 17, 2006)
The Indo-US Civil Nuclear Deal has led to much debate in both countries. While the US is primarily concerned about the dilution of its non-proliferation agenda, India is apprehensive about aspects like the cost and implications of . . .
- Disaster Management (News International, Kamran Shariff, Aug 17, 2006)
On Aug. 5 nearly one hundred lives were lost in Mardan in a freak accident. Most of the victims stood on or close to a bridge on the Kalpani river as it raged.
- Terrorists Not To Be Allowed To Use Pak Land (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf said on Wednesday that defence of the country is the foremost responsibility of the Armed Forces which are fully prepared, equipped and motivated to defend the frontiers of the motherland and will not let any one . . .
- Musharraf Urged To Quit As Army Chief (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Politicians and jurists here have urged President Pervez Musharraf to quit army chief's office, saying the Supreme Court should conduct elections through a neutral caretaker government.
- The Us-Pak Weapons Deal: No Bang For The Bucks (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Aug 17, 2006)
America’s decision to sell F-16 Falcon fighter jets to Pakistan stands to profit no one. And doesn’t benefit long-term relations between the countries either
- 'Pak-Based Terrorists Were Preparing To Attack Metros' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Mohammed Zubair and Mohammed Sohail - nabbed in Higalganj, North 24-Parganas, on Independence Day eve - were trained in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir for one year and were preparing for a fidayeen attack in one of the Metro cities of India, officials . . .
- Pakistan's Problems Lie In Its Very Creation (Daily Excelsior, N.B. Menon , Aug 17, 2006)
Pakistan President, General Pervez Musharraf, on the eve of independence of his country, talked about the "unfinished business" of partition. He, probably meant annexation the Muslim majority state of the Indian Union - Jammu and Kashmir.
- Advani Sole Bjp Leader In Rss Film On Hindutva, Akhand Bharat (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Barely seven months after he quit as BJP president over a row with the sangh for his comments on Pakistan’s founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah, party leader L K Advani has appeared as a commentator in a film on core RSS ideology of Hindutva and Akhand Bharat.
- 5 Militants, Soldier Killed In Machhil Gunbattle (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
While at least five infiltrating militants and a soldier have died in a fierce gunbattle on the LoC in Machhil sector of Kupwara, troops have apprehended eight young boys, who were leaving for a militant training camp in PoK, from Kangan area and . . .
- Britain To Bury Ghost Of Cowardice (Telegraph, Amit Roy, Aug 17, 2006)
Indian soldiers who may have been shot for cowardice or desertion by their British commanding officers during World War I are likely to benefit from official pardons being granted under a review of policy being conducted by the ministry . . .
- Uk Asks Pak To Extradite Terror Mastermind (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
The British High Commission in Pakistan has asked the government to extradite Rashid Rauf, suspected of masterminding the alleged terror plan to blow up US-bound trans-Atlantic flights in midair.
- Pak Diplomats’ Playground Shrinks (Telegraph, GAUTAM DATT, Aug 17, 2006)
India is thinking of strictly enforcing a rule that prevents Pakistani diplomats from travelling to Delhi’s satellite towns of Gurgaon and Noida.
- Pakistan Cites Cooperation With U.S., Britain (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 17, 2006)
"We have not received any evidence whatsoever in any terrorist act in India"
- We Shall Overcome (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 17, 2006)
The Independence Day special issue of Organiser is devoted to analysing ‘Terrorism: The Siege Within.’
- Another Bush War (Frontline, Vijay Prashad, Aug 17, 2006)
The Israeli war on Lebanon is in line with the United States' "forward policy for freedom in the broader Middle East" .
- Veils And Jails (Frontline, RAFIA ZAKARIA, Aug 17, 2006)
The Hudood Ordinances expose how Generals past and present have used the regulation of female sexuality to their strategic advantage.
- Ex-Isi Chief Wants Indian Model For Pak Polls (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
former ISI chief has asked Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf to follow the Indian model in appointing a person with “experience in civil administration” as chief election commissioner to make the next year’s general elections “more credible and . . .
- Can Of Worms (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Aug 17, 2006)
If the Government of India is proposing to reinstate the pre-1953 status of Jammu & Kashmir, it should realise the corollaries.
- Time To End The Pipedream (Pioneer, Rai Singh, Aug 17, 2006)
The Iranian gas pipeline is a huge project spread over 1,400 km, costing over $7 billion. It is an ambitious plan linking Iran with India via Pakistan. India, however, needs to examine it in the light of not only its own energy requirements, but . . .
- Ramayana And The Living World (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Aug 17, 2006)
One of the central figures in Ramayana is Hanuman who twice saved the lives of Ram and Lakshman, carried the former's message to Sita, incarcerated in Lanka, and burnt the latter down.
- The Mumbai Death Cells (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 17, 2006)
Investigations into the serial bombings in Mumbai might end in a replay of the 1993 terror strikes — with the perpetrators out of reach.
- Access To Information (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 17, 2006)
Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one."
- Simi Funding: Alms To Arms (Pioneer, Sidharth Mishra, Aug 17, 2006)
With the Government ban on the Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) coming into force, the bank accounts of the organisation stand frozen at Rs 15 lakh.
- Olmert, Bush Lose (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 17, 2006)
Israel’s democracy speaks Israel, for all its faults, is a democracy, and a vigorous one at that which does not spare stupid governance.
- Indian Troops Have Not Violated Cease-Fire: Army (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
The army today denied that its troops had violated the ceasefire along the 794 kms-long Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Foreign Fighters Swell Taleban's Ranks (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Pakistan has been accused of failing to prevent men and munitions slipping across its border.
- Oil Prices Have To Rise, Hints Pm (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Standing on the ramparts of the historic Red Fort, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday addressed the nation on the 60th Independence Day after unfurling the tricolour.
- Hizbul Militants On Security Duty At Pm's Residence: Tv (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Three Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists belonging to Barmullah in the Kashmir valley had joined CRPF and were put on duty Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's official residence in race course road here, India TV news channel claimed on Tuesday night.
- Vision And Concern (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 16, 2006)
Consolidation was the running theme of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Independence Day address to the nation. Instead of making grandiose announcements, he sought to reassure the nation about strengthening and extending some of the welfare . . .
- Clear As Crystal: Challenge Is On (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 16, 2006)
It is not for nothing that concerned citizens sit glued to their radio and television sets across the country on every Independence Day.
- Us Tracing London Plot Links (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
US officials have declined comment on American media reports linking Pakistan with the foiled plot to blow up US bound planes, but indicated swift action against any outfit that may have helped the plotters.
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