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Articles 7121 through 7220 of 43820:
- Truce Hopes Emerge In Fog Of War (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Aug 14, 2006)
The buildup to the ceasefire, if it takes place at all in real terms, has been violent and bloody. Israel has redoubled its offensive against Lebanon with south Beirut coming in the line of fire again after a gap of a little over 24 hours.
- Learn From Gujarat (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 14, 2006)
Modi shows why he's CM No. 1 ---- The Gujarat floods sent a shiver down the spine of the national economy. Production in the State's industrial belts was down to minimum and the export market was hit hard.
- How To Make A Film... (Deccan Herald, Utpal Borpujari, Aug 14, 2006)
With the cost of documentary filmmaking reducing drastically, thanks to new technology, practically anyone with an inclination to record something visually has become capable of becoming a documentary filmmaker.
- 'Inshallah, Kashmir Will Become Part Of Pakistan' (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2006)
In her first major interview to the mainstream Indian media, the Dukhtaran-e-Millat leader reveals the Talibanesque mindset of a woman who's known as Malka-ul-Maut (Angel of Death)...
- Narrowing The Public Sector Discount (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 14, 2006)
In several sectors of the Indian economy — banking, oil and gas, telecommunication and metals, to name a few — listed public sector undertakings (PSUs) compete with the private sector.
- Revisiting The Eighties (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Aug 14, 2006)
A piece of economic history
- Standing With ‘Islamic Fascists’ (News International, Jonathan Cook, Aug 14, 2006)
It occurred to me as I watched the story unfolding on my TV of a suspected plot by a group of at least 20 British Muslims to blow up planes between the UK and America that the course of my life and that of the . . .
- Can Air Travel Security Curbs Work In India? (Business Line, A. Ranganathan, Aug 14, 2006)
Commitment to aircraft security and strict enforcement is necessary. The exemption list has to pruned to the original five categories and everyone has to go through security, irrespective of their position.
- War Of Extermination (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 14, 2006)
The current events in the occupied Palestine and Lebanon once again have shown the utter moral bankruptcy of western nations and their hypocrisy.
- Protecting Heritage (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 14, 2006)
One hopes that Captain House, a stone building in Karachi protected by heritage laws, will not be the latest historical edifice to come under the builder’s axe.
- The Garden Of Forking Paths (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2006)
Reading Pankaj Mishra’s Temptations of the West is like undertaking one of those long journeys that the author himself probably likes to embark on. There are high roads, forking paths that branch out of the high road, culverts and the occasional . . .
- Implications Of Targeting Mr Clean (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 14, 2006)
Opposition has filed a petition with the National Accountability Bureau seeking initiation of investigations against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and other economic managers including Dr Salman Shah for their role in the stock market crashes in the . . .
- Nation Celebrates Independence Day Today (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2006)
The nation will celebrate its 59th Independence Day on August 14, in a befitting manner with traditional zeal, enthusiasm and renewed pledge to make the country prosperous and strong.
- Finding Common Ground (News International, Amartya Sen, Aug 14, 2006)
Forcing people into boxes of singular identity is a feature also of many of the high theories of cultures and civilisations that are quite influential right now. These theories do not advocate or condone violence — far from it.
- Amendments To Hudood Ordinances (Dawn, Maheen A. Rashdi, Aug 14, 2006)
THE Law Reforms Order, 2006 has seen the release process – still in progress — of nearly 1,300 female prisoners from 55 jails all over Pakistan.
- President, Pm Vow To Make Pakistan Islamic Welfare State (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz in their Inde-pendence Day messages called upon the nation to unite against the elements who do not want to see Pakistan on the path of progress and prosperity.
- Cause To Celebrate? (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2006)
Yet another independence day is before us. In the days leading to this August 14 there has been the usual welling up of patriotic fervour.
- Much Ado About The Q (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 14, 2006)
The PML-Q’s internal elections displayed that any immediate change in the status-quo would be unacceptable since it would amount to a digression from Musharraf’s decision not to disengage his support from controversial central personalities within . . .
- Marching Towards The Quaid’S Dream (News International, Prof Khwaja Masud, Aug 14, 2006)
Fifty-nine years ago, Quaid-e-Azam unfurled the banner of freedom for the teeming millions of Pakistanis. I was twenty-five then and I look back to that historic day with pride. But, we look at the flag that has been torn asunder, and I cry with Byron:
- Jinx Of The Pakistani Consulate In Mumbai (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2006)
Every Monday, the Express National Bureau showcases news from the capital that was off camera—and outside inverted commas
- Jamait-E-Islami Chief For Peace Talks (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2006)
Even while announcing that Jamait-e-Islami had no link with militants and opposed violence, the recently elected Amir of the organisation, Sheikh Ghulam Hassan, has advocated the need for resolving the Kashmir issue either through trilateral . . .
- Leader Article: A Dirty Game (Times of India, BORIA MAJUMDAR, Aug 13, 2006)
Exactly a year ago, Sourav Ganguly had led the Indian team to Zimbabwe.
- Natwar’S View On Us Finds Takers In Cong (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Aug 13, 2006)
Mr Natwar Singh’s charge that the UPA government’s growing proximity to the US is alienating minorities has struck a chord among Congress members.
- Uk: Foreign Policy Not Cause Of Threats (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
The British government today rejected as “dangerous and foolish” accusations that its foreign policy heightened the threat of terrorist attacks after police foiled a plot to blow up transatlantic airliners.
- Specific Inputs On I-Day Attacks In Delhi: Police (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
A day after US warned of attacks by Al-Qaeda in India, Delhi Police on Saturday said it has "specific intelligence inputs" that terror groups would try to carry out deadly strikes to subvert Independence Day celebrations here and has beefed . . .
- India Terror Threat Hypothetical: Us (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
The US alert on the possibility of terror strikes in India by Al-Qaeda was a general warning rather than one based on 'definitive information'.
- Seductive Alchemy (Hindu, RAKHSHANDA JALIL, Aug 13, 2006)
East and West, past and present, old and new: opposites seem to co-exist harmoniously in Istanbul.
- Israel, Lebanon Agree To End Fighting On Monday (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Guns will stop booming in Lebanon at 1030 IST on Monday after a month-long war, which killed more than 1,000 people and caused $2 billion worth of damage.
- Security Tightened In ‘Vulnerable’ Cities (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
After intelligence inputs confirmed terrorist plans to make “spectacular hits” before Independence Day, security forces stepped up vigil in the national capital and other “vulnerable” cities, including Mumbai and Agra.
- Rise In Popular Support For Congress And Upa (Hindu, Yogendra Yadav, Aug 13, 2006)
Ruling coalition could win over 300 Lok Sabha seats, findsThe Hindu-CNN-IBN State of the Nation Survey
- Euphemisms In Troubled Times (Times of India, Pritish Nandy, Aug 13, 2006)
We live in a world of curious euphemisms. There are things we want to say at times but cannot. So we say them in different ways.
- Living On Borrowed Time (Hindu, Marcus Dam, Aug 13, 2006)
The Government of West Bengal wants to ban hand-drawn rickshaws. But the rickshaw-pullers have a different take.
- Digital Encounters (Hindu, VIBHUTI PATEL , Aug 13, 2006)
Vivan Sundaram's exhibit, "Re-take of Amrita", uses digital technology to create art from photographs, paintings and historical documents.
- A Problem Of Plenty (Hindu, Sevanti Ninan, Aug 13, 2006)
The frenzied competition among TV channels for viewership share leaves very little room for sensible reporting or thoughtful analysis.
- Things That Happen Only In India (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 13, 2006)
The pluralism and the linguistic diversity of India is something of which we can truly be proud of.
- Need Stressed To Solve Youth’S Problems (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Pakistani youth are not in the forefront of supporting important developments in the country unlike their counterparts of many fortunate nations.
- Let’S Have A Discussion On The F-16 Purchase (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Pakistan is close to signing a $5 billion deal for an advanced F-16 fighter-jet package with the US.
- Indian Activists Condemn Changes To Information Act (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Aug 13, 2006)
Leading activists and voluntary groups called for a nationwide opposition to the proposed amendments to the Right to Information (RTI) Act on Saturday.
- Sp Distances Itself From Natwar (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
The suspended Congress leader, Mr Natwar Singh, who has been completely isolated in his party ranks, also seems to be losing his “new-found partners” in other parties.
- Un Tells Israel To Withdraw Troops: Sc Wants Immediate Cessation Of Fighting (Dawn, Masood Haider, Aug 13, 2006)
After weeks of inaction, the UN Security Council Friday night unanimously adopted a resolution that calls for an immediate cessation of hostilities followed by the deployment of Lebanese troops and a significantly expanded United Nations . . .
- Price Of The War On Terror (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 13, 2006)
Inaugurating an international judicial conference on Friday, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz commented in his speech that Pakistan is paying a high price for combating terror and being a member of the coalition that is fighting the war on terror.
- Kuwait’S Road To Democracy (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Aug 13, 2006)
Population urges for democratic governance have been growing in the emirates of the Persian Gulf during the past decade or two.
- Our War Against Extremism (News International, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 13, 2006)
With all the ritualistic routines that greet an Independence Day, we seem unusually preoccupied this time with events that cast a shadow on our future as a free country.
- When It Rains (News International, Amir Zia, Aug 13, 2006)
Karachi has witnessed a maximum of 172 millimetres of rains, starting from the end of July up to August 7, which is light to moderate on all accounts.
- What Explains The Rise Of The Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Perceptions of the Central Government's record and the shifting pattern of support away from regional parties to national ones are some of the reasons, say Sanjay Kumar and Yogendra Yadav
- India Should Attack Pakistan, Bangladesh: Bjp (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
The BJP today demanded that India attack Pakistan and Bangladesh “to dismantle terrorist centres” in these countries.
- Finding Common Ground (News International, Amartya Sen, Aug 13, 2006)
The Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen has consistently addressed issues such as inequality, poverty and the human costs of economic development.
- What Hizbollah And Israel Achieved (News International, Ahmed Quraishi, Aug 13, 2006)
The heart of the Lebanese capital, which was artfully rebuilt by the assassinated prime minister Rafic Hariri from the ashes of the Lebanese civil war, wears a deserted look these days.
- Delhi Gets Ground-Air Shield (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
A larger number of helicopters clattering above will team up with snipers perched on rooftops in an unprecedented aerial security blanket thrown over the Red Fort when the Prime Minister delivers his customary Independence Day address.
- Refusal To Say Goodbye (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 13, 2006)
An actor is often judged on the way he says his exit lines. What is true for the stage is true for life also.
- Authoritarian Rule And Democracy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 13, 2006)
One bitter truth confronts us today on the 59th anniversary of our existence as an independent nation: in terms of democratic evolution, Pakistan today is where it was in 1953.
- Un Allows Israel To Make Interpretation: ‘Offensive Operations’ (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 13, 2006)
A cartoon in a US news magazine many moons ago showed a Palestinian family huddled together in a refugee camp, as US-supplied Israeli fighter jets kept bombarding the makeshift shelters in an orgy of destruction.
- West Asia Conflict: Ceasefire To Take Effect Tomorrow (Press Trust of India, DHARAM SHOURIE, Aug 13, 2006)
Guns will stop booming in Lebanon at 1030 IST tomorrow after a month-long war which killed more than 1,000 people and caused USD two billion worth of damage.
- Security Heightened Across Country For I-Day (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Security has been heightened across the country ahead of Independence Day in view of intelligence inputs of terrorist plans to disrupt the celebrations.
- Indian Capital On Alert Ahead Of Independence Day (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Police in India's capital said they had stepped up security on information that political leaders, monuments and vital infrastructure were at risk of terrorist attacks ahead of Independence Day next week.
- India’S Moon Mission (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 13, 2006)
Ours in 2007 will be mankind’s 85th mission to the Moon.
- Human Rights (Tribune, Y.K. Sabharwal , Aug 13, 2006)
The growth and development of mankind depends on how well the human societies regulate their internal affairs and how they work for common welfare and the dignity of each individual.
- Plurality Of Vision (Hindu, Shelley Walia, Aug 13, 2006)
Said's book is a critique of European historiography and a tribute to Freud.
- Nathu La: China Disappointed At `Low Levels' Of Trade (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Aug 13, 2006)
``New Delhi has imposed series of restrictions on number of items that are permitted to be traded''
- Do Not Succumb To U.S. Pressure, Buddhadeb Tells Upa Government (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
"We are in the midst of an economic, political and foreign policy crisis"
- When Terrorism Is A 'No-Go Area' (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, Aug 13, 2006)
The British government foiled the Al Queda plan to blow up 10 US bound flights in mid-air.
- The More Things Change... (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 13, 2006)
The Congress’s chargesheet against the NDA has returned to haunt the party.
- J&k Emerging Seat Of Scientific Knowledge: Cm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Underscoring the need for catapulting scientific and technological temperament in Jammu and Kashmir to keep pace with global advancement in modern sciences, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said that the State has to be made hub of advanced . . .
- Aspirations Of People (Daily Excelsior, V P Kotwal, Aug 13, 2006)
The J&K State is known for its unique unity in diversity and mostly because of the facts that almost after every 50 Kms.
- A Wounded Independence (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Aug 13, 2006)
"Freedom is a matter of mind and heart", said Dr S Radhakrishnan in an Independence Day broadcast to nation as the President of India and added "If the mind is narrow and heart bitter, there is no freedom whatever else we may have."
- Managing The Peace (Pioneer, Kanchan Lakshman, Aug 13, 2006)
The Maoists will not give up their absolute control over all 75 districts of Nepal. Yet they want peace ----- Let everybody be clear - we'll never surrender our arms - Baburam Bhattarai alias Mukti Manab, Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist leader . . .
- The Pm And The O (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Aug 13, 2006)
Congressmen treat India’s Prime Minister as if they were dealing with Dr Manmohan Singh.
- Israel Copters Airlift Hundreds Of Troops Into Hezbollah Heartland (Asian Age, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 13, 2006)
Israeli helicopters airlifted hundreds of troops into the Hezbollah heartland and warplanes launched wide-ranging airstrikes on Saturday as officials raced to enforce a UN ceasefire and end fierce fighting still raging across southern Lebanon.
- Left Nuke Stand Confusing: Bjp (Asian Age, Sanjay Basak, Aug 13, 2006)
The BJP, determined to go ahead with its demand for a Parliament resolution on the Indo-US nuclear deal, was finding the Left parties’ stand somewhat "confusing" on the issue.
- Power At The Cost Of Merit (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Aug 13, 2006)
Last month President Musharraf spoke long, tiresomely long, on radio and TV and patted himself on the back for the success of his policies and the achievements of his administration in the economic field. Economy has its priority for though man cannot liv
- It's Between The Two Pms (Pioneer, Gautam Sen, Aug 13, 2006)
Apart from both being 'PM,' one by virtue of his initials, the other due to the political office he occupies, General Pervez Musharraf and Mr Manmohan Singh share a common dilemma. It is this shared dilemma that leads one to routinely . . .
- Jones Goes Ducking (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 13, 2006)
While Amla could do with a shave ---- Just how much has cricket lost its innocence since the days Sir WG Grace with his flowing beard - a 'secular' terror with the bat - took guard is evident from Australian cricketer-turned-commentator . . .
- Concern In Cong Over Us Deal (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Aug 13, 2006)
Few in the Congress may be seen standing by former External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh during his troubles in the Iraq oil scam, but many senior party leaders share his concern about Manmohan Singh Government's handling of the Indo-US nuclear . . .
- The Lifeline Of Maoist Violence (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 13, 2006)
In 2002, a former Maoist district commander estimated that the Maoists needed Rs 10 million every month to keep the war going.
- Bugs In The System (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 13, 2006)
DO journalists routinely bug phones and illegally intrude on peoples’ privacy? That question is bound to be posed after this week’s police operation that resulted in charges against a reporter working for the “News of the World”.
- End Of Revolution (Pioneer, Anjan Roy, Aug 13, 2006)
It's too early to assess the consequences of the decision of Maoists in Nepal to take part in parliamentary democracy.
- Jamait-E-Islami Chief For Peace Talks (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Even while announcing that Jamait-e-Islami had no link with militants and opposed violence, the recently elected Amir of the organisation, Sheikh Ghulam Hassan, has advocated the need for resolving the Kashmir issue either through trilateral talks . . .
- Where From Heathrow? (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 12, 2006)
Condemnation and congratulations are both in order.
- Natwar Drags Sonia Into Picture (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Natwar Singh, who first attacked the Prime Minister and then saluted him, changed his mind again today and hit out at Manmohan Singh. For the first time, he also brought up Sonia Gandhi’s name.
- An Elusive Peace (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Aug 12, 2006)
It is unbelievable that Israel would launch such a massive ground and air onslaught only to secure the release of the two soldiers Hizbollah captured on July 12.
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