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Articles 14321 through 14420 of 43820:
- Price Of Growth Bretton Woods Twins In Trouble (Frontline, PALLAVI AIYAR, May 13, 2006)
Awe-inspiring achievements on the economic front have diverted attention from China's poor record in the safety of coal miners.
- Halt On Delhi Demolitions; Lok Sabha Passes Bill (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
In a move to circumvent the Supreme Court directions on the demolition drive against illegal constructions in the Capital, the Congress-led UPA with the support of the BJP-led Opposition today passed a Bill in the Lok Sabha proposing to give one . . .
- Democrat Proposes Compromise On India Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, May 13, 2006)
A leading Democratic lawmaker said on Thursday that a landmark U.S.-India nuclear deal lacks the necessary support to pass the U.S. Congress and he put forward a compromise intended to keep the accord alive.
- Rumsfeld's Ways (Frontline, Vijay Prashad, May 13, 2006)
The Defence Secretary has argued for a high-tech U.S. military with limited manpower, with personnel from "allied powers" bearing the arms.
- Bla Does Exist (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 13, 2006)
SIix policemen of the Anti-Terrorist Force were killed and 13 others injured in five powerful explosions which rocked the firing range of the Police Training College in Quetta on Thursday.
- Largest-Ever Tn Ministry To Be Sworn In Today (Tribune, Arup Chanda, May 13, 2006)
The largest ever ministry in Tamil Nadu with 31 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) members headed by party president M. Karunanidhi will be sworn in by Governor S. S. Barnala here tomorrow.
- Green Signal For Reds (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 13, 2006)
Althoug few doubted that the Left, particularly the CPM, would win the assembly elections in Kerala and . . .
- Durrani’S Disclosure (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 13, 2006)
FEDERAL Information Minister Muhammad Ali Durrani has described the “Charter of Democracy”, likely to be signed by Mian Nawaz Sharif and Ms Benazir Bhutto on May 14, as political adventurism of the two former prime ministers . . .
- Pak, Indonesia To Boost Defence, Economic Ties (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Friday agreed to enhance ties between their countries in multifaceted areas covering defence, security, political, diplomatic and economic fields.
- Assam Outcome (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 13, 2006)
The ground has shifted from under Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi’s feet, but not perhaps as much as he might have feared. No party has managed a majority in Assam’s 126-member Assembly, but the ruling Congress has got close enough to be confident . . .
- 'Crown Of Thorns' For Karunanidhi (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
M Karunanidhi was sworn in at a public function on Saturday and he took oath as Chief Minister for the fifth time.
- Govt Buys Time, Sets Itself Tough Agenda (Pioneer, Sidharth Mishra, May 13, 2006)
By introducing and persuading Parliament to pass the Delhi Laws (Special Provision) Bill, 2006 on Friday, the Centre has laid out for itself an extensive agenda. The Bill promises a Delhi cleansed of its urban ills.
- Interview (Frontline, Siddharth Varadarajan, May 12, 2006)
What is your reaction to the G.P. Koirala government's ceasefire offer and its decision to remove the terrorist tag from the Maoists?
- Terror On The Mountains (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 12, 2006)
On the politics and practice of massacres in the Jammu region in the wake of the killings in Doda and Udhampur districts.
- Orientalism And Its Discontents (Frontline, Shelley Walia, May 12, 2006)
The book ignores the rigour of Edward Said's work and his explorations of critical issues of cultural representation.
- Frayed Truce (Frontline, V.S. Sambandan, May 12, 2006)
The April 25 attack on the Army chief has cast a shadow on the fragile peace process in the country torn by years of civil strife.
- Master Of Illusions (Telegraph, ARNAB BHATTACHARYA , May 12, 2006)
Enchantment of the Mind: Manmohan Desai’s Films By Connie Haham, Roli, Rs 395
- Sonia Rejects Call To Be Pm | Poll Results (Rediff on the Net, Onkar Singh, May 12, 2006)
Congress President Sonia Gandhi today reprimanded party leader and former Chattisgarh chief Minister Ajit Jogi for initiating a campaign urging her to take over as prime minister and appoint her son Rahul as the party general secretary.
- Poll Projections Come True (Hindu, Sanjay Kumar, May 12, 2006)
The broad political picture projected byThe Hindu-CNN-IBN polls has proven to be correct.
- For Human Rights Protection, A New Beginning (Hindu, Jorge E. Taiana, May 12, 2006)
Argentina (along with India and 45 other countries) was elected by the U.N. General Assembly as one of the member states to the Human Rights Council, the new United Nations body that will replace the Commission on Human Rights established in 1947.
- Time To Deliver On Promises (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 12, 2006)
Regaining power is easier than retaining it. The victory of the Democratic Progressive Alliance led by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is essentially a vote for change in Tamil Nadu.
- Election Outcome Positives (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 12, 2006)
Few popular contests in recent memory have been as interesting, as instructive, and as productive of democratic positives as the April-May 2006 round of Assembly elections.
- Government Must Listen To Donors (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 12, 2006)
THE speech of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz before the annual meeting of Pakistan Development Forum was not only an expression of satisfaction over performance of the country’s economy but also showed optimism for the future. Telling an array of . . .
- Un Human Rights (News International, Editorial, The News International, May 12, 2006)
The recently established UN Human Rights Council, the more streamlined successor to the Commission on Human Rights, is set to become functional next month following the election of 47 member states, including Pakistan, through an outright-majority . . .
- Brown’S Balancing Act (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 12, 2006)
Gordon brown's interview with BBC was an illustration of the delicate balancing act that the chancellor is compelled to play in Labour’s internal politics as the pressure mounts for Tony Blair to step down sooner rather than later.
- ‘Look Before You Don’T Leap’ (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, May 12, 2006)
The strife-ridden battleground of Indian politics has entered a phase of curious and paradoxical stalemate: the government is ceding space but there is no one to occupy it.
- India’S Communists Emerge Main Winners In State Polls (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
India’s Marxists scored two significant electoral victories on Thursday, tightening their grip on power in their West Bengal bastion and defeating a Congress-led alliance in the southern state of Kerala.
- Us-India Nuclear Deal Facing Long, Hot Summer (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, May 12, 2006)
The US-India nuclear deal has run into several hurdles in Congress, as was apparent at a hearing on Thursday by the House of Representatives Committee on International Relations.
- Hamas, Fatah Come Together (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
After months of tension, senior members of the rival factions, Hamas and Fatah have forged a joint platform, including acceptance of a Palestinian state alongside Israel, Palestinian President Mr Mahmoud Abbas said.
- Cong Watch Out! Left Coming With Hammer & Sickle (Pioneer, Navin Upadhyay, May 12, 2006)
While the results of the five Assembly polls were along expected lines, the extent of Left domination is bound to send alarm bells ringing within the Congress and disturb the delicate balance of power in the Manmohan Singh Government.
- Not Surprising (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 12, 2006)
Barring the Red tidal wave that has swept the CPI(M)-led Left Front to an unprecedented seventh consecutive victory with an unexpected majority in West Bengal, there is nothing startling about the results of the recent Assembly elections.
- Destination Moon (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 12, 2006)
The memorandum of understanding signed on Tuesday between the Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, Mr G Madhavan Nair, and the Administrator of the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Mr Michael Griffin, is . . .
- India's Uncared Masses Abroad (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, May 12, 2006)
No Government can claim a place at the world's high table if its citizens need dirty, poorly paid jobs abroad where every despot and dictator can kick them around.
- Shifting Balance Of Power (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, May 12, 2006)
The strong showing by the Left Front in West Bengal and Kerala Assembly elections, and the DMK in Tamil Nadu, will have an impact on the power balance in the Congress-led UPA Government.
- The Essential Struggle (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 12, 2006)
Civil war may look atrocious, but it is the only way that can lead to peace in Iraq, as history has shown elsewhere, says Edward Luttwak.
- Valley Of Death And Despair (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 12, 2006)
Pranab Mukherjee must be applauded for rejecting the call for demilitarisation of Kashmir, says Cecil Victor.
- Australia Denies Plan To Sell Uranium To India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
Australian Prime Minister John Howard said on Thursday Australia would stick to its policy of banning uranium sales to India but he would seek more details on a US-India nuclear deal when he visits Washington this week.
- Will To Serve (Deccan Herald, RAMNATH NARAYANSWAMY, May 12, 2006)
Belagere Krishna Shastri lives a charmed and blessed life. "My father", he declared, "was the greatest role-model of my life."
- Citizens Sidelined (Deccan Herald, Sakuntala Narasimhan, May 12, 2006)
It started as a small, diffident voice over the phone asking last month if I could spare five minutes.
- For A While, Ajmal Scent Of Success Had Gogoi Gasping (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, May 12, 2006)
A week before the elections, veteran Congressman and Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi had said, ‘‘I don’t give a damn to Badruddin Ajmal. I can even cause a split in his AUDF.’’
- Who Can Be Ministers? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, May 12, 2006)
Rural education in the State is below that of Bihar on most parameters except enrolment.
- Minister Appeals For Sentence Suspension (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
Maharashtra Transport Minister Swarup Singh Naik, who was convicted and sentenced to one-month imprisonment along with Additional Secretary Ashok Khot, on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to suspend the sentence.
- Re-Laying Mettupalayam Road: Residents To Step Up Stir (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
An association may be formed if works do not begin even after the elections
Any delay now will hold up the roadwork till December
Many lives or limbs will be lost by then
Five to six pits dug for laying telephone cables have not been filled properly
- Cong May Retain Power In Assam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
The 12th Assembly polls in Assam resulted in a hung House, but the ruling Congress has emerged as the single largest party and seems set to retain power in the state.
- Quotas Don’T Bring Votes (Deccan Herald, Sushant Sareen, May 12, 2006)
The middle class deserves whatit gets, it needs to vote if it wants politicians to take note of them
- Probing Sugar Crisis (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 12, 2006)
Blaming the so-called sugar cartel for exploiting growers, holding stocks beyond the limit fixed by the Cabinet and making huge profits on the import of 400,000 tons of duty-free raw sugar allowed by the federal government to control runaway . . .
- Blowing Hot And Cold (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 12, 2006)
While reports of government emissaries meeting the exiled leaders of the two mainstream parties have off and on appeared in the press, no headway seems to have been made.
- “Boom Bust Cycles” (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 12, 2006)
Speaking at the Pakistan Development Forum, World Bank Vice-President for South Asia Praful Patel’s reference to Pakistan’s long history of boom-bust cycles was appropriate.
- Putin Turns More Prudent (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 12, 2006)
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s much-awaited address to the both Houses of Parliament has sprung surprises to many. Contrary to the expectations that his speech would be focused on the international issues in view of the provocative statements . . .
- Congress Happy Left Happier (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, May 12, 2006)
The election results of Thursday actually has ensured the stability of the UPA government with gains for the allies and nothing for the NDA
- 'Cpi-M Not Out To Destabilise Upa' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
Brinda Karat, the Communist Party of India-Marxist Rajya Sabha member and Politburo member, spoke exclusively to rediff.com Managing Editor (National Affairs) Sheela Bhatt on the verdict in West Bengal and Kerala, and the party's relations with the . . .
- Expected Lines (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 12, 2006)
The assembly elections did not present any surprises
- Jaya Out, Mk May Opt For Coalition (Deccan Herald, S Murari, May 12, 2006)
Talking to reporters at DMK headquarters, which was the scene of celebrations and jubilation, party president Karunanidhi said on Thursday that a decision on a coalition government would be taken by his party in consultation with its allies.
- An Iranian Offer That America Must Heed (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, May 12, 2006)
The Ahmadinejad letter is as much an invitation to dialogue as a reminder to the world of the dangers posed by the Bush administration's policies.
- Record Win For Left In West Bengal (Hindu, Marcus Dam, May 12, 2006)
The credit for our victory goes to the people, says Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee The credit for our victory goes to the people, says Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
- Buddhadeb Will Have To Play A Major Role: Basu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
In sorting out differences between the Left and the UPA
- Kalam Promises Steps To Ensure Return Of Pandits To Valley (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
Delegation attributes Doda massacre to the lopsided policy of the Central and State Governments
Village defence committees should be given advanced training
Government should create political space for Pandits till peace returns to Valley
Demand for
- The Dead Sea Is Shrinking (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, May 12, 2006)
'Can the Dead Sea be allowed to die?' is a question that concerns environmentalists of West Asia, who are also alarmed by the prospect of River Jordan going dry
- Will Congress, Pmk Join The Government? (Hindu, V. Jayanth , May 12, 2006)
The question is uppermost in people's minds, as the DMK has won less than 100 seats
Congress will take a decision based on discussions its observer will have with Mr. Karunanidhi
If it is to be a coalition regime, chances are that the PMK will also be
- Cadres Of Dmk, Alliance Camps Over The Moon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
Burst firecrackers, distribute sweets and shout slogans
- The Election Results And Coalition Politics (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, May 12, 2006)
How will the strong showing by the Left impact on the functioning of the United Progressive Alliance Government at the Centre?
- Rewind To Assembly Elections, 2001 (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 12, 2006)
This was our editorial comment on the assembly elections of five years ago
- Court As Sanctuary (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 12, 2006)
With exemplary punishment to the Maharashtra minister, the apex court empowers the citizen
- ‘People Around The World Are Flocking To God. Don’T You Want To . . . (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 12, 2006)
Last week, Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad sent a letter to US President George W Bush. It was the first personal communication from an Iranian president to his US counterpart since the 1979 Islamic revolution. We reproduce extracts from the letter:
- Sonia Rubbishes Plea That She Take Over As Pm (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
Congress President Sonia Gandhi's massive win in the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha bye-election today triggered a demand from a group of party MPs that she take over as Prime Minister, a campaign she nipped in the bud almost instantly.
- Tn: Karunanidhi To Stake Claim To Form Govt Tomororw (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
With the DMK emerging as the single largest party in the Tamil Nadu assembly elections, its president M Karunanidhi is likely to stake claim to form a government tomorrow.
- Bush Denies Spying Infringing On Americans' Privacy (Reuters, Matt Spetalnick, May 12, 2006)
President George W. Bush denied on Thursday the government was "trolling through" Americans' personal lives, despite a report that a domestic spy agency was collecting phone records of tens of millions of citizens.
- Results, Responsibilities (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 12, 2006)
Left’s win may not alter Delhi equation
- Coalition Comes To Rule At States Too (Hindu, Neerja Chowdhury, May 12, 2006)
The results of the Assembly elections have established one thing very clearly—that alliances and coalitions are an inevitability at the Centre and increasingly in the states.
- How Gogoi Pulled It Off (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, May 12, 2006)
Two months ago when Assam entered into the election process, the feeling in the state was that Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi would not be able to make it.
- Advantage Left (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 12, 2006)
The five state election results offer the Left much to celebrate, demand that the Congress be stoic, and give the NDA a knockout punch. The Left Front has retained office in West Bengal for the seventh consecutive time and with an enhanced majority.
- Third Front, What? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 12, 2006)
A rather cynical political experiment in Assam has failed. Lessons for the Left there
- It All Adds Up (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 12, 2006)
From five states comes one message for political leaders: just govern
- Left In The Centre (Indian Express, Harsh Sethi , May 12, 2006)
The elections have thrown up expected results. Watch for unexpected consequences
- A Failed State Of Understanding (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, May 12, 2006)
Pakistan’s irate response to its rating on the Failed States Index is a knee-jerk denial
- Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi Wins Poll In Style (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
India's Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi won a by-election by a landslide on Thursday, with voters in a family bastion sending her back to parliament after she quit in a row over holding a paid job while a lawmaker.
- Pramod Mahajan (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, May 12, 2006)
Pramod Mahajan's death is bound to limit the BJP's manoeuvres in realpolitik in a big way and for a considerable period.
- Charge Sheet Filed Against Army Officials In Pathribal Killings (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, May 12, 2006)
Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) today stole the show of high profile policing in Kashmir as it took over the investigation of the explosive 'sex scandal' and filed charge sheet against five Army officials, including an officer of the rank of . . .
- Hayden’S Appointment Sets Off Alarm Bells (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, May 12, 2006)
President George W. Bush’s nomination of Gen Michael Hayden to head the Central Intelligence Agency has set off alarm bells in Washington where some members of Congress are worried that U.S. intelligence services are being put exclusively in the hands. .
- Surrendered Militants Need Rehabilitation (Daily Excelsior, Sanchet Barua, May 12, 2006)
On some occasions, disgruntled cadres even give up arms of their own accord, because life in the jungle is no longer tenable, or a leadership crisis sparks an exodus. Over the last one year 105 militants sneaked into India form Bangladesh's . . .
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