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- West Must Learn The Pr Of War (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Oct 23, 2006)
Soldiers, sailors, and airmen once determined the outcome of warfare, but no longer. Today, television producers, columnists, preachers, and politicians have the pivotal role in deciding how well the West fights.
- Bush To Make Changes In Iraq Policy (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
President George W Bush said yesterday that he would make ''every necessary change'' in tactics to respond to spiralling violence in Iraq, and he acknowledged a drive to stabilise Baghdad had not gone as planned.
- 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 . . .
- ’tis A Coalition, Mr Cm (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 23, 2006)
Less and less about more and more
It is a measure of the lack of opaqueness that still persists over as critical a matter as industrialisation that last Thursday’s cabinet meeting witnessed a row between the Chief Minister and the water . . .
- Nigeria Oil Worker Hostages Freed (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Seven oil workers - including four Britons - have been freed after being held hostage in Nigeria, says American oil giant Exxon Mobil.
- Western Up Tense After Diwali Clashes (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Two western Uttar Pradesh districts, Muzaffarnagar and Bulandshahr, were tense after clashes between two communities during Diwali celebrations on Saturday.
- Diplomat Acknowledges Us 'Arrogance', 'Stupidity' In Iraq (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
The United States has shown "arrogance" and "stupidity" in Iraq, a senior US diplomat said in an interview aired on Sunday, after US President George W. Bush said he was flexible on tactics, if not strategy.
- Israelis Threaten To Retake Gaza-Egypt Border (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Several Israeli Cabinet ministers called on Sunday for a military operation to retake control of Gaza’s southern border and prevent Palestinian fighters smuggling weapons from neighbouring Egypt.
- Not All The Way (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 23, 2006)
To what extent can the State decide what ‘Indian society’ is, and is not, ready for?
- A Shiite Vs. Shiite Power Play In Iraq (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Fighting in the past week indicates that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's efforts to disarm militias could be leading Iraq toward an intersectarian war between the Shiites in the government and the Shiites in the street.
- 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.
- North Waziristan Peace Body To Meet Regularly (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2006)
The committee that negotiated the peace agreement in North Waziristan on Thursday decided to hold regular meetings to keep in touch with the political agent to ensure appropriate action against any violation of the deal between pro-Taliban militants . . .
- How India Can Lose China (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Oct 19, 2006)
India has never missed an opportunity to squander the big moments in its complex relationship with China.
- Self-Delusion Of Carbon-Trading (Hindu, George Monbiot, Oct 19, 2006)
Offsetting makes us feel better, allows us to consume more to the benefit of the polluters, deflects attention away from the real and present danger that is climate change and does little good.
- U.S. Finally Waking Up To Failure In Iraq (Hindu, Simon Jenkins, Oct 19, 2006)
The Vietnam moment is at hand.
- A President In Disgrace (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 19, 2006)
If Israel's President Moshe Katsav had any residue of shame, he would have quit office when the police recommended to the Attorney General that he should be indicted on charges of rape, sexual harassment, and illegal wire-tapping.
- 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” . . .
- Corus On Both Sides (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 19, 2006)
Overseas acquisitions by Indian companies are probably the most surprising twist to the India story.
- Tiger Suicide Raid Sparks Looting (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Fifteen Tamil Tiger rebels were killed today when they attacked a naval base in southern Sri Lanka, triggering brief looting of minority Tamil shops in the area and dealing a fresh blow to a battered peace process.
- India Doesn't Need Sezs: Bhagwati (Times of India, Dinesh Narayanan, Oct 19, 2006)
There are protests and then there are arguments. And when Columbia University's Jagdish Bhagwati opposes India setting up special economic zones, it's not a protest against tax evasion or land grab but the professor's argument that crashes thro-ugh . . .
- It's Official: India's Dazzling Growth Fails To Dent Poverty (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Economic growth may have been spectacular since 1993 — that is, post-economic reforms — but it seems to be trickling down rather slowly.
- Aedes Of October (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Oct 19, 2006)
“I’ve been bitten! Search the bed! Find and strike the creature dead!” When they made a close inspection The mosquito foiled detection...
- Focus On Media (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 19, 2006)
The Deepavali Special issue of the Organiser is devoted to just one theme — Is the media anti-Hindu? In the opening piece, editor R. Balashankar says, “This question is routinely asked at Hindu gatherings.
- Aiims: Venugopal Asked To Explain ‘Irregularities’ (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Oct 19, 2006)
With the Delhi High Court passing an order staying any action against director P Venugopal, the AIIMS Institute Body meeting today demanded an explanation from him over complaints regarding discrimination against SC/ST students and financial . . .
- 11th Plan: 10% Gdp Growth Targeted (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
A full meeting of the Planning Commission on Wednesday approved the Approach Paper for the Eleventh Plan (2007-2012), which sets a 10 per cent gross domestic product (GDP) growth target for India by...
- Sc To Get Quota Report After It Goes To Houses (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Modifying its earlier order on the Parliamentary Standing Committee report on OBC reservation, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said that the document would be placed before it after it is tabled in Parliament...
- Detainee Torture? No. 'Coercion'? It Depends. (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
New detainee law gives the White House and the CIA most – but not all – of the authority they wanted for interrogations.
- Us Death Toll Climbs In Iraq (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Eleven more US troops were slain in combat, the military said Wednesday, putting October on track to be the deadliest month for US forces since the siege of Fallujah nearly two years ago.
- Japan Rejects Notion Of Its 'Going Nuclear' (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
The government of Japan assured Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday that it had no intention of pursuing a nuclear weapons program, despite North Korea's detonation of a nuclear device.
- Philippine Mayor Defies Government (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Wearing an unbuttoned camouflage Philippine Marines jacket with a colonel's insignia stitched onto it, Jejomar Binay looked ill at ease, even awkward, hardly the picture of a man at war. But there he was, holed up in his office for two days, . . .
- With Cash, Defectors Find North Korea's Cracks (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Last March, Lee Chun-hak, a 19-year-old North Korean, went to the Chinese border to meet with a North Korean money trafficker. Using the trafficker’s Chinese cellphone, Mr. Lee talked to his mother, who had defected to South Korea in 2003. She told . . .
- New Laws And Machines May Spell Voting Woes (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
New electronic voting machines have arrived in Yolo County, Calif., but there is one hitch: the audio program for the visually impaired in some of them works only in Vietnamese.
- Bush: U.S. Will Stop N. Korea Nuke Moves (US News & World Report, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
President Bush said Wednesday the United States would stop North Korea from transferring nuclear weapons to Iran or al-Qaida and that the communist regime would then face "a grave consequence."
- Reducing The Gender Gap (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 19, 2006)
It is UNIFEM's dream to see gender equality in all the processes of development.
- 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 . . .
- Iraq To Hold Unity Meet (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
The U.S. military on Wednesday reported the deaths of nine soldiers and one Marine, bringing October's death toll to 69, an average of almost four a day and putting the month on course to be one of the deadliest month's since U.S. forces invaded . . .
- Cec Holds Talks With Manipur Political Leaders (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Elections likely to be held in February 2007
- High Court Permits Counting Of Votes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Also clears deck for conduct of re-poll in 27 more Chennai booths on October 20
- Mayawati Launches Campaign (Hindu, Atiq Khan, Oct 19, 2006)
"Samajwadi Party Government corrupt, Uttar Pradesh eager for change"
Cadres told to aim for absolute majority in Assembly polls
Alliances ruled out, BSP to contest all seats.
- Ltte Attack On Galle Repulsed (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 19, 2006)
One killed as Tigers' boats explode
Attack team was in five vessels
Mob attacks in Galle reported
Situation under control, says Colombo.
- Bogeys In Their Heads (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Oct 19, 2006)
Last week, I suggested in these columns that Jack Straw’s discomfort in the presence of burqa’d women was a provincial’s reaction to difference.
- Stay Vigilant (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 19, 2006)
Should the Reserve Bank of India raise its policy rates at its next credit policy meeting at the end of this month?
- Birth Of Political Art (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 19, 2006)
Art has long reflected the environment in which it is being created. For Southeast Asia, the 1970s were troubled times, with military or authoritarian rule in many countries squashing social unrest, and it is within this context that some of . . .
- 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?”
- Kashir Channel Goes On Air (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Information and Broadcasting Minister P R Dasmunshi today announced total operationalisation of Kashir channel of Doordarshan from here with functioning of its administrative set-up and selection of programmes.
- Sealing: Cji Gives Relaxation In Order (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Chief Justice of India Y K Sabharwal, heading a Bench monitoring sealing operations against illegal commercial ventures in Delhi today gave some relaxation in its order on weeding out illegal shops for closure but firmly turned down traders’ plea . . .
- Adversarial Media Good For Democracy (Tribune, N. Bhaskara Rao, Oct 19, 2006)
Andhra Pradesh has been witnessing a confrontation between those in power and the news media.
- Japan Debates The Nuke Option (Tribune, Bruce Wallace, Oct 19, 2006)
Tokyo The prospect of a nuclear-armed Japan is at once unimaginable and obvious.
- 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 . . .
- Funeral’ Plan To Turn Afzal Martyr (Telegraph, MUZAFFAR RAINA, Oct 19, 2006)
Preparations for Mohammad Afzal’s funeral in absentia have begun in Kashmir even as his mercy petition lies before the President.
- 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.
- 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.
- Radhika Expelled From Aiadmk (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Actress Radhika, promoter and chairperson of television content company Radaan MediaWorks, was on Wednesday expelled from the primary membership of AIADMK.
- Rebuilding Bihar, Brick By Brick (Pioneer, Arun Srivastava, Oct 19, 2006)
Nitish Kumar has rightly made education the new engine of growth; but he must ensure that each project takes off, says Arun Srivastav.
- 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.
- Bush Clears The Way For Corporate Domination (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
When George W. Bush says that he wants to spread freedom to every corner of the earth, he means it.
- 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
- From Sin-Cities To Cities Of Joy (The Economic Times, Pothik Ghosh, Oct 19, 2006)
He who said Rome was not built in a day may not have been its first minstrel. But he did give the world a troublesome mythology of urbanisation. Cities, in order to become thriving, bustling places, must evolve.
- 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 . . .
- Upa Challenged To Debate On Anti-Terror Law (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
The manmohan Singh government’s decision to turn down a committee of secretaries’ recommendation to have a tougher anti-terror law has provided the Opposition with another opportunity to question the ruling coalition’s track-record on internal security.
- Rebels In Ivory Coast Oppose Calls For President Laurent Gbagbo To Lead The Country For Another Year. (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Rebels in the Ivory Coast have opposed calls for President Laurent Gbagbo to lead the country for another year until elections can be held.
- Rice N Korea Tour Heads To Seoul (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in South Korea on the second leg of an Asian tour to rally opposition to North Korea's nuclear testing.
- Israel Broadens Gaza Operation (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
For the first time since its pullout from Gaza a year ago, Israeli tanks and infantry took up positions on the Egypt-Gaza border Wednesday, killing two Palestinian fighters and surrounding the Rafah border terminal, as the army broadened its search . . .
- 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.
- Coping With Rabies (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Oct 19, 2006)
A comprehensive strategy is required to counter rising number of cases of dog bites in rural areas, says Hiranmay Karlekar
- 10 Us Troops Dead In Persisting Iraq Violence (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
A TADA court here today held three accused, among them a father-son duo, guilty of helping prime conspirator Tiger Memon in carrying out the serial bomb blasts in the metropolis in 1993.
Issaq Hajwani, his son Sikander and Shahnawaz were held . . .
- Wheels Of Justice (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 19, 2006)
A decade after committing the gruesome crime of raping and murdering Priyadarshini Mattoo, a fellow student of law at Delhi University, Santosh Kumar Singh has got his just desserts.
- 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.
- There's No Escape From Hard Decisions (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Oct 19, 2006)
Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Wednesday admitted the difficulties of coalition politics and hinted that unless hard decisions were taken at the political level, 9 per cent growth rate may not be an achieveable target.
- Bustling North Korea Sites Pointer To More Nuke Tests? (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Activity detected at potential North Korean test sites could be consistent with preparations for a second nuclear test but not necessarily evidence a test is imminent, a US intelligence official 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 . . .
- House To Get Quota Bill Report (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
In the midst of a judiciary-versus-legislature debate, a Parliamentary committee today asserted that its report on the OBC reservation in Central educational institutions would be tabled in Parliament.
- Republicans Bank On Bombardment (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Trailing in the polls, Bush's team is still convinced it can win the mid-terms
- President Addresses Vietnam Comparison To Iraq (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
President Bush said Wednesday that the current surge of violence in Iraq "could be" comparable to the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War, a succession of battles that became a milestone because it helped turn the American public against the . . .
- U.S. Suffers Deadliest Day In Iraq In Months (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
A roadside bombing and other attacks killed 10 American troops across Iraq on Tuesday, the U.S. military reported Wednesday, making it the deadliest day of combat for U.S. forces in 10 months.
- More Nuclear Tests Feared As Rice Rallies Allies In Asia (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Foreign Minister Taro Aso called Wednesday for a swift, tough and coordinated response to Pyongyang's Oct. 9 nuclear test, as satellite data indicate the North, which has defiantly called sanctions a . . .
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