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Articles 9521 through 9620 of 43820:
- For Energy Security, Think Nuclear (International Herald Tribune, Graham Allison , Jul 14, 2006)
Who is the No. 1 producer of energy in the world today? Russia. Measured in barrels of oil equivalent, Russia produces over 20 million barrels of oil and gas a day.
- Art Of The Deal: It's Different In China (International Herald Tribune, Heather Timmons and Donald Greenlees , Jul 14, 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 celebrate it.
- Israel's Two-Front Battle (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Kidnapping Israeli soldiers to use as bargaining chips for the release of Arab prisoners is horrible behavior for groups that claim international recognition and political legitimacy, as Hamas and Hezbollah do.
- Advantage Iran (Asia Times, Ehsan Ahrari, Jul 14, 2006)
Iran is the source of much discussion and dismay in the West. Yet it is reportedly becoming quite popular in the world of Islam. What is the reason for this ostensibly split vision of Western governments and Muslims at large regarding Iran?
- Denver's Dnc Bid Gets Boost (Khaleej Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
New Orleans drops its candidacy, citing the $70 million cost of hosting the Democrats.
Minneapolis and New York are still in the running.
- Agenda At St Petersburg (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 14, 2006)
G7 countries must watch out for Moscow's charm offensive and ask Russian leaders to further democratise, writes Alec van Gelder
- The Intelligent Way To Assuring Security (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, Jul 14, 2006)
Strengthen national security capabilities, while checking alienation to cut down resentment
- Israel Strikes Beirut Suburb, Tightens Blockade (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Israeli jets destroyed roads and junctions in Hizbollah's southern Beirut stronghold on Friday hours after Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ordered a more intense response to the group's capture of two Israeli soldiers.
- Censorship Undermines Democracy (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 14, 2006)
The Grand Old Party of India, it appears, has not yet tired of its habit of taking democracy for granted. It has issued a legal notice asking the makers of a film on Sonia Gandhi to suspend their project.
- Pak Ready To Assist India: Musharraf (Rediff on the Net, K J M Varma, Jul 14, 2006)
Amidst India's strong suspicion of Pakistani hand in Mumbai train blasts, President Pervez Musharraf has said his country is willing to assist with investigations being held to determine the culprits behind the incidents.
- Politics Of Self-Defeat (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Jul 14, 2006)
Tuesday's serial blasts in Mumbai, yet another critical reminder of the asphyxiating grasp of terrorism on India, is an ominous signal to the political class in New Delhi that sadbhavana (goodwill) trips to Pakistan cannot obliterate the ideology of hate
- Why Mumbai Is Under Attack (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 14, 2006)
The Mumbai terror strikes were waiting to happen. With some forward planning the police could have anticipated them and placed their forces on alert, rather than have waited for such a tragedy to take 200 lives in India’s commercial capital.
- Tibet On The Train To The Future (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 14, 2006)
It was a Chinese expatriate living in the US and travelling as a tourist on the first train from Beijing to Lhasa last week who hit the nail on the head. He remarked that change in Tibet was inevitable and that people could not be expected . . .
- North, South Korea Talks Collapse (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Talks between the two Koreas collapsed in acrimony on Thursday with North Korea saying its neighbour would ‘‘pay a price’’ for the failure and the South withholding any aid to the impoverished North.
- U.K. Hindus Want To Be Rid Of "Asian" Tag, Says Study (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jul 14, 2006)
They feel aggrieved that their sensitivities are not shown the same respect as those of other faiths
The term "Asian" did not recognise the unique cultural and social traditions of Hinduism
- World Sits Up, Shares Anguish (Times of India, RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL, Jul 14, 2006)
European leaders and expatriate Indians expressed solidarity with India even as Tuesday's Mumbai massacre triggered memories in London and Madrid of the multiple bomb blasts that so recently made the war on terror a stark reality for the continent.
- Where Is The Political Will? (OutLook, KPS Gill, Jul 14, 2006)
You cannot prevail over terrorism by merely using strong language in Parliament or in the media. It is perhaps difficult to find even one politician in the country who holds the national interest above the interest of his
- Right To Lie (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 14, 2006)
Given the general Indian propensity to ban books or films that don't meet somebody's approval the legal notice sent by Congress, which is the dominant player in government, to the makers of a film on Sonia Gandhi will necessarily have a chilling effect on
- India Has An Mssg Problem (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 14, 2006)
TBGBs is the Westminster nickname for the instability caused by the central relationship in British politics. TB stands for the British PM Tony Blair and GB for the chancellor of the exchequer Gordon Brown.
- Fta With Asean (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 14, 2006)
It’s now becoming increasingly clear that Asean will demand its pound of flesh when, and if, it provides a central role for India in the next . . .
- Pak Planned Kargil Even Before Vajpayee's Visit: Musharraf (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has confirmed what the world had suspected for long -- that Pakistan's Kargil invasion had been planned even as the then Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was preparing for his journey of peace by bus to Lahore in . . .
- Little Addressed (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 14, 2006)
Showmanship has never been part of the Manmohan Singh make-up, sincerity constitutes his “appeal”. Yet timing is critical to any response to crisis situations and the Prime Minister came up short by waiting 24 hours to use . . .
- Violence Upsurge (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 14, 2006)
The security forces, or sections of them, cannot be allowed to get away with attributing the recent upsurge in violence in Jammu and Kashmir to the “healing touch” policy promoted by the former chief minister.
- Dawood In Pocket, Pak Offers Help In Mumbai Blast Case (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Rubbing salt to India’s wounds, Pakistan on Thursday said that it was ready to help India’s investigation into the Mumbai bomb blasts that killed 198 people on Tuesday.
- Islamist Hardliner Heads For Britain (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Islamist cleric who government advisers wanted banned from Britain is scheduled to fly to London this weekend to attend events alongside Muslim community leaders.
- Israeli Crisis Is A Smoke Screen For Iran's Nuclear Ambitions (Telegraph (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Hizbollah commits an act of war against Israel by launching a raid across its northern border and kidnapping two of its soldiers.
- Medicines Out Of Commoners Reach (Deccan Herald, GOPAL DABADE, Jul 13, 2006)
The government seems to be buckling under pressure from the US to introduce data exclusivity in our pharma laws
- Mumbai’S Spirit Is Being Flogged To Death (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Jul 13, 2006)
You know what I think as Mumbai gets patted on the back for its spirit? I think Mumbai’s spirit of survival has become an expedient fait accompli, cold-bloodedly taken for granted by government after callous government.
- Pushed To Insanity (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Jul 13, 2006)
Psychology of nation states should be understood to make sense of their actions
- Rs. 25 Lakh For Information On Terrorists Who Bombed Trains (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
Terrorist act described as an undeclared war against the nation
16 teams formed to investigate various aspects the attack
Fast-track special courts demanded
- 'India Has Enough Uranium' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
From the moment United States President George W Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced the India-US civilian nuclear agreement, US Congressman Gary Ackerman has been a major supporter of the accord.
- Dazed, Some Recount What Happened (Hindu, Meena Menon, Jul 13, 2006)
"The train exploded ... suddenly I saw bodies all around me;" another saw people dying
Many are still in a state of shock
Several victims have suffered eardrum trauma
Complaints about municipal hospitals
- Vilasrao Plea To Parties: Help Restore Peace (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has announced a compensation of Rs 1 lakh to the next of kin of those killed in the serial blasts while those grievously injured will receive Rs 50,000.
- Message From Blasts: Don't Get Close To The Us (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
If ever there was a demonstration that cross-border terrorism remains a pertinent threat to freedom-loving people everywhere, it happened on 7/11 in Mumbai, the financial capital of India.
- India After Mumbai (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 13, 2006)
A curious thing happened in Delhi on Wednesday, the day after seven bombs killed 200 Mumbaikars: the national government seemed to wake up to the fact that the country faces a security threat.
- A Nation Of Wimps (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 13, 2006)
Once again terrorists have sent a chilling reminder that they can strike at will.
- How Much Will India Endure? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 13, 2006)
Yesterday’s awful rush-hour bombings of trains in Bombay raise an important and ominous question: How far can India be pushed?
- Tirupati Shrine ‘Defiled’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 13, 2006)
The big story—splashed on the front page and occupying three inside pages—in the latest issue of the Organiser is about the “startling revelation” of a “fact-finding committee” on the alleged attempt by “evangelists” to “defile the great holy . . .
- Israel Terms Capture Of Soldiers Act Of War (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
Hizbollah guerrillas captured two Israeli soldiers and killed up to seven Israelis in violence on either side of the Lebanese border on Wednesday, further inflaming West Asia tensions.
- Sc Paves Way For Reviving Evening Law Colleges (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
Evening law colleges were a phenomenon across India until October 1999 when the Bar Council of India decided against their continuation for alleged violation of standards set by it for legal education.
- State Of Vacuum In Times Of Terror (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jul 13, 2006)
The appalling bombing of trains in Mumbai should lull us out of the Arcadian complacency that had been creeping into our security discourse.
- Mumbai Blasts: What Did You Witness? (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
As bodies are still being counted on hospital floors, the feeling is unmistakable. These days in Mumbai, you are either a victim or a survivor. If not nature, then the politics of statue desecration will disrupt life. If not that, insane terrorists will.
- Pak Under Scrutiny Over Mumbai Blasts (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Jul 13, 2006)
Pakistan's swift and all-to-quick condemnation of the Mumbai blasts and its commiseration with New Delhi notwithstanding, all eyes are on Islamabad's militaristic leadership to see if it has ceased to use terrorism as a state policy against India.
- Terror Tuesday Finds Echo In Both Houses (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
Tuesday’s terrorist attack which killed more than 150 people in Mumbai had its echo in both Houses, with the opposition cautioning the Government that Bangalore could soon become an easy target for such attacks.
- Watch Thy Neighbour (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 13, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s reluctance to name Pakistan in his address to the nation on Wednesday night, one hopes, does not imply that it is business as usual in the peace process. Although the foreign office underscored the importance of . . .
- Boys Gone Astray, Minister? (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Jul 13, 2006)
You don’t have to wait for intelligence agencies to release their trademark identikit pictures to know the faces behind Mumbai’s serial blast.
- Govern Or Get Out, Bjp Tells Upa (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Jul 13, 2006)
In a blistering attack on the Centre for compromising national security, the main Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday told the United Progressive Alliance Government to either "govern or get out" in the interest of the nation and the people.
- Time Opportune To Talk Strategy (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Jul 13, 2006)
It was an interesting experience for me to again exchange views with key strategic thinkers in the US last month at a location close to the statue of Mahatma . . .
- Lessons From Ajk Elections (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 13, 2006)
Tuesday's elections to the Legislative Assembly of Azad Jammu and Kashmir were held, by and large, peacefully barring a few incidents of violence.
- India Rejects Ajk Elections (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
India said on Wednesday said that elections in the Pakistani part of Kashmir held on July 11 “lacked credibility” and could neither be called “free” nor “an exercise towards self-governance”.
- Us-Iraq Joint Panel To Study Troop Reduction (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
Khalilzad gives Iraqi govt six months to curb sectarianism
- Isi’S Pervasive Role (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 13, 2006)
The court proceedings in the case of missing persons should focus the nation’s attention on the invisible but pervasive entity that the Inter-Services Intelligence is.
- Ngos Can't Run The Country (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Jul 13, 2006)
Medha Patkar has suffered a setback with the Prime Minister recently slamming NBA's charges of inadequate rehabilitation, says Anuradha Dutt
- Widen The Net, Tighten The Noose (Pioneer, Ahtesham Qureshy, Jul 13, 2006)
Election Commission must realise that the polling process is not just about mobilising paramilitary forces, says Ahtesham Qureshy
- Putin Hits Backs At West On Democracy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
President Vladimir Putin, seeking to pre-empt rebukes over democracy from fellow members of the Group of Eight, said on Wednesday the West’s criticism of Russia was a mix of Cold War thinking and neo-colonialism.
- Aping The Communists (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Jul 13, 2006)
Anguish at the desecration of Meenatai's statue notwithstanding, the violence and burning of buses by Sena activists was regrettable, says Prafull Goradia
- How Could We Let This Pass? (Pioneer, Rai Singh, Jul 13, 2006)
By completing the railway link between Beijing and Lhasa, the Chinese have achieved a marvellous feat of engineering.
- Victor And The Vanquished (Pioneer, AJAI SAHNI, Jul 13, 2006)
To keep faith with the Seven-Party Political Alliance, Prachanda will have to break faith with his Maoist comrades in Nepal, in India, and all over the world ----
- Jihadis On Rampage (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 13, 2006)
Does the UPA regime have the courage to confront them?
- Mumbai Unfazed (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 13, 2006)
Unfairly hit by bombs placed in local trains by invisible terrorists, the megapolis was back on its feet within 24 hours.
- Reforms Hobbled By Politics (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 13, 2006)
If only Dr Manmohan Singh, a competent economist and honest politician, is allowed a free hand to do his job, he could emerge an efficient administrator.
- Baby Steps In Conflict Zones (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 13, 2006)
An atypical publication from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (www.icai.org) is Government Consulting - Taking the First Steps. What is unusual is the assertiveness right from the foreword.
- A Social Sector Regulator (Business Standard, Kanika Datta, Jul 13, 2006)
Indian industry is now casting around for ways to creatively skirt the private sector job quotas that seem inevitable from a government that is rapidly regressing to the economic thinking of the seventies.
- Why Bother About Corruption? (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jul 13, 2006)
To strike at the roots that feed corruption in India we need to move quickly on poll campaign finance reform.
- Us Offers Help In Tracking Terror Agents (Indian Express, LALIT K JHA, Jul 13, 2006)
As India started the hunt for the terrorists responsible for the series of bomb blasts in Mumbai and Kashmir on Tuesday, the US said it was with India in its war against terror.
- Raw, Ib Should Focus On Terrorists: Amar Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
State executive meeting of the Samajwadi Party adopts political resolution
- Mumbai Terrorism Must Be Seen In Context (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jul 13, 2006)
The seven bomb blasts in Mumbai are bad news for many reasons.
- 'We Should Not Be A Haughty Big Brother To Nepal' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
Devi Prasad Tripathi, general secretary, Nationalist Congress Party, has been associated with Nepal since his days as a student leader at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University
- Confront The Challenge (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 13, 2006)
To combat terror, rise above political interests
- ‘We Shall Overcome’ (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
Even as the Opposition stepped in to mobilise public anger over the attack on Mumbai, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday refrained from employing rhetoric in his address to the nation.
- Arrest Decline Of Punjab Economy (Tribune, Joginder Singh, Jul 13, 2006)
As a result of exemplary progress, particularly in the fields of agriculture and industry, Punjab state continued to maintain the top position in terms of per capita income till the early nineties.
- My Lady Nicotine (Tribune, Raj Chatterjee, Jul 13, 2006)
Beautiful women, flowers, snow-capped mountains, placid lakes, moonlit nights and the songs of birds are not the only objects that have provided inspiration to poets to compose their odes.
- For Durable Ties With Us (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Jul 13, 2006)
Understanding the perceptions of those who influence US foreign policy provides an insight into the factors that shape the directions that global developments will take. It was, therefore, interesting to meet key strategic thinkers in the U.S last . . .
- Tainted Ministers (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 13, 2006)
THE Supreme Court has rightly expressed its displeasure over the Centre’s failure to make its stand clear on the issue of tainted ministers.
- Bush Condemns Mumbai Blasts (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Jul 13, 2006)
President George W. Bush expressed outrage over the bomb blasts that killed over 183 persons in Mumbai on Tuesday and said the United States stood with India in the war on terror.
- Maximum Power (Times of India, ARCHANA JAHAGIRDAR, Jul 13, 2006)
It took just 11 minutes to wreck Mumbai. In those 11 minutes some lives were snuffed out, other lives changed for the worse with horrific injuries. Even as phone lines in and to Mumbai were jammed, anxious relatives waited to hear about the safety . . .
- Mumbai Blasts Derail Indo-Pak Peace Process (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Jul 13, 2006)
Yesterday’s serial blasts in Mumbai appear to have taken the most important toll — the three-year-old Indo-Pak peace process.
- Mumbai Blasts Derail Indo-Pak Peace Process (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Jul 13, 2006)
Yesterday’s serial blasts in Mumbai appear to have taken the most important toll — the three-year-old Indo-Pak peace process.
- It Will Be A Long Haul (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 13, 2006)
These are times when you want to say the hell with political correctness and demand an eye for an eye.
- India Needs To Be Ruthless In Its Vengeance (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
As a child, I rarely fell asleep without listening to my grandmother narrate 'good-over-evil' stories from religious scriptures.
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