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Articles 2121 through 2220 of 43820:
- Cameron Taunts Blair Over Split With Army Chief On Iraq (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Tony Blair insists Britain will not be forced into a premature withdrawal of its troops from Iraq despite mounting pressure for him to change his strategy.
- Unity In Up Via Media (Indian Express, ALKA PANDE, Oct 18, 2006)
All politicians love the camera. The fake smiles remain on their faces as long as it flatters them. But when it starts capturing their sleazy deals, it is another story altogether. Then committees are formed and meetings are convened to devise way . . .
- Centre Lacks Strength To Enact New Terror Law: Bjp (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Claiming that the suggestion of a new anti-terrorism law by senior government officials was a vindication of its stand, BJP today said UPA regime lacked the will and strength to introduce any such legislation.
- Powers Of Separation (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Oct 18, 2006)
The Supreme Court’s order in the case concerning OBC reservations seems to yet again set the stage for serious awkwardness in the relationship between the judiciary and other branches of government.
- Quality Of Justice (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 18, 2006)
Justice was delayed, but not denied.
- Between Crime And Punishment (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 18, 2006)
had travelled to Bhagwan (Siwan) and found the witness the CBI had said was “untraceable”. Excerpts from a story published on December 9 1999.
- An August Campaign (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 18, 2006)
The CPI(M) conducted its August campaign between August 1 and September 15, a motivational exercise for party cadres and a test of the party’s programmes.
- North Korea Nuke (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 18, 2006)
Hardline Jamaat-e-Islami’s bi-weekly, Daawat, in an editorial note on October 13 writes that “the question is, if manufacture of nuclear weapons is a condemnable act, why did those attacking North Korea do the same in the first place?”
- Political Missiles (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 18, 2006)
It is extremely rare for the chiefs of India’s Armed Forces to intervene in public issues that, in general perception, are tinged with politics.
- There’S No Compelling Reason Why Afzal Shouldn’T Hang: . . . (Indian Express, R VENKATARAMAN, Oct 18, 2006)
The Union Law Ministry has advised the Government that there is “no compelling reason or circumstance” to commute the death sentence to life imprisonment in the case of Mohammad Afzal Guru, the convict sentenced to hang in the December 13 Parliament . . .
- Facing East, But Going West (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 18, 2006)
East, we know, is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet. In fact, they do: at exactly the opposite side of the planet from Greenwich,
- India Vows To Work For Disarmament (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
India has vowed to work towards steady progress in the areas of conventional disarmament as small arms and light weapons directly affect a large mass of people in conventional conflicts.
- Another Name (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 18, 2006)
Bengaluru is an inevitability Bangalore could not have escaped. The city civic council’s resolution for the change of name, now awaiting a formal nod from the government, is part of a beaten track that has been followed in other cities as well.
- Bush Or Chavez? (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Oct 18, 2006)
On Monday, George W. Bush, America’s president, gave the prime minister, Manmohan Singh, a lesson in diplomacy, which Indian leaders — from every party — could benefit from.
- Paying For The Right To Information (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 18, 2006)
It’s not only Indian politicians and bureaucrats who are scared of letting the common or garden variety of citizen gain access to the goings-on in government ~ British ministers too have been accused of blocking the public’s access to sensitive . . .
- Bush Raised Venezuela Issue In Call To Pm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
The US president, Mr George W Bush, had raised the issue of Venezuela’s candidature for the non-permanent seat for Latin American in the United Nations Security Council when he called up the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, yesterday.
- Lanka De-Merger Order Worries New Delhi (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
The Sri Lanka supreme court’s judgement calling for the de-merger of the north and east provinces has come at a highly sensitive time, when the government and LTTE have set a date for talks and the ruling and Opposition parties may finally be . . .
- Congress Backs Manmohan On Job Quota In Private Sector (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Caught in an intense tug of war between the industry and sections of political class over reservation in private sector, the Congress on Tuesday welcomed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's decision to set up a panel "to explore the best way to see that . . .
- More Problems For The U.S. In West Asia (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Oct 18, 2006)
Containing Iran's influence in the region has become America's priority.
- Planning For Cities Of The Future (Hindu, Rohini Nilekani, Oct 18, 2006)
How do we make our urban areas more liveable, more sustainable?
- Intellectuals Rally Behind Afzal (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Oct 18, 2006)
"He was denied a fair trial, should be pardoned"
Yasin Malik hails Indian intelligentsia for support
India has to prove sincerity: Sajjad Gani Lone.
- Have We Forgotten Manjunath? (Deccan Herald, Bhamy V Shenoy, Oct 18, 2006)
It was ironical that, within a few days of Manjunath’s murder, the corruption charges against Satish Sharma — the leading architect of the superstructure of corruption in the petroleum sector — as a central minister were dropped.
- Is Cuba Crumbling? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 18, 2006)
Cuba's economy is booming thanks to a thriving tourism industry, brisk nickel exports and cheap oil from ideologically aligned Venezuela, the social benefits are difficult to see at street level.
- Row Over Chirac (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 18, 2006)
French President Jacques Chirac’s last-ditch effort to stonewall the imminent prosecution relating to various corruption charges, once his presidential immunity ends next spring, has outraged the opposition and the judicial fraternity alike.
- Farcical Exercise (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 18, 2006)
Whatever could go wrong went wrong in the elections to the Chennai Corporation Council. Between them, a toothless State Election Commission (SEC) and a non-intervening police force failed pathetically to prevent tens of thousands of voters from . . .
- Dubious Role (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 18, 2006)
The Andhra Pradesh government’s prickly response to former Attorney General Soli Sorabjee’s observation on its role in the grant of clemency by the Governor to convicted Congress activist Gouru Venkata Reddy is an attempt at diverting attention from . . .
- Remedy For Navy’S Defence Weakness (Deccan Herald, R N Ganesh, Oct 18, 2006)
Aspersions are being cast on the Navy’s integrity for recommendations made by it.
- Nawaz Hopes Benazir Will Deny Contacts With Govt (Tribune, Anwar Iqbal, Oct 18, 2006)
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Sunday that he would wait for his meeting with Benazir Bhutto to determine if she was really talking to the Musharraf government.
- Us Accepts First Batch Of North Korean Refugees (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 18, 2006)
Help. I’m a North Korean enslaved by a married man in China.” In February, “Deborah” surreptitiously posted her plea on a Web site she discovered by typing “talbukja” – Korean for “escapee from the north” – into an Internet search engine.
- Farmers As Victims (Tribune, Janak Raj Gupta, Oct 18, 2006)
The special economic zone (SEZ) model has created a great furore in the country. The proponents of the model consider it as a panacea for the all-round development of the Indian economy, while opposition comes from the cultivating community which . . .
- Quarrelling Over Kargil (Tribune, Lieut-Gen Harwant Singh (retd), Oct 18, 2006)
The controversy and quarrel over Kargil has been one of the most futile and unproductive inter-service exercises. However, Kargil does throw sufficient light on the prevailing set-up to take note of the discord and delay in the decision-making . . .
- Perverse Games And History Lessons (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 18, 2006)
In June 1942, the Czech village of Lidice was destroyed in a Nazi reprisal after the Deputy Reichsprotektor for Bohemia and Moravia, Reinhard Heydrich, succumbed to the injuries he had sustained in an assassination attempt on May 27.
- Major Relief For Jd (U) Mp Prabhunath Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
A man, who was believed to have been killed by him & three others, resurfaces
- Poor Women Get The Nobel Prize (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 18, 2006)
Development without keeping the poor and women in the centre will neither remain "fast" nor "inclusive."
- Back Channel Talks On To Resolve J&k Issue: Pak (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
India and Pakistan are discussing through back channel “something different” to resolve the Kashmir issue besides their formal standpoints on the dispute, Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri has said.
- Will Laws For Women Lead To True Empowerment? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Oct 18, 2006)
The movement toward the empowerment of women is gathering force across the country. Parliament has passed Bills meant to protect women against domestic violence and harassment elsewhere.
- Democracy Under Duress! (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 18, 2006)
We are all familiar with takeovers by the military after overthrowing democratically-elected governments. India's democracy alone is in the funny position of needing the help of the police, para-military and other security forces for conducting . . .
- Sezs: Bumpy Road To Economic Prosperity? (Business Line, Vipin Agarwal, Oct 18, 2006)
Certainly, SEZs are not the only route to achieving superlative economic growth. There are many risk factors relating to the business model and their success in the Indian context.
- Bansagar Project: Centre Snubbed By Madhya Pradesh (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Oct 18, 2006)
Chauhan behaved liked a feudal lord, says Soz.
- Kumaraswamy Slams Kerc For Not Increasing Power Tariff (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Says it is an indirect attempt by KERC to liquidate ESCOMs
`It is a unilateral decision by KERC'
`A severe blow to attempts to improve power supply'.
- Karzai Says Mulla Omar Hiding In Quetta (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai told The Associated Press that Mulla Omar, the supreme Taliban leader who headed the regime ousted by US-led forces five years ago, is hiding in Quetta.
- Indo-Pak Secy-Level Talks On Nov 14-15 (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Pakistan on Tuesday announced that the foreign secretary-level review meeting of the third round of the composite dialogue will be held on November 14-15 in New Delhi.
- Energy: Dead Silence On Major Dams (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 18, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that the Government is pursuing an extensive programme to meet country’s growing energy needs to sustain high economic growth and fast paced industrialisation.
- A Deadline For Autonomy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 18, 2006)
The minister for inter-provincial coordination has promised that the much-awaited constitutional amendment bill providing for enhanced provincial autonomy would be adopted before June 2007.
- Pml-N Convinced Ppp Not In Talks With Govt (Dawn, Ashraf Mumtaz, Oct 18, 2006)
The PML-N’s ‘suspicions’ that the PPP was holding secret talks with the government to hammer out a deal stood removed when Makhdoom Amin Fahim met former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in London on Tuesday and told him that the ‘disinformation’ was . . .
- Qazi Calls For Joint Opposition Movement (Dawn, Ahmed Hassan, Oct 18, 2006)
Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) president Qazi Hussain Ahmed on Tuesday urged all opposition parties to get united and launch a joint struggle to oust the military-led government.
- Sri Lanka Committed To Talks With Tigers After Deadly Attacks (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Military continues raiding Tiger bases amid diplomatic activity in Colombo
- The Idea Of A Pmlq-Pppp Coalition (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 18, 2006)
The Pakistan Muslim League President, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, has hinted at “an alliance for a coalition government” after the next general elections.
- Some Deaths Can Ensure Survival (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 18, 2006)
There are countries where CEOs of a trade can go to prison for participating in a meeting that may lead to cartelisation.
- Talabani Backs 'Iran-Syria Plan’ To Stabilize Iraq (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Violence in Iraq could end "within months" if Iran and Syria joined efforts to stabilise the country, says Iraqi President Jalal Talabani.
- Pm For Consensus On National Issues (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday called for greater unity and consensus on fundamental national issues in the face of formidable challenges the country was facing.
- Should Afzal Be Granted Clemency? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 18, 2006)
The fuss over the President’s power to grant clemency is misdirected. The President must be left free to exercise discretion, which flows from Article 72 of the Constitution. Although the President is expected to act on the advice of the Union . . .
- Upa Challenged To Debate On Anti-Terror Law (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 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.
- Red Bull (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 18, 2006)
West Bengal’s transport minister Subhas Chakraborty has an uncanny habbit of popping up in all the wrong places.
- Drawing Lessons From Grameen Bank (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 18, 2006)
Not only did it provide credit to the poor, but also proved they are creditworthy.
- The Sad Realities (Daily Excelsior, Sweta Patwardhan, Oct 18, 2006)
Cutting across the party lines 35 women MPs have written to prime minister Manmohan Singh and the Congress President, Mrs. Sonia Gandhi that the 33 per cent reservations for them in Parliament and States assemblies should be passed during the . . .
- Pakistan After Musharraf ? (Daily Excelsior, T S Rao, Oct 18, 2006)
Gen. Pervez Musharraf completed seven years of his rule of Pakistan in October 2006.
- Foreign Secys To Talk Anti-Terror Mechanism On November 26 (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
India and Pakistan will resume foreign secretary-level talks on November 13, where the two sides are expected to discuss contours of the proposed anti-terror joint mechanism.
- The West's Anti-Muslim Campaign (News International, Shireen M Mazari, Oct 18, 2006)
Since the Danish cartoon issue, a pattern seems to be emerging from the US and Europe where there appears to be a concerted two-pronged effort to harass and discriminate against Europe's Muslim population and undermine assertive/strong Muslim states.
- Attack In Sri Lanka (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 18, 2006)
Monday's suicide bombing in Sri Lanka which killed more than one hundred sailors must have sent alarm bells ringing in Baghdad and in Kabul where such incidents have of late become increasingly common.
- North Korea's Nuclear Test (News International, M B NAQVI, Oct 18, 2006)
On eighth October, North Korea conducted a nuclear test. From now on it should be treated as a nuclear capable power.
- Parliamentry Committee Likely To Discuss Sc Order On Quota (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
With the Supreme Court's order on the reservation for OBCs in institutes of higher education having sparked the judiciary-versus-legislature debate, the issue is expected to be discussed at a meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of . . .
- An Open Letter To Benazir (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 18, 2006)
You would be aware that the US establishment, now facing the prospect of a Democratic Party resurgence with the Democrats controlling at least one or possibly both the houses of Congress, is quietly exploring other democratic options in Pakistan, . . .
- Budget Making For 2007-08 — Challenges Before Chidambaram (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 18, 2006)
The Budget has to be framed to reinforce positive trends and remove obstacles to marshalling and utilising resources and the full exploitation of India's competitive advantages.
- Real Issues Are Never Raised (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 18, 2006)
Democracy is not without pitfalls. The bitter truth is that Indian democracy is afflicted with all conceivable ills and shortcomings.
- Putin's Third Term Problem (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 18, 2006)
Although the Central Election Commission (CEC) has rejected the idea of a plebiscite on the possibility of one person to be Russia's President for more than two terms in a row, this has not clarified the problem known as "Putin's third term".
- History Of Betrayal (Pioneer, RAHUL RAMAGUNDAM, Oct 18, 2006)
A memorial in Pratapgarh underscores the tokenism with which we respond to the need for socio-economic reforms, says Rahul Ramagundam.
- Barak Is The Best (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 18, 2006)
In bluntly announcing his complete faith in the Barak anti-missile system and saying it compares with the best in the world, Admiral Arun Prakash, chief of the Indian Navy, has knocked the bottom out of one half of the Central Bureau of . . .
- Cornered On Quota (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 18, 2006)
The Supreme Court has raised two valid points while dealing with a bunch of petitions against the UPA Government's politically duplicitous and socially divisive move to impose a 27 per cent quota for the so-called OBCs on institutions of higher . . .
- Veil Of Separatism (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 17, 2006)
The ability of something as irrelevant and out-of-place as the hijab and the niqab in today's world to define the contours of wearisomely familiar discourse on the rights of women in Islam is amazing.
- Koda Of Conduct (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 17, 2006)
In a masked ball of democracy in Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand, there might soon be no prizes for guessing a Deputy Chief Minister.
- Need To Scrap Article 370 (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Oct 17, 2006)
Farooq Abdullah's staggering assertion that the sessions judge who awarded the death penalty to Afzal Guru for his role in 2001 attack on Parliament could be murdered by Kashmiri terrorists carries the implicit threat that the High Court and Supreme . . .
- The Godhra Fake-Believe (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Oct 17, 2006)
After the stinging High Court rebuke, the UPA Government should junk the Banerjee Committee report, and not even consider an appeal
- Pm Silent Spectator To Gross Misuse Of Cbi: Fernandes (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
Stung by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's remarks about him on the Barak issue, NDA convenor George Fernandes has written to him calling him a "silent spectator" to the "gross and unprecedented misuse of the CBI".
- Medium Of Public Discourse (Hindu, Gowri Ramnarayan, Oct 17, 2006)
The Mythic and the Iconic in Indian Cinema: Vinay Lal and Ashis Nandy — Editors; Oxford University Press, YMCA Library Building, Jai Singh Road, New Delhi-110001. Rs. 495.
- Trajectory Of Growth (Hindu, S. L. Rao, Oct 17, 2006)
A retrospect and prospect of the Indian economy from Independence to date.
- Ems' Contribution To Literature (Hindu, B.R.P. BHASKAR, Oct 17, 2006)
Govinda Pillai, DC Books, DC Kizhekemuri Edam, Good Shepherd Street, Kottayam-686001. Rs. 130.
- Ex-Chief Of Isi: Us Aided Mush Overthrow Sharif (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
Today is the 14th World Poverty Eradication Day. There are some who will say that such days are particularly relevant for a poor country like Pakistan while others -- particularly the sceptics among us -- will say that such things are pointless . . .
- Emerging Global Power (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 17, 2006)
Paradoxes of a country undergoing transformation that will affect the rest of the world
- Full Convertibility (Telegraph, BHASKAR DUTTA , Oct 17, 2006)
The author is professor of economics, University of Warwick
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