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Articles 821 through 920 of 43820:
- Judges, Beware (Times of India, Rajindar Sachar , Nov 08, 2006)
The National Judicial Council Bill, to be placed before Parliament, is an attempt to make the judiciary more accountable to the people.
- Nepal's Maoists Agree Peace Deal (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
The Nepalese government and Maoist rebels have agreed a peace deal aimed at ending the 10-year insurgency.
- Democrats Are Smiling But New Delhi Isn’T Too Anxious (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Nov 08, 2006)
Contrary to conventional wisdom that the widely anticipated gains of the Democratic Party in today’s US Congressional elections would kill the Indo-US nuclear deal, informed betting here is that the odds are better than even in favour of the Senate . . .
- Sealing Fates? (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 08, 2006)
The Supreme Court’s latest rebuke of the Delhi government’s ‘inability’ to follow the court’s order to seal illegal shops may have finally forced the latter’s hand, but it still has not solved the problem. Last week, we had commented on the manner . . .
- Lebanese Leaders Seek To Break Impasse (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
Lebanon's rival political parties on Tuesday worked to develop a formula to break a political impasse that threatens to throw the country into another bout of violence, Lebanon's parliament speaker said.
- Violence Against Women (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
THE recent chopping off of the hands near Khanpur in Punjab of two sisters married to two brothers comes as the latest act of savage violence against women.
- Nicaragua: Back To The Future? (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Nov 08, 2006)
A Prominently moustachioed figure from the past has been haunting United States officials of late. No, I don’t mean Saddam Hussein, who was sentenced to death last Sunday in what is predictably (and unconvincingly) being hailed in certain quarters . . .
- Us Senate Down To The Wire (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
On the eve of the 2006 midterm elections, a last-minute tightening in the polls of Senate contests from Montana to Rhode Island to Maryland has thrown some doubt into the calculations of pundits who had come to see a Democratic takeover as possible.
- Death Sentence For Saddam Hussein (Japan Times, Editorial, Japan Times, Nov 08, 2006)
I raqi dictator Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death on Sunday.
- Rethinking Balochistan Uplift (Dawn, Kaiser Bengali, Nov 08, 2006)
Balochistan has been taken off the media headlines. Within the province, however, the insurgency continues to simmer. The Baloch people’s emotional link with Pakistan stands frayed and urgent measures are imperative to address the political and . . . .
- The American Connection (Hindu, V. Gangadhar, Nov 07, 2006)
There are striking similarities between life in India and the U.S. And, important differences too...
- Debates On Difference (Hindu, Bill Kirkman, Nov 07, 2006)
"Amidst all our concern about security, and the real threat of terrorism, we run a grave risk of demonising Muslims".
- Nightmare Figures (Hindu, Mike Marqusee, Nov 07, 2006)
A recent study by the Johns Hopkins University has put the death toll in Iraq since the coalition invasion at 6,55,000, ten times the figure cited by Western media.
- Us Senate Elections Go Down To The Wire (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
On the eve of the 2006 midterm elections, a last-minute tightening in the polls of Senate contests from Montana to Rhode Island to Maryland has thrown some doubt into the calculations of pundits who had come to see a Democratic takeover as possible.
- Candidates Make Dash For Finish Line (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Exhausted candidates across the country delivered their final appeals on Monday, closing a campaign that will determine the balance of power in Washington for the next two years and render a judgment about President Bush and the war in Iraq.
- Meditative Cadence (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 07, 2006)
With its leisurely pace, Tuscany has been called a paradise for exile.
- India’S Congress Party Satisfied With Saddam Verdict (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Nov 07, 2006)
India’s Congress party on Monday ‘noted with satisfaction’ that there is an automatic appeal provision in deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s death sentence and that as such the verdict is still not final, said Congress spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi.
- Injuries Revive Bid To Ban Cluster Bombs (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Hassan Hammade was picking oranges near his home when a strange object fell from a tree in front of him. The 13-year-old picked it up.
- Questions Of Truth And Identity (Hindu, RAVI VYAS, Nov 07, 2006)
G.K. chesterton has said somewhere that when people cease to believe in God they do not believe in nothing — but rather believe in anything.
- A Delicate Brush (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Pamuk's strength as a writer lies not in grand global metaphors but in poetic evocations of Turkey.
- Bush And Rove, Still Strategizing (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
President Bush and his political partner, Karl Rove, ended it where they started it: in this sliver of Northwest Florida that arguably gave them their 2000 victory.
- Japan Talk Of Nukes 'Not Desirable': Ban (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Ban Ki Moon, South Korea's foreign minister and the next U.N. secretary general, voiced concern Monday over discussions in Japan about the possibility of developing nuclear weapons in response to the recent nuclear test by North Korea.
- Bjp Warns Sealing Of Backlash (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
The conflict between the Congress and the BJP has intensified on sealing of illegal business establishments in the Capital in the wake of the Supreme Court order directing immediate resumption of the sealing by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi.
- Israeli Minister Calls For Arab-Free Israel (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Less than a week after being appointed to the Israeli cabinet, ultra-nationalist Avigdor Lieberman called for Israel to become "as much as possible" an all-Jewish country without an Arab minority.
- A Flawed Verdict (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 07, 2006)
After a trial that most international observers called seriously flawed, Mr Saddam Hussein has been sentenced to death by hanging.
- These Discriminatory Laws (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 07, 2006)
Waf's silver jubilee celebration in Lahore last weekend focused attention on two paradoxical aspects of the status of women in Pakistan.
- Of Gains And Losses (Hindu, Gowri Ramnarayan, Nov 07, 2006)
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni focuses on the immigrant experience, the flitting between the old and the new, from a woman's perspective.
- Seize The Opportunity (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 07, 2006)
After decades, it can be said that a police reform process is finally set in motion.
- Candidates Make Dash For Finish Line (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Exhausted candidates across the country delivered their final appeals on Monday, closing a campaign that will determine the balance of power in Washington for the next two years and render a judgment about President George W. Bush and the war in Iraq.
- The Angry Periphery (Hindu, SUBASH JEYAN , Nov 07, 2006)
In Theft, Carey explores Australia's ambivalent relation to the Western artistic tradition.
- A Judicial Nudge To Long-Overdue Police Reforms (Hindu, Mahmood bin Muhammad, Nov 07, 2006)
The issue is too serious to be left entirely in the hands of myopic politicians.
- Q&a With Mahathir Bin Mohamad (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
For 22 years Mahathir bin Mohamad dominated Malaysia's ruling party, the United Malays National Organization, and set a course for the country that helped upgrade its infrastructure and diversify its economy.
- Handling Sanitation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 07, 2006)
I am a total fan of those swanky, ubiquitous red brick compounds "just around the corner" in Delhi.
- Apex Court Will Not Stay Sealing (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Nov 07, 2006)
None can be permitted to place a dagger on the neck and seek relief: judges.
- In Malaysia, Nostalgia Grows For The Days Of Mahathir (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
The annual meeting of Malaysia's governing party is known for fiery talk and dramatic gestures, like the time during last year's conference when a high-ranking member brandished a sword to make a point from the podium.
- Bookwatch (Hindu, Anita Joshua, Nov 07, 2006)
"tutu continued to crave more time for meditation and prayer. But this longing conflicted with many other impulses... the attractions of the money to be earned on the speaking circuit; ...his enjoyment of the limelight..." Would a comment like this . . .
- Secular Architecture Of Gingee (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
A trendsetter in the study of forts and fortified towns tracing the development of this historical urban centre.
- Trial Was Brought To The Verge Of Anarchy (Hindu, Michael Howard, Nov 07, 2006)
The fairness of Saddam Hussein's trial was a vital concern in a country trying to bring reconciliation between its Sunni minority and the Shia majority.
- Comrades, It’S Time To Change: Manmohan (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday gave vent to his irritation over the tendency among a section of the political class to cling to rigid ideological positions and old beliefs when he said that “political postures based in the past” were not in . . .
- Brokering Peace In Iraq (Hindu, Chinmaya R. Gharekhan, Nov 07, 2006)
The part played by the U.N. Security Council in shaping events in Iraq during the wars.
- King-Size Life (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Made for Maharajahs: A Design Diary of Princely India is a peek at the life our royals led.
- To The Victor Belongs The Judge's Gavel (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Nov 07, 2006)
The show trial of Saddam Hussein was not just a violation of international legal norms by a court operating under the reality of foreign occupation but also an insult to the victims in whose name this political farce was enacted.
- Japan, U.S. Vow To Keep Pressing North Over Nukes (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Japan and the United States agreed Monday to keep pressuring North Korea to end its nuclear weapons drive, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki said after meeting with Nicholas Burns, U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs.
- Meditative Cadence (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Nov 07, 2006)
With its leisurely pace, Tuscany has been called a paradise for exile.
- After The Falls (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Here I am in remotest northern Peru, hard on the trail of the world’s third-largest anticlimax.
- Empowering Women In Bangladesh (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Nov 07, 2006)
The collective noun is a poor cousin of the proper; the singular belongs to a higher caste than the plural.
- Eu-India Summit — Getting Closer To The Eu (Business Line, R. Parthasarathy , Nov 07, 2006)
The Helsinki summit is the seventh in the series, which over the years have come to acquire a practical meaning in translating ideas into action.
- Kashmir Muslims Divided On Verdict (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Nov 07, 2006)
Saddam was a "tyrant," says Syed Ali Shah Geelani
Muslim League chairman praises Saddam for defiance
"Case should be heard by an international tribunal".
- ``Inadequate Recognition Of Growing Interdependence'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
I am disappointed with political leaders for their postures based in the past: Manmohan.
- And Now, Cong Has A Kolkata Thesis (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
As the West Bengal Congress factional feud is raging over the appointment of the new PCC chief, a peace formula has been mooted by a section of the leadership — to bifurcate the state PCC on the lines of the Maharashtra Congress.
- Designing For A Near-Silent Flight (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
MIT-Cambridge team releases design of new aircraft.
- Time To Sow An Organic Revolution (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 07, 2006)
Organic farming is now acknowledged the world over as a sustainable model for alleviating poverty and increasing prosperity.
- The Irrelevance Of Politics (The Economic Times, Ruchir Sharma, Nov 07, 2006)
Financial market reaction to the increase in tensions on the Korean Peninsula over the past month has been rather telling.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 07, 2006)
It would be a gross understatement to call them crib deaths. Nothing short of infant mortality has struck Kolkata with as many as 23 newborns dying in 48 hours at the BC Roy Memorial Hospital.
- Swamy Shares Dais With Bjp Man (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy on Monday shared the platform with BJP spokesperson Prakash Jawadekar at the Jawarharlal Nehru University campus to address a gathering of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).
- Breakthrough In Nepal (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Nov 07, 2006)
Nepal’s deputy prime minister K.P. Sharma Oli met external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee just hours before the leaders of the Maoists and the Seven Party Alliance in Nepal sat down to hammer through a deal after months of negotiations and near . . .
- Veil's Apologists (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Nov 07, 2006)
The burqa helps a woman to minimise contact and make her mindset ready to do what she is told by men, especially her husband, says Prafull Goradia.
- The World Is Witness (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 07, 2006)
Saddam Hussein’s trial and death sentence witnesses the intersection of two parallel lines. One flows from contemporary international law that places a premium on national sovereignty.
- Jobless Youth (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 07, 2006)
That the majority of the Indian population is young is not so cheering when confronted with the fact that a majority of them are unemployed.
- Don't Buy Med-Kits From Tainted Supplier, Centre Tells States (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Nov 07, 2006)
The Centre has asked States to defer procurement from private firm embroiled in supply of expired testing kits to West Bengal. National AIDS Control Organisation has also written to Drug Controller General of India to initiate inquiry and take action . .
- People Living In The Past, Complains Pm (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
In a subtle swipe at the Left parties that are accusing his Government of an alleged "pro-US tilt", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said political postures in India were stuck in the "distant past" without any awareness of the country's . . .
- The Politics Of Language (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, Nov 07, 2006)
The 50th anniversary of the reorganisation of States was marked by celebrations on November 1 in Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu in the south.
- Judgement Day (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 07, 2006)
In pronouncing Mr Saddam Hussein guilty of slaughtering political opponents in a specific case in 1982 and sentencing him to death, the Baghdad-based tribunal trying the former Iraqi President has triggered an explosion of imponderables.
- A Fractured Conscience (Telegraph, Dilip Simeon, Nov 07, 2006)
For a system with so much blood on its hands, Afzal Guru’s death sentence is an example of breathtaking hypocrisy, writes Dilip Simeon.
- Death Wards (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 07, 2006)
Apart from their control over the political, and now economic, destiny of the state, West Bengal’s ministers have reconciled themselves to certain facts of life — a pestilential woman-led opposition to a dream project and the shame that goes by the . .. .
- Americans Go To The Polls Today (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Nov 07, 2006)
Americans will vote in the mid-term elections tomorrow and by all assessments Democrats are likely to regain the control of Congress after over a decade.
- On The Banks Of Cherwell (Tribune, Shelley Walia, Nov 07, 2006)
The President of Wolfson College in his ecclesiastical robes, with half a dozen dons sitting on either side, greeted me when I entered his office.
- Death For Saddam (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 07, 2006)
No one in the world, perhaps, expected any other verdict than the one delivered by the High Tribunal trying former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
- Centre’S ‘Mild’ Reaction On Saddam Verdict Irks Left (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Left parties today criticised the Manmohan Singh government for its “mild reaction” to the death sentence to the ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussain and asked it to work actively to intervene to get this sentence rescinded.
- Sealing On, Govt In A Bind (Tribune, S. Satyanarayanan, Nov 07, 2006)
The Centre today expressed helplessness in providing relief from sealing to traders in the National Capital in the wake of the Supreme Court’s verdict, even as the Group of Ministers (GoM) pondered over the possible legislative options available to . . .
- Bhandare Likely To Be Next Governor (Deccan Herald, B S Arun, Nov 07, 2006)
Is former Rajya Sabha MP M C Bhandare the next Governor of Karnataka? Sources said that the Congress leader from Maharashtra might well be on his way to occupy Raj Bhavan in Bangalore.
- Imaginary Cities (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Nov 07, 2006)
My friend U R Ananthamurthy has played a leading role in the renaming of Bangalore as Bengalooru. Earlier, another friend, Sunil Gangopadhyay, pushed the idea of turning Calcutta into Kolkata.
- 'They Cut Off The Snake Head That Was Saddam' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
The day in Baghdad belonged to the Shias. Their government had returned. Their dead were resting easier. And the generous humour that used to grace faces here was back.
- Dalits Go On Rampage In Nagpur Over Caste Killings (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Angry that even after a month, the Maharashtra government had not acted against upper caste villagers in Bhandara district accused of the brutal killing of four members of a Dalit family, Dalits went on a rampage on Monday setting ablaze a police . . .
- Baghdad Blah (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Nov 07, 2006)
Making forthright and possibly accurate remarks about another country's affairs can still amount to a diplomatic gaffe.
- Cong Runs For Cover, Plans Peace Rallies In Ulfa Strongholds (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Nov 07, 2006)
A day after the ULFA set off bombs in the heart of Guwahati, killing 14 persons and leaving another 50 injured, the Congress, which had been engaging the banned outfit in talks, ran for cover, drawing plans for peace campaigns in Assam’s ULFA strongholds.
- Geneva Talks: What Next? (Deccan Herald, S Murari, Nov 07, 2006)
The Sri Lankan Government wants the talks to resume in the third week of November but the LTTE is insisting that the A9 highway, linking the Jaffna peninsula with Colombo, should be re-opened before a date can be fixed for the next round.
- Justice & Realpolitik (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 07, 2006)
It is possible to be circumspect about at least some parts of the legal architecture that surrounds the Saddam Hussein verdict and yet keep the necessarily hard-headed calculations of national interest in mind.
- Listen To The Bench (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 07, 2006)
After the heat, some light. The decision of the Group of Ministers to abide by the orders of the Supreme Court indicated some wisdom on the part of the executive in the handling of a contentious and extremely telegenic issue.
- Saddam: More Queries Than Answers (Indian Express, P.R. KUMARASWAMY, Nov 07, 2006)
The much-awaited death sentence handed to the former Iraqi president, Saddam Hussein, creates more complications than it solves.
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