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Articles 1121 through 1220 of 26855:
- Life In Iran (Hindu, Robert Tait and Ewen MacAskill, Oct 16, 2006)
Ali's ambition shines through.
- Seven Years And Counting (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 16, 2006)
On October 12, Pervez Musharraf celebrated seven years in power in Pakistan. But what does the future hold for him and his country?
- In Line Of Lies (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Oct 16, 2006)
A more apt name for the book ghost written for the Pakistani dictator, Gen Pervez Musharraf, would have been 'A Pack of Lies' or 'In Line of Lies'. In Line of Propaganda could also have be an appropriate title since many are of the view that the . . .
- White And Crimson Spectacle (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
The snow-clad Adi Kailash presents a splendid sight
- Coalition Politics (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Oct 16, 2006)
The Congress President, Sonia Gandhi, has hinted that "The present political situation is pregnant with many possibilities." She did not spell out the nature of possibilities she had in mind.
- A Magical Land Too (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 16, 2006)
In honour of the festive season I am going to stay away this week from terrorism, politics and North Korea's scary nuclear bomb and talk instead about something more pleasant.
- World Food Day (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Oct 16, 2006)
"Child is the Father of man" has been rightfully quoted by the poet words worth in his Book "My heart leaps".
- Pm, Sonia Gandhi Attend Paswan Iftar Meet (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, former Prime Minister V P Singh and RJD Chief Lalu Prasad were among those who attended an iftar party hosted by Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan this evening.
- Nam Change, Anyone? (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Oct 16, 2006)
On the eve of the NAM summit in Havana, that Vatican of anti-Americanism, go to Google and see how many cities in the entire world still have a boulevard, or a landmark named after Tito.
- Veil Triggers Row In U.K. (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 16, 2006)
Britain's controversy-prone Muslim community was on Sunday facing a fresh row after a Minister called for a Muslim woman teacher to be sacked for refusing to remove her veil in the classroom, and a senior Conservative leader accused the community . . .
- General’S Wor(l)d Play (Tribune, Rajbir Deswal, Oct 16, 2006)
The news of General Musharraf himself being in the line of fire for authoring a commentary full of “howlers” and thereby generating protests from many parts of the world has put my search for a good publisher for my “self composed” autobiography . . .
- Question Is, Can Bihar Run? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 16, 2006)
Last week this paper reported on the Nitish Kumar government’s efforts to revive Bihar’s sugar industry (IE, October 10). Fifteen new green field sugar complexes have been cleared. The government has formulated an attractive sugar policy, giving . . .
- ‘I Want To Come Out Of College At The Age Of Eighty And Say . . . (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 16, 2006)
He’s been called the Bad Boy of Bollywood’s reigning Khan trinity. Salman Khan talks to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief,The Indian Express, on NDTV’s Walk The Talk programme, about weathering the cases and controversies, his kind of films, and being . . .
- China Oils Its War Machine (Pioneer, Brahma Chellaney , Oct 16, 2006)
A striking feature of a booming Asia is how energy demands are beginning to noticeably influence strategic thinking and military planning.
- Wrong Track (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 16, 2006)
When Union Railways Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav set up a new inquiry committee to probe what really happened in coach S-6 of Sabarmati Express that day in Godhra 2002, this paper expressed its scepticism.
- Dark Days Of Reckoning In Afghanistan (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 16, 2006)
I was invited to Afghanistan to take part in the Martyr Day ceremonies on September 9, which coincided with the death anniversary of Ahmed Shah Masood, better known as the Lion of Panjsheer.
- Pak Gave Commitment In War On Terror: Pm (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
Maintaining that Pakistan has given explicit commitment to join India in the fight against terrorism, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said the joint mechanism must inspire confidence in both countries and if it does not work "then we have to . . .
- Panel To Review Development In Hill Districts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
Areas are autonomous bodies
- Church Council Lists Out `Offending Clauses' In Professional Colleges Act (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
The Inter-Church Council for Education has written to Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan seeking deletion of the provisions in the Kerala Professional Colleges or Institutions (Prohibition of Capitation Fee, Regulation of Admission, Fixation of . . .
- Two `T' Intersections Causing Traffic Chaos Near Temple (Hindu, Anil Kumar Sastry, Oct 16, 2006)
Vehicle-parking zone in front of Banashankari temple to be shifted
- The Dargah Atop Dolphin Hills (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
It's a small miracle overlooking the blue Bay of Bengal. Situated close to the Dolphin Hills lighthouse, the `Aastana Hazrat Baba Syed Tajuddin Shah Quadri' dargah is a story of peace and faith dating back to the 13th century.
- Pervez Losing Army Support, Says Report (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
An American think tank, Stratfor, has said that General Pervez Musharraf is unlikely to be removed by any action of the armed forces, but may be beginning to lose this support base.
- 'Mr Pope, Jehad Is No Holy War' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
Senior Muslim scholars, taking up Pope Benedict's call for a frank dialogue, have written him an open letter listing factual errors in his recent speech on Islam that sparked protest across the Muslim world.
- Breaking Free Of All Limitations (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 16, 2006)
The spiritual law has been des-cribed as seeing divine reality in all manifestation. Religion as spirituality is that advanced stage of mind, in which peace, felicity, spiritual bliss, satya-guna — truth, equanimity and cheerfulness, large-heartedness, .
- Boom Boom Bali (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
Myriad cultures, languages and common histories — these are the first things that come to the mind when one thinks of Indonesia. A rich land with 567 ethnic varieties and 600 languages, the country, along with his long list of islands, has been a . . .
- Cpi(m) Charge Against Dmk (Hindu, S. Dorairaj , Oct 16, 2006)
"It unleashed violence during phase I"
- Golden `Gopurams' For Srisailam Temple (Hindu, M. Malleswara Rao, Oct 16, 2006)
The `gopurams' of Srisailam temple will shortly glitter like that on Tirumala Hills.
- Conspiracy Exposed (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 16, 2006)
The ham-handed attempt of the UPA Government to controvert the basic facts of the Godhra carnage in February 2002, in which a coach of Sabarmati Express packed with Hindu pilgrims was set ablaze by a Muslim mob, has come a cropper, with the Gujarat . . .
- Bpo Sting: Hunt For 4 Hyderabadis (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
The police here is looking for four persons from Hyderabad who allegedly sold confidential data on British nationals in a sting operation carried out by Brit-ain’s Channel 4 television.
- Ideological Bankruptcy (Pioneer, Ajoy Bose, Oct 16, 2006)
Using a 30-year-old slogan to win votes shows the Congress is going backward, not forward,says Ajoy Bose
- Proliferation Unlimited (Pioneer, Cecil Victor, Oct 16, 2006)
China has played the same card as the US by winking at proliferation while stating to be working against it, says Cecil Victor
- Why Can’T Human Trafficking Be Checked? (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 16, 2006)
Another group of about 600 Pakistanis, who were smuggled to Oman illegally by the human trafficker mafia, were deported to Pakistan the other day.
- Conduct Most Unbecoming (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 16, 2006)
The Lahore police have failed to stop a group of angry Punjab University students from blocking the city’s main arteries, causing commuters and transporters hardship and distress over the past week.
- Liaquat & The Objectives Resolution (Dawn, Sharif al Mujahid, Oct 16, 2006)
Jinnah’s “right hand man” and heir apparent — that’s how Liaquat Ali Khan is often referred to, and rightly too.
- Balochistan Package (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 16, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz unveiled his “Vision for development in Balochistan” on Friday and announced a package of Rs19.5 billion for the province.
- ‘Realignment’ Of Political Forces Augers Well (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 16, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has admitted that a “realignment of political forces before the 2007 general election” is in the offing. He said so to various editors and senior columnists in Karachi because he wants the message to go down loud and clear.
- Major Implications Of A Minor Incident (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Oct 16, 2006)
A minor issue at the Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport (MSP) has potentially major implications for the future of Islam in the US.
- Pakistan Playing Down Taliban Threat: Dafdar (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
Afghan Foreign Minister Rangeen Dadfar Spanta on Sunday accused Pakistan of trying to play down the threat of ‘international terrorism’ by labelling the Taliban uprising in Afghanistan an ethnic issue.
- Taliban Insurgency Slows Drugs War: Afghan Minister (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
Says it may take more than ten years to quell the insurgency if security remains dismal in poppy-growing areas
- Manmohan, Sonia, Lalu At Paswan's Iftar Party (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
A minor issue at the Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport (MSP) has potentially major implications for the future of Islam in the US. Starting about a decade ago, some Muslim taxi drivers serving the airport declared that they would not . . .
- India Will Burn If Afzal Is Hanged: Farooq Abdullah (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
India will "go up in flames" if it hangs a Muslim militant convicted for his role in an attack on parliament in 2001, former Chief Minister of Kashmir, Farooq Abdullah was quoted as saying.
- Unsc Must Act Against N Korea: Ban (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
Sharply criticising the North Korean nuclear tests earlier this week, United Nations Secretary General-designate Ban Ki Moon has asked the world community to send out a “very strong, unified and clear” message to Pyongyang so that it would not . . .
- As Us Holds Back, India Turns To Russia (Pioneer, Rahul Datta, Oct 16, 2006)
With India realising the reluctance of the US to part with cutting-edge defence technology, the UPA Government is going back to 'old friend' Russia to meet the strategic requirements of its armed forces.
- The Space Within (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 16, 2006)
Attaining a spiritual level is simply recognising that there is life everywhere, that the spirit is everywhere.
- ‘Clinton’S N-Hoax Forced Pakistan To End Kargil War’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
A former Pakistan foreign official has accused the Clinton administration of playing a “hoax” to put “pressure” on Islamabad to withdraw its troops and end the 1999 Kargil conflict with India.
- Hindu Law: Can Women Be Coparceners? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
A daughter has been given partition right in the Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) with effect from September 2005 by an amendment to Hindu law by the Government. Can a Hindu woman have two statuses under the Income-tax Act — individual and HUF after . . .
- A Q Khan Back After Surgery (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
Pakistan’s former top nuclear scientist, who confessed to leaking sensitive technology to North Korea, Iran and Libya, returned to his home on Sunday after undergoing surgery for prostate cancer, a Cabinet minister said.
- On The Consequences Of Our Actions (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
‘People don’t believe in consequences anymore’.
- A Year After The Earthquake (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 16, 2006)
After one year of the earthquake, the central issue in the reconstruction and rehabilitation, more than anything else, is the credibility of the Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) in the eyes of the stakeholders.
- Emergence Of A Plethora Of Video Tutorials (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
A huge collection of links to videos related to a range of subjects is hosted
- Mega Prize For Micro Banker (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 16, 2006)
Peace Nobel for Mr Muhammad Yunus, who has proved that poor, rural women are not unworthy of bank finance.
- Failed Mediation (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Oct 16, 2006)
Afghanistan’s rejection of the Duran Line and claim on Pakistan territory upto Indus river is unrealistic.
- Delink Teachers’ Wages From Govt Scales: Oversight Panel (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
Expressing concern about the decline in popularity and status of the teaching profession, the Oversight Committee has recommended that the remuneration package for teachers be reviewed and delinked from the government pay scales as laid down by the . . .
- Military Imbalance With Pakistan....? (Daily Excelsior, Chandra Mohan, Oct 15, 2006)
There is a sudden spate of "hard luck" stories (including a letter written by Chief of Air Staff to the Defence Minister) highlighting how there is a slump in ratio of India's conventional military capability vis-a-vis Pakistan.
- Lashkar-E-Jhangvi: A Convenient Catch-All Name? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 15, 2006)
The interior minister, Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, told reporters on Saturday that eight people allegedly involved in the Ayub Park blast and in planting anti-tank rockets at different locations in Islamabad last week have been arrested and they have . . .
- The New Race (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Oct 15, 2006)
World War III may result when unrepentant Communists gang up with Islamic fundamentalists to challenge the free world. North Korea's nuclearisation, or the dangers thereof, should be considered in that context
- `I'm Questioning Several Tenets Of Economics' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 15, 2006)
Micro credit not moving in India: Prof Yunus.
- Security Scaled Up For Phase Ii Of Local Body Polls (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
Over 225 booths in and around Chennai "sensitive"
- Death For Afzal Is Too Harsh, Says Farooq (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
The former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah has said the death punishment to Mohammad Afzal, convicted in the Parliament attack case, is "too extreme," and fears for the life of the judges who have sentenced him.
- Sanctions Against Pakistan Imperative (Pioneer, DR Ahuja, Oct 15, 2006)
Despite Islamabad's efforts to distance itself from the charges of proliferation, it is unlikely that AQ Khan and his associates could have engaged in nuclear transfers without tacit approval from Pakistani authorities
- Hanging Afzal Will Turn Him Into A Hero: Farooq Abdullah (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah has warned that the hanging of Mohammed Afzal, convicted for the 2001 attack on the Indian parliament, would turn him into a ‘a hero’ and provide ‘a massive weapon to separatists’.
- Mere Condemnation Does Not Serve The Purpose (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 15, 2006)
Kim Jong-il’s “ultimate goal” is to bring about direct bilateral talks with America, meanwhile seeking and even obtaining nuclear security as the only insurance it has against a hostile move by the United States.
- Pope Meets Prodi And Dalai Lama (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
Pope Benedict XVI met Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi for the first time on Friday since the Italian center-left government took office in May. The pontiff also met the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, according to the Vatican . . .
- Turkish Delight (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 15, 2006)
Orhan Pamuk starts his novel Snow with the Stendhal quote: “Politics in a literary work are a pistol-shot in the middle of a concert, a crude affair, though one impossible to ignore.
- For Mumbai Cops, Pak Link Lies In Phone Call, Dialect (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
The contents of the Pakistan dossier prepared by the Anti-terrorist Squad (ATS) may be a bit thin on specific evidence on the 7/11 blasts but it has details on the Pakistani operatives who crossed over to conduct operations.
- From Courts, With Conviction (Indian Express, T. R. Andhyarujina, Oct 15, 2006)
The judgments of the Supreme Court delivered on October 11 on the scope of the president’s, or the governor’s, power of pardon or remission should dispel much of the ill-informed debate surrounding the use of the power by the president in the case . . .
- Special Article (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Oct 15, 2006)
There is a difference between law and equity (or natural justice). The power of pardon is an equitable power. Commuting a death-sentence is a partial pardon
- Can God Help News Tv? (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Oct 15, 2006)
I am writing about CNN-IBN and gods — the channel’s recently aired series ‘Faith in Progress’. I would have also liked to write about NTDV and editors but can’t — the channel’s special on the media and India airs late tonight (Friday night), way . . .
- Nepal Govt, Rebels Try To Overcome Rift Before Talks (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
Nepali government negotiators and Maoist rebels raced against time to overcome rifts in their peace process on Sunday, hours before a meeting between Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and rebel leader Prachanda.
- Power Of Freedom (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 15, 2006)
The Nobel Prize for literature, along with that for peace, has never failed to grab more headline and news space than that for medicine, science or economics.
- India Will Burn If Afzal Hanged - Farooq Abdullah (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Oct 15, 2006)
India will "go up in flames" if it hangs a Muslim militant convicted for his role in an attack on parliament in 2001, a former chief minister of Indian Kashmir was quoted as saying.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 15, 2006)
Short of a formal acknowledgment, the Communist Party of China (CPC) is distinctly headed for a paradigm shift if the trend of the discussions at the recent meeting of the central committee is an indication.
- We'll Test Pak After Giving Terror Evidence: Pm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
Brushing aside Islamabad’s repeated denials about its involvement in the Mumbai blasts, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said India will test Pakistan only after giving it "credible evidence" about "elements" in that country being behind the . . .
- Getting Pakistan On Board, Without Scaring It Away (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 15, 2006)
United States Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns’ call on Pakistan to use its influence on “Kashmiri terrorist groups” to stop all attacks on India is an indirect way of telling Islamabad that it must stop all support to terrorism, period.
- Indian Charges Negate Havana (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
Pakistan has strongly rejected the Indian allegations of its intelligence agency’s involvement in Julyís Mumbai train bombings, the Pakistani embassy said in a letter printed in the Christian Science Monitor on Friday.
- India Will Test Pakistan After Evidence: Singh (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
India will “test” Pakistan only after giving it credible evidence on “involvement of elements in that country in the July 11 terror strike”, said Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday while brushing aside Islamabad’s repeated denials . . .
- Nato Seen Following Waziristan Lead (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Oct 15, 2006)
Following the visit of NATO coalition forces commander for Afghanistan, Gen David Richards, to Islamabad, it is now believed that the United States and Britain have authorised President General Pervez Musharraf to attempt to negotiate a peace deal . . .
- State Of Denial (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 15, 2006)
Seven years after he took charge of the country, President General Pervez Musharraf is still engaged, in a sense, in replaying the opening sequence. It does seem a long time ago when he arrived on the scene as an admirer of Kamal Ataturk and was . . .
- The Real-Life Economist (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Oct 15, 2006)
Muhammad Yunus is incomparably the most honoured social activist of our era. He has received so many awards that prize-givers vie not to be left behind.
- Over The Top (News International, Masood Hasan, Oct 15, 2006)
It seems to be the rage -- excuse the pun, for men in Pakistan to burn women at the slightest pretext. It has been going on for many long years and the disease shows no sign of abating. In fact it is registering a healthy increase.
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