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Articles 9421 through 9520 of 43820:
- Japanese Raise Interest Rates In Sign Of Confidence (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
The central bank of Japan raised interest rates Friday for the first time in six years, a move that economists called an important test of its ability to manage the country's rebounding economy
- Corruption In Asia (International Herald Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jul 15, 2006)
Every year, more than 200,000 Indonesian Muslims join the pilgrimage to Mecca, Islam's most holy site.
- Oil Surges To Record $78 On Mideast Conflict (Reuters, Matthew Robinson, Jul 15, 2006)
Oil surged to record highs above $78 on Friday on fears the conflict between Israel and Hizbollah guerrillas could escalate and spread to more Middle East countries.
- Trouble In Londonistan (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Jul 15, 2006)
The London Transport bombings of July 2005 prompted no less than eight surveys of Muslim opinion in the United Kingdom within the year.
- Israeli Planes Strike Lebanon, 23 Reported Dead; Bush Blames Hezbollah (Bloomberg.com, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Afghan and coalition forces killed 41 insurgents during offensives in central and southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said today.
In the most recent operation, 10 rebels were killed early today when coalition forces attacked enemy targets in the
- China: Hu's Power Play (International Herald Tribune, Ian Bremmer, Jul 15, 2006)
Last August, China's security minister, Zhou Yongkang, announced that 3.7 million citizens had participated in some 74,000 public protests in 2004.
- Israel's Invasion, Syria's War (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Israel's incursion into Lebanon after the kidnapping on Wednesday of two Israeli soldiers by the militant group Hezbollah is far more than another flare-up on a tense border.
- Radical Shiite Cleric Hints At Militia Attacks To Protest Israel’S Actions (New York Times, Edward Wong, Jul 15, 2006)
The radical Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr said Friday that Iraqis would not “sit by with folded hands” while Israel struck at Lebanon, signaling a possible increase in attacks from his mercurial militia, the Mahdi Army
- India’S Prime Minister Scolds Pakistan (New York Times, Somini Sengupta , Jul 15, 2006)
The Indian prime minister scolded Pakistan on Friday, saying its failure to rein in terrorism was threatening the peace process, his toughest remarks yet since the Mumbai train bombings and a marked shift in relations between the countries.
- It’S Air Show Time, But Airbus May Not Want The Spotlight (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
No matter where it goes, the Airbus A380, a double-decker superjumbo jet so big that it has been called the Whale, turns heads. As the world’s leaders in aviation gather at the Farnborough International Airshow, which opens Monday about 30 miles southwest
- After Mumbai (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
The caller to an Indian news agency who praised Tuesday's bombings of Mumbai commuter trains in the name of an Al Qaeda branch in Kashmir might have been an impostor. But there is no denying that elements of Tuesday's bombings of commuter trains in Mumbai
- Oil Sets Record On Supply Jitters (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Crude oil rose past $78 a barrel Friday for the first time as concern mounted over escalating violence in the Middle East, the source of 30 percent of the world's oil.
- China's Art Of The Deal (International Herald Tribune, HEATHER TIMMONS, Jul 15, 2006)
China Mobile Communications' planned purchase of Millicom International Cellular of Luxembourg was such a sure thing that invitations had already been issued for a party in China to . . .
- India's New Lobbyists Use American Methods (International Herald Tribune, Anand Giridharadas, Jul 15, 2006)
Gaining political influence in India was once a simple affair: You handed over a suitcase of cash, in nonsequential notes.
- Us, Russia Fail To Seal Wto Deal At G8 Summit (Khaleej Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Russia and the United States have so far failed to seal a deal enabling Moscow to join the WTO but are continuing the negotiate an accord, US President George W. Bush said here on Saturday.
- Mumbai Muslims Fear Backlash (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
It appears like any other day in Bhendi Bazaar, one of Mumbai’s predominately Muslim quarters.
- No Witch-Hunts, Please (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Allegations of bungling and misappropriation in the purchase of railway wagons from China by the Railways Ministry in 2001 refuse to die despite a stream of well-argued clarifications and strong denials by the ministries concerned.
- Cec’S Right Stand (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 15, 2006)
It is unfortunate that it should take the Chief Election Commissioner to remind Gen Pervez Musharraf of something very . . .
- Pm's Vidarbha Package (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 15, 2006)
Vidarbha, once known as the land of plenty, has now acquired the dubious distinction of a region where farmers are committing suicide by the hundreds. In the first six months of the current year itself, more than 1600 . . .
- Is This Cynicism? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 15, 2006)
We will ensure a corruption-free administration. There will be all-round development.
- 'Mumbai Blasts And The Peace Process' (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
The tragic bomb attacks on Mumbai on July 11, and to a lesser degree the targeted killings of tourists in Srinagar the same day, seem to have pushed the ongoing peace process between India and Pakistan dangerously close to the precipice.
- Bamboo Network (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 15, 2006)
The contemporary management guru, Sterling Seagrave’s book on the overseas Chinese, Lords of the Rim: The Invisible Empire of Overseas Chinese (Bantam, London, 1995) begins with a quotation from Sun Tzu: “Be so subtle that you are invisible.
- Vadodara To Bhiwandi (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Jul 15, 2006)
If anyone throws stones at policemen, we will answer them with bullets." That was no Narendra 'Milosevic' Modi defending Gujarat Police for firing that resulted in the death of two Muslims in Vadodara.
- Congress To Blame (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 15, 2006)
It helped SIMI recover and regroup ---- It is entirely possible that when the Congress contested the Tamil Nadu Assembly election in alliance with dubious organisations like the Tamil Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam, its political managers were not aware . . .
- Sonia Desperate To Show Solidarity (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Jul 15, 2006)
After making it clear that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh must consider political imperatives of the party before taking major policy decisions, Congress president Sonia Gandhi now wants to dispel the impression that the party is not sailing with Singh.
- Balochistan Uplift Needs Due Projection (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 15, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the Government has started implementing 30 of the 35 recommendations made by the parliamentary subcommittee on Balochistan relating to the political issues.
- Realism Of India’S Un Ambition (Dawn, Shaukat Umer, Jul 15, 2006)
An astute Cuban diplomat, with long experience of the United Nations, once described the decision making process in the Security Council by drawing an enigmatic mathmatical equation: 1+1+3+10=15.
- Why Exclude Amnesty? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 15, 2006)
While reviewing the parliamentary sub-committee’s recommendations on Balochistan, the prime minister has ruled out amnesty in the province.
- Back To Basics (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 15, 2006)
It is perhaps understandable that the new political dispensation in Nepal lends itself to persistent uncertainty and partners in the government will take some time to sort things out.
- Rattled Centre Spurs States To Act Against Simi (Pioneer, Sidharth Mishra, Jul 15, 2006)
Learning a lesson, albeit at the cost of 198 dead in Mumbai blasts, the Centre is now scouring the bottom of the barrel to gather information on the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), the main suspect behind the carnage.
- Cec's Remarks (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 15, 2006)
Remarks by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Qazi Mohammad Farooq at a press conference in Islamabad on Thursday that the president cannot run the election campaign of any political party need to be welcomed especially since 2007 is a scheduled . . .
- India Will Pay For Breaking N-Moratorium: Saran (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Even as it insisted that its strategic programme has not been capped because of the civil nuclear deal with the US, India on Friday conceded that if it violates the unilateral moratorium on atomic tests, it will have to "pay the price" for it.
- Indo-Pak Peace Process Battered By Mumbai Carnage (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Jul 15, 2006)
There were tears in his eyes as he met the victims of this week's Mumbai bomb blasts, and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had steel in his voice as he talked about Pakistan's failure to tackle terrorism.
- Faces In The Rain (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 14, 2006)
Sonia Faleiro’s debut novel is simply entitled The Girl. And if anything can be singled out as the defining characteristic of this slim . . .
- Ajk Poll Results (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 14, 2006)
The elections held in Azad and Jammu Kashmir (AJK) have thrown up at least one interesting result: the election of two MQM candidates from seats for Kashmiri refugees living in Karachi.
- The Peace Process Has Ended (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Not only 190 innocent people have been killed in Tuesday’s tragedy in Mumbai, under the debris of the serial blasts lies buried the peace process that had been going on for some time to usher in a new era on the sub-continent. It will be difficult . . .
- Measure Of Ill Health (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Jul 14, 2006)
It's shameful that when the country has reported the largest number of HIV patients, the Health Minister is busy settling scores with AIIMS . . .
- Indo-Pak Peace: New Process, Old Approach (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 14, 2006)
Colombo, the Sri Lankan capital city, is just the right place for Pakistanis, Indians and Kashmiris to meet and discuss Kashmir. It is neutral, friendly, exotic, and one also feels at home when it comes to violence and suicide bombings.
- Rise And Fall Of Agni-Iii (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Jul 14, 2006)
ON Sunday when the first word about the successful launch of Agni-III, the latest version of this country’s intermediate-range, nuclear-capable ballistic missile, came in there was an understandable wave of joy across the country.
- How Much Will India Endure? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 14, 2006)
Tuesday’s awful rush-hour bombings of trains in Bombay raise an important and ominous question:
- Worst Enemies (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 14, 2006)
Smart politicians do not baulk at crises; they survive — and even thrive — by manipulating them.
- Scrap It (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 14, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Wednesday referred the MPs’ Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) to a five-judge Constitution Bench.
- Experts For New Law On Terrorism (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, Jul 14, 2006)
The absence of a cogent policy in tackling terrorism and vote bank politics coming in the way of framing laws to deal with this menace have been emboldening anti-national elements to create mayhem in any part of the country.
- Doublespeak (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 14, 2006)
Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri’s remarks linking the fight against terrorism to the resolution of the Jammu & Kashmir problem is a Freudian slip if there ever was one.
- Behind The China Story (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 14, 2006)
China is a global player in trade and foreign investment. But its financial sector is weak so much so that for China to have credibility in the global market it needs to hold massive foreign currency reserves.
- Azad Kashmir Poll Results (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 14, 2006)
To no one’s surprise, the ruling Muslim Conference (MC) has emerged as the largest party in Tuesday’s elections in Azad Kashmir. Given the . . .
- India-Us Relations: Challenges And Opportunities (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Jul 14, 2006)
India can succeed in developing a durable relationship with the US and with other major powers, only when it clearly defines its core national security interests and accelerates the process of economic reform and progress, so that engaging India . . .
- 70,000-Cr. Package Sought For Ryots (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
YSR hopeful of Volkswagen project; Cabinet expansion after panchayat polls
State officials to get in touch with Central authorities to finalise details
Centre urged to announce suitable package of incentives for FAB units
- Time To Dump Musharraf? (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jul 14, 2006)
After Mumbai, only a naif would believe that the India-Pakistan peace process will remain unaffected. A deliberate pause in bilateral talks at this moment might provide Prime Minister Manmohan Singh valuable time and space to reflect on the basic . . .
- Two Girls, Two Boys Shot Dead; 2 Injured (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Two girls and two boys of minority community were shot dead and two others including a minor girl were injured in a militant attack on two families at village Mangnar, about 10 kms from here last night.
- Politics Of Packages & The Packaging Of Politics (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jul 14, 2006)
Had there been a waiver of debt of up to just Rs.25,000, more than 80 per cent of Vidharbha's farmers would no longer have owed the banks money.
- Can A Crowd Really Edit Our Daily Paper? (Hindu, Victor Keegan , Jul 14, 2006)
News selection based on the "wisdom of crowds" could turn into the madness of crowds.
- Keeping The G8's Promises To The Poor (Hindu, Kemal Dervis, Jul 14, 2006)
Each G8 summit must lead to concrete steps towards lasting improvement in the daily lives of the world's poor.
- Debate On Mining: Cm To Reply Today (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Discussions on the alleged bribery charges against Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and Forest Minister C Chennigappa made by BJP MLC Janardhana Reddy entered the second day in both Houses of the legislature on Thursday...
- Fight Terror Alone (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jul 14, 2006)
When the prime minister of India stood side by side with President Bush and emphatically stated that “we, the civilized . . .
- Nod For Ltte Spokesman To Travel To Colombo (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jul 14, 2006)
Gesture follows directive by Mahinda Rajapakse on a request from Daya Master's family
Leader of PLOTE's military wing killed, says TamilNet
1000-member volunteer force to guard Colombo
- Siddu To Quit Today (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
All India Progressive Janata Dal (AIPJD) leader Siddaramaiah will quit as MLA on Friday, as a prelude to his much-anticipated move of joining the Congress.
- We The Regional, Marginalised People (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 14, 2006)
Coomi Kapoor’s left-handed compliment to the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and its leadership in her edit page commentary (Nice guys don’t last, IE, July 10) has surprised me.
- Keeping Peace: Will The Spirit Of Bombay Rise To The Challenge? (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Jul 14, 2006)
Bombay entered July with a lot of premonition. Vivid still were the memories of 26/7, when the metropolis nearly drowned in a demonic downpour and over 400 people died then and the days that followed.
- States Of The Nation (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 14, 2006)
Mumbai has demonstrated not only an Intelligence-cum-imagination challenged national security apparatus, as this newspaper has noted over the last two days, it is also now . . .
- A Shadow On The Peace Process (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jul 14, 2006)
The exchange of words between India and Pakistan after the Mumbai attacks shows the trust deficit.
- Holding Divestment Will Hamper Fdi Flow: Murthy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Criticising the UPA Government for putting on hold all disinvestment decisions and proposals, Infosys Chief N R Narayana Murthy said the move would hurt the flow of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the country.
- Will We Ever Win The War On Terror? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Jul 14, 2006)
To understand the hollowness of the political outrage at what happened at rush hour in Mumbai on 7/11, all we need to do is look at one damning statistic.
- J&k ‘Al-Qaeda’ Hails Serial Blasts (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
The al-Qaeda on Thursday announced formation of its unit in Jammu and Kashmir and hailed the bomb blasts in Mumbai, reports the local Current News Agency (CNS).
- Differences Between Bjp, Jd (S) Can Be Ironed Out: Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
The coalition Government will complete its term of 40 months much to the chagrin of Opposition parties, Minister for Science and Technology and district in-charge Ramachandra Gowda said here on Thursday.
- 21 Killed As Islamists Rid Capital Of Warlords (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Somali Islamic fighters on Sunday declared "absolute" victory over the remaining warlords in the lawless capital Mogadishu after deadly clashes that claimed at least 21 lives, marking the end of the notorious warlords' rule in the Indian Ocean city.
- Mumbai Terror Link In Nepal? (Statesman, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Jul 14, 2006)
Can two disgraced Pakistanis, caught in Nepal five years ago in an explosive-smuggling scandal also involving a Pakistani Embassy official, be holding the key to the tragic blasts in Mumbai on Tuesday that killed at least 200 people? Nepal Police . . .
- Moral Boost For Mr. Putin (Japan Times, Editorial, Japan Times, Jul 14, 2006)
Russia's most wanted man is dead.
Shamil Basayev, the leader of Chechen rebels who has masterminded acts of terror that have claimed hundreds of lives, was killed this week in an explosion.
- China Chooses Its Own Pace (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
China might be North Korea's largest trade and economic partner, but expectations that Beijing would exert influence over the reclusive regime of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and succeed in persuading him to abandon his nuclear ambitions are misplaced,
- Mumbai Blasts: India Suspects Pak Hand (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
In the first indication that New Delhi suspected a Pakistan hand in the Mumbai train bombings, the ministry of external affairs announced it was in no hurry to set dates for foreign secretary-level talks scheduled for later this month.
- India Exposed By Missile Failure (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
The failure in rapid succession this week of a satellite launcher and a new ballistic missile have shown up the technological and budgetary difficulties faced by India's space establishment - civilian and military.
- Bjp, Rewind (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 14, 2006)
The BJP now plans to do what all smart opposition parties must: make the ruling UPA alliance squirm over its abject failure to prevent the serial horror of Mumbai 7/11.
- India Slams Polls In Pok (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
India said the entire election process in ‘‘Azad Jammu and Kashmir’’ part of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir demonstrated a “lack of credibility” with the authorities rejecting most of the candidates who did not sign a declaration ascribing to . . .
- Centre Buries Right To Education Bill (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
What's important? Sending 17 crore children to school or vote-bank politics? The latter, obviously.
- It's War By Any Other Name (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert described what is happening in Lebanon as saying. "This is an act of war."
- Israelis Blockade Lebanon (Khaleej Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Israel imposed a full naval blockade on Lebanon on Thursday and put Beirut's international airport out of commission, and the militant group Hezbollah unleashed a hail of rockets and mortar shells that killed two and sent thousands of Israelis into . . .
- Border Debate Spurs Discrimination (Khaleej Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Massive pro-immigrant marches held across the country this past spring have ignited a new social movement among Latinos who feel a sharp increase in discrimination, a survey released Thursday shows.
- Six Bangladeshis Arrested (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, Jul 14, 2006)
Police, acting on information from Central intelligence agencies, have arrested six Bangladeshi nationals from central parts of this metropolis on Wednesday evening. Initial investigations have reportedly “created a flutter” among intelligence circle.
- Israel Attacks Beirut Airport Again (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Israel struck Beirut airport again on Friday and bombed Lebanese roads, power supplies and communication networks in a widening campaign after Hezbollah guerrillas seized two Israeli soldiers and killed . . .
- Mulayam Won’T Blame Simi (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
The ‘secular’ brigade’s itch to appease hardline community opinion was on display once again on Thursday when Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh and his Samajwadi Party government virtually threw a protective shield around the banned . . .
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