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Articles 4521 through 4620 of 43820:
- Iaea’S Difficult Balancing Act (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 16, 2006)
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has reacted sharply to a report put out by the United States House of Representatives’ Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, calling it “outrageous and dishonest”.
- More Money, More Food: India Faces Diabetes Crisis (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 16, 2006)
Expert says Indians are prone to diabetes because centuries of food shortages have led to genetic changes that encourage the storage of food as fat
- On Mps' Salary Hike (Frontline, Era Sezhiyan, Sep 16, 2006)
It is high time that a high-level national commission was set up to consider the changes in the remuneration and facilities of MPs.
- Limits Of Judicial Authority (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Sep 16, 2006)
A case against the judiciary encroaching on the domains of the legislature and the executive.
- Voices Of Colour (Frontline, Shelley Walia, Sep 16, 2006)
Interview with Toi Derricotte, Professor of English and writer. By Shelley Walia .
- The New Market Failure (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 16, 2006)
John Cassidy writes about neuroeconomics in the New Yorker and finds a new market failure:
- Disaster Capitalism (Frontline, Vijay Prashad, Sep 16, 2006)
A year on from Hurricane Katrina, a few honest words from George W. Bush fly in the face of corporate profiteering from reconstruction efforts.
- Howard's Expansion (Frontline, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Sep 16, 2006)
Prime Minister John Howard is seeking a greater strategic role for Australia in the South Pacific and East Asia.
- Ten Per Cent Solution (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Sep 16, 2006)
The Mexican supreme electoral tribunal rules that there was no proof of fraud in the country's presidential elections.
- The Senate Says No To Mr Bush (Economist, Editorial, Economist, Sep 16, 2006)
For A while, George Bush seemed confident of getting his way. In a speech earlier this month he said interrogators of terrorist suspects should be free to use “alternative techniques” to gather information to foil pending plots. Suspects, he added, . . .
- Right Ahead (Economist, Editorial, Economist, Sep 16, 2006)
Swedish elections are usually humdrum affairs that take place in September every fourth year and are comfortably won by the Social Democrats. But the election on Sunday September 17th is breaking the mould in two ways. One is that the closing weeks . . .
- India Moving Forward `On A Remarkably Stable Trajectory' (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 16, 2006)
Edward Luce's book In Spite of the Gods takes one on a quick ride across an India characterised as much by a `schizophrenic economy' and shrewd businessmen as by vedantic detachment and Gandhiji's legacy. D. MURALI recommends this meandering read.
- How To Ensure Justice For All (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 16, 2006)
JUDGES and legal luminaries of 42 countries came to Islamabad on the eve of the golden jubilee of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and held a meeting.
- Asit K. Biswas (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
This IIT, Kharagpur alumnus 2006 Stockholm World Water Prize laureate and now founder-president of Third World Centre of Water Management, Mexico City, fostered a critical rethink among UN agencies and governments over water resources management . . .
- Why Yasukuni Hurts (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
Many Japanese support a national shrine to mourn the dead, not just soldiers but all those killed in battles.
- Gap Between Us And Cavemen Gets Smaller (Hindu, Simon Jenkins, Sep 16, 2006)
The discovery that modern neanderthals lived in Gibraltar shows just how fluid the story of our ancestors really is.
- A Toxic Trail Of Pollution And Profiteering (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Sep 16, 2006)
The recent dumping of toxic wastes around the Ivory Coast city of Abidjan by a Greek-owned ship is another example of how developing countries are exploited by greedy and unscrupulous business interests.
- The Swedish Model Under Challenge (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 16, 2006)
Sweden's quadrennial election to parliament on September 17, wherein the centre-right Alliance for Sweden is challenging 12 years of uninterrupted rule by the Social Democrats, is a contest between continuity with the country's traditional economic . . .
- Racial Tension On The Rise In Russia (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Sep 16, 2006)
A surging wave of hate crimes threatens to upset inter-racial peace and national stability. Locals fear loss of jobs. Migrants seldom integrate.
- Kalyan Singh Swears By Collective Leadership (Hindu, Atiq Khan, Sep 16, 2006)
Willing to take blame for failure in U.P. polls'
- Karunakaran Dismisses Cpi(m) Stand On Merger (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
DIC(K) will forge ties with like-minded parties'
- Back To Gondwanaland (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
An expedition starting in Asia and across the length of Africa by road, in an effort to retrace the long-lost land link between the continents.
- Nam Should Not Be Ambiguous On Terrorism: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
We must be united in eliminating the scourge, he says
- Don't Look To Politicians For Peace (The Economic Times, Jeffrey D Sachs, Sep 16, 2006)
Despite the fragile ceasefire in Lebanon, the risks of a widening war in the Middle East remain.
- Pitfalls Of Identity Politics In Jharkhand (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 16, 2006)
Jharkhand’s new UPA government, which is slated to come into place soon, thanks to the fall of the 18-month-old NDA regime in the state, embodies one of the more disturbing ironies of Indian politics.
- Lanka Peace Meal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 16, 2006)
The announcement of talks between the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam LTTE), once again raises hope of cessation of hostilities.
- An Indecent Proposal (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 16, 2006)
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Meira Kumar says she is doing it for the best of intentions.
- Does The State Know Its Limits? (Indian Express, RAVINDER KAUR, Sep 16, 2006)
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has announced a scheme to encourage marriages between Scheduled and non-Scheduled Castes.
- No Need To Consult Cong: Pawar (Times of India, BHASKAR ROY, Sep 16, 2006)
Unfolding an aggressive roadmap for his party's growing pan-India ambition, NCP chief Sharad Pawar has made it clear that he does not care if his move to take on board important leaders hurts the Congress.
- Independents’ Day (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 16, 2006)
You don’t need to glance at Madhu Koda’s busy political graph to say this: Jharkhand’s new government-to-be heralds a new promiscuous moment in India’s representative democracy.
- Repeating Mandal Mantra (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 16, 2006)
As expected, the Bill for OBC quotas was finally introduced in the Lok Sabha on August 25. After going to the Standing Committee, it is expected to be passed in the winter session of Parliament later this year. It is likely to come into effect from . . .
- Muslim Nations Should Have Nukes, Says Mahathir (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
Muslim nations in the Middle East should arm themselves with nuclear weapons to deter Western enemies from attacking them, former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad said in Islamabad on Friday.
- Azad To Address Eu, Mufti Un Assembly (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
After Pakistan has done a lot of lobbying abroad on the Kashmir issue, now it is the turn of Kashmiri leaders, including Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and the PDP chairman Mufti Sayeed, to put forth their viewpoint and clear the misgivings by . . .
- Change System To Make Policing People-Friendly (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 16, 2006)
Although the rampant ‘corruption’ among public servants in general and the police in particular is all too well-known, a recent expose of a conspiracy by some officials of the Delhi Police to frame a citizen indicates the abysmal depth to which the . . .
- Not By Lathis (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 16, 2006)
Anyone who would have seen the police in action at Chandigarh’s Matka Chowk on Thursday would have definitely thought that he had strayed into a war zone. Lathis, water canons and tear gas shells were freely used.
- Pm: Nam Should Not Be Ambiguous On Terror (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
Warning that NAM cannot be ambiguous on the issue of terrorism if it wants to be relevant, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today told its leaders to unitedly fight the scourge and not allow the forces of extremism to distract the world’s attention . . .
- Pdp’S Political Affairs Panel Revamped (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday reconstituted its Political Affairs Committee, the highest decision-making body in the party.
- Deprivation’S Real Language (Indian Express, MADHU PURNIMA KISHWAR, Sep 15, 2006)
Suggestions, both private and official, have inundated the Moily Oversight Committee on OBC reservations in institutions of higher education. The commerce ministry’s call for a liberal education order is the latest in a long line of varied advice.
- India, Pakistan Set For Summit Talks In Cuba (Reuters, Paul Eckert, Sep 15, 2006)
The leaders of India and Pakistan will hold weekend talks in Cuba, hoping to ease tensions after a year of recriminations over terror attacks and Kashmir, Indian and Pakistani officials said.
- Nam More Relevant Than Ever Before (Hindu, Nagesh Kumar, Sep 15, 2006)
In a unipolar world, checks and balances can only be provided by a large grouping of countries like the Non-Aligned Movement. It can also help developing countries pursue an independent development strategy.
- Honourable Exit (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 15, 2006)
Sometimes there is greater wisdom in losing than in winning. In Jharkhand, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance has decided to play for bigger stakes by letting the Arjun Munda Government go.
- Plight Of The Original Americans (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 15, 2006)
By all accounts, the United States of America is a unique experiment in human history.
- Sri Lanka — Seeking A Tryst With Peace (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 15, 2006)
Will the Government in Colombo and the Tigers heed the advice of the international community and return to the negotiating table soon?
- Madhu Koda To Lead Upa Government (Hindu, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Sep 15, 2006)
The 18-month-old Arjun Munda-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Government in Jharkhand fell on Thursday, paving the way for the formation of a United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government under the leadership of Independent MLA Madhu Koda.
- Us Medal For Dalai Lama Irks China (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
China on Thursday denounced a decision by the US Congress to award the Dalai Lama a Congressional Gold Medal, its highest honor.
- Doing ‘Deals’ With A Threat Worse Than Al Qaeda (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 15, 2006)
General Pervez Musharraf told the European Parliament in Brussels on Tuesday that the Taliban constitute a bigger threat to the security of the region than Al Qaeda because, unlike the latter, they are rooted in populations on both sides of the . . .
- Nations Made Easy (Telegraph, Pankaj Mishra, Sep 15, 2006)
Pankaj Mishra is now well settled in the genre that merges the personal and the political. And there is no doubt that he is on a most noble mission of explaining the workings of the subcontinent to the West.
- Drop Him (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 15, 2006)
If politics is an art of survival, it must be said that Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy is not doing well for himself. The Bellary mining bribery saga, which has been hitting the headlines for over three months now, has taken such a toll on the . . .
- Striking Jipmer Staff Take Case To Lt. Governor (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
Hospital services at the institute continue to be hit for the seventh day on the trot
- Tarapore Panel: Medium Speed Ahead (Business Standard, Jamal Mecklai, Sep 15, 2006)
The sudden jump in the rupee last week, right after the release of the Tarapore Committee report on Fuller Capital Account Convertibility (complete with two dissent notes), was a pretty loud indicator that the market believes that under a less . . .
- Create Atmosphere For Talks, Says Ltte (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 15, 2006)
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), in its first detailed reaction to the Sri Lanka Co-Chairs' statement two days ago that the rival sides in the island nation had agreed to hold unconditional talks in Oslo in October, said the Norwegian . . .
- Confusing Terror With Islam (News International, Shafqat Mahmood, Sep 15, 2006)
The writer is a former member of parliament and a freelance columnist based in Lahore
The fifth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States has been a time of reflection in the west with many analysts concentrating on the . . .
- The Man Who Invaded Lebanon (News International, Geoffrey Wheatcroft, Sep 15, 2006)
After Tony Blair's latest -- and perhaps final -- trip to the Levant, the TUC must have seemed almost a relief.
- Peace Accord With Militants (News International, Rahimullah Yusufzai, Sep 15, 2006)
It is never easy to make everybody happy.
- Pull Up Your Socks, Cm Tells Babus (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Thursday called upon bureaucrats to ensure that the government functions like a corporate house in tune with policies of globalisation and economic liberalisation and warned them not to escape from the . . .
- A Smart Gang Of Three (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 15, 2006)
Finally, the public sector banking industry seems to have found a way to blunt the political opposition to consolidation. The Mangalore-based Corporation Bank has informed the stock exchanges that the chiefs of three banks—namely the Oriental . . .
- Landing In Trouble (Frontline, R Krishnakumar, Sep 15, 2006)
P.J. Joseph resigns from the Cabinet following an allegation that he misbehaved with a woman co-passenger on a flight.
- Hold On, They’Re Not Done With You (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 15, 2006)
Jyoti Basu is 92 years old. At that age, one can be expected to take things a bit easy. But his party clearly thinks that the time is not ripe yet for him to put his feet up.
- Bhopal Lifts Ban On Babus In Shakhas (Telegraph, RASHEED KIDWAI, Sep 15, 2006)
Government employees in Madhya Pradesh will henceforth be able to attend RSS shakhas and participate in their activities.
- Jamaat's Woes (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 15, 2006)
No immediate end is yet in sight to the woes of Jamaat-e-Islami (Jammu and Kashmir). It continues to be dogged by the controversy triggered by attempts to marginalise veteran Syed Ali Shah Geelani who ironically is one of main architects of the . . .
- Another Terror Strike (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Sep 15, 2006)
We have another 'blast' and 38 are killed and hundreds injured and 'sleeper' terror groups strike again and will continue to do so unless we tackle the source of these terror outfits located on our 'borders' We have millions of illegal immigrants . . .
- How Black Is Money (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 15, 2006)
Mention black money and everybody is alert. Some feel ache in their hearts. For, they know that at least once they have been tempted to accept it. A few others may just look up and ignore. For them it hardly causes any surprise. They use it regularly.
- Revitalising Tourism In J&k (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 15, 2006)
Tourism the backbone of Jammu and Kashmir State's economy of late has been accorded top priorities by Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad to be rejuvenated and for this purpose his bold initiatives can be . . .
- Islamic Missionaries Unfazed By Claims Of Al- Qaeda Links (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
Devotees came in their tens of thousands, unrolled mats, pitched tents, assembled mini-stoves, and spent the weekend in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad sipping tea, praying and listening to sermons.
- Shanmugam's Praise Of Stalin Surprises Both Aiadmk, Dmk (Hindu, S. Vijay Kumar, Sep 15, 2006)
It is betrayal, says AIADMK; DMK says it is discontent
- Pak ‘Pact’ With Taliban (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Sep 15, 2006)
The Pak Army can show for its success the fact that Tali-ban and other militants have promised to lay down arms
- K. Chandrasekhar Rao (Frontline, N. Rahul, Sep 15, 2006)
Telengana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) president K. Chandrasekhar Rao has once again brought the issue of separate Telengana centre stage. Soon after calling off his hunger strike in New Delhi on August 24, the TRS chief held a two-day brainstorming . . .
- Trinamul Turnaround (Frontline, SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY, Sep 15, 2006)
In yet another political somersault, Mamata Banerjee joins hands with the Congress for the September byelections.
- Ceasefire Test (Frontline, Sushanta Talukdar, Sep 15, 2006)
The Centre creates another chance for talks with ULFA by declaring a ceasefire, but mistrust of each other is the stumbling block.
- Degrees Of Separation (Frontline, M.S. Prabhakara, Sep 15, 2006)
About 30 organisations described variously as terrorist, militant or insurgent, are active in Asom (formerly Assam) and other States in northeastern India.
- The Ultimate Aphrodisiac (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 15, 2006)
In Nigeria, they use the term “villa sickness” to describe the reluctance of successive inhabitants of the presidential residence Abuja to step down.
- Law Must Come To The Party (Indian Express, Jagdeep S. Chhokar, Sep 15, 2006)
The Express of September 7, 2006 carried two pieces on the op-ed page on Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh. Varghese K. George’s ‘Enos Ekka and the swing vote’ discussed the political drama in Ranchi that has got a new twist with the resignation of . . .
- A ‘War On Terror’ Gone Awry (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 15, 2006)
The 9/11 attacks on the US and the response to them have brought about a sea change in international relations, but it would be difficult to argue that further atrocities have become less likely as a result.
- Reality Cheque (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 15, 2006)
Business is all revved up to invest; enable it
- Suitable Vacancies (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 15, 2006)
Headless PSUs endemic to this system
- M’Rashtra: The New Bihar (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 15, 2006)
Sure, Maharashtra isn’t a basket case, but cut through the legacy of social progressiveness and rapid industrialisation, and the bright lights of the Mumbai-Pune-Nashik golden triangle rapidly begin to dim.
- Harmony: There’S One Way (Deccan Herald, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, Sep 15, 2006)
One could argue that it is a peculiar sense of siege that has played on the Muslim psyche forcing the community to become defensive – and insular.
- Mp’S Bjp Govt Lets Its Staff Attend Rss Meets, Cong Says Wait Till . . . (Indian Express, Milind Ghatwai, Sep 15, 2006)
The BJP government in Madhya Pradesh has formally cleared its employees to take part in the activities of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, saying that the RSS is a socio-cultural organization and not a political entity. In doing so, it has only . . .
- What A Goal (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 15, 2006)
You could almost hear the collective sigh of approval from Kolkata’s Maidan and Goa’s village grounds: after years of back-passes, miskicks and professional fouls, Indian football is finally gearing up for a shot at goal.
- Telengana Tantrum (Frontline, S. Nagesh Kumar, Sep 15, 2006)
The Telengana Rashtra Samithi seeks to force the statehood issue with the resignation of its two leaders from the Union Cabinet.
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