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Articles 1621 through 1720 of 26855:
- Be Armed With Facts On J&k: B.G. Verghese (Hindu, Ramya Kannan , Oct 08, 2006)
We have to make compromises: author
- World Powers Ratchet Up Pressure On Iran (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
The six world powers seeking to defuse the Iran nuclear crisis ratcheted up pressure on the Islamic state Friday, agreeing to discuss sanctions and lamenting Tehran's refusal to suspend uranium enrichment.
- When The Pope Beat The Turks (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Oct 07, 2006)
Most people would recall October 7 as the date on which US President George W Bush launched his "war on terror" by invading Afghanistan in 2001. But history records October 7 as the date when, in 1571, the Holy League cobbled by Pope Pius V trounced . . .
- Trust But Verify (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Oct 07, 2006)
Those who believe in making the naughtiest boy the class monitor forget that to make it work, you need a headmaster who is sincerely interested in maintaining order. It's all too plain to see that the "headmaster" in charge of the war on terror is . . .
- Playing Along With General's Bluff May Work (Pioneer, Abhay K Upadhyay, Oct 07, 2006)
We have shunned Pakistan before as a rogue state, but that didn't work. The Havana Declaration may be a way to move away from the blame game and see the beginning of a diplomatic process against terror
- The Empire Of Deceit (Pioneer, AJAI SAHNI, Oct 07, 2006)
How the world and India continue to place faith in Musharraf is a believe-it-or-not story
Pick up a textbook of abnormal psychology and go to the chapter on sociopathic personality disorders - you will find a disturbingly accurate portrait of . . .
- Who Will Tame Revenue Minister? (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 07, 2006)
A division Bench of Balochistan High Court on Thursday ordered the senior police authorities to give more force to the SHO Police Sariab enabling him to arrest Balochistan Minister for Revenue and his brother, a Custom Inspector.
- Straw Wants Muslim Women To Lift Veil (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
Senior British minister Mr Jack Straw has been accused of discrimination against Muslim women after disclosing he asks them to remove their veils in meetings so they can speak “face-to-face”.
- Mirwaiz Sees Early Siachen Solution (Asian Age, Anwar Iqbal, Oct 07, 2006)
Pakistan and India may resolve the Siachen dispute during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s expected visit to Islamabad but there could be little progress on the Kashmir issue, says Mirwaiz Umar Farooq.
- Why Deploy Stf Against Maoists? (The Economic Times, V KRISHNA ANANTH, Oct 07, 2006)
The Tamil Nadu government, according to reports, is thinking of deploying the personnel of the special task force (STF) across the Tamil Nadu-Andhra Pradesh border districts to check the Maoists from entering Tamil Nadu.
- Kargil, Lies And Musharraf (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Oct 07, 2006)
More than the problem of evolving a joint anti-terror mechanism, the real challenge for India's policy-makers and strategists is one of properly understanding and countering President Pervez Musharraf's personalised diplomatic offensive wrapped . . .
- Escaping George Bush’S Future (The Economic Times, Jeffrey D Sachs, Oct 07, 2006)
It always comes back to oil. The continuing misguided interventions in the Middle East by the US and UK have their roots deep in the Arabian sand.
- Why Make Him A Hero? (OutLook, B. Raman , Oct 07, 2006)
The question to be considered is not whether the death sentence is moral or legal. It is. The question is whether it would be wise to have it carried out at the present moment.
- Security Scares For Musharraf (OutLook, B. Raman , Oct 07, 2006)
Pakistani Police officials admit that the blast in Rawalpindi on October 4 and the discovery of the rockets in Islamabad the next day are connected. Is there complicity by military/police elements?
- Form Is Emptiness, Emptiness Is Form (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Oct 07, 2006)
That great saviour of souls, Goutama Buddha, once narrated the story of a sea turtle. It is called Chiggala Sutta in Pali and illustrates the precious rarity of opportunity that human birth provides — we mustn’t sell ourselves short; we owe it . . .
- Dakshnia Kannada District Limps Back To Normalcy (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
Eerie silence descended upon Mangalore city, Bantwal and Puttur towns in Dakshina Kannada district today which was rocked by violent incidents since Wednesday night that left more than 25 people injured.
- Our Security System As Terrorists Close In (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 07, 2006)
First the Army House in Rawalpindi and then the President’s House in Islamabad have been made targets of possible acts of terrorism on Wednesday and Thursday without being thwarted by our security system. We know who the target was in these . . .
- 20 Injured As Protests Continue In Kashmir (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
Twenty people were hurt on Friday in fresh clashes in held Kashmir between police and demonstrators demanding clemency for a Muslim man sentenced to death for plotting a 2001 attack on parliament, police said.
- A Web Of Mystery (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 07, 2006)
The discovery of two live rockets in the vicinity of the presidency and the parliament in Islamabad in the wake of two unexplained blasts in Ayub park in Rawalpindi the previous night is not something that can be . . .
- How Hudood Law Is Hurting Society (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 07, 2006)
I have had the opportunity of listening to the president of Pakistan speak at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
- Al-Qaeda Leader In Iraq Not Dead: Us (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
The US military said on Thursday the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq was still very much alive, denying reports by some Iraqi politicians that he had been tracked down and killed.
- Undo This Migration (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Oct 07, 2006)
Whatever the reason it can only be a matter of acute discomfort that 64 persons from Doda district have crossed over to Chamba in the adjoining Himachal Pradesh.
- Pm Worried At Decline Of Science (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh did some plain speaking to top scientists and students inside the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Bombay, voicing concern that China and South Korea may have ‘leapfrogged’ ahead of the nation in their ‘mastery over . . .
- Slow And Steady Wins The Race (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 07, 2006)
The Independent Monitoring Commission supervising the Stormont Agreement to end the Northern Ireland dispute has reported that the Irish Republican Army’s violent campaign against British rule “is over”.
- Test Kit Scare Over Dengue (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
Dengue cases in Bengal so far are less than last year, but cause for concern lies elsewhere — absence of quality diagnostic kits, experts say.
- Sabarimala Suit Threat (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
Kannada actress Jaimala is considering suing the Kerala government for maligning her name in the Sabarimala row.
- Nato Bosses: Pak Helping Taliban (Telegraph, AHMED RASHID, Oct 07, 2006)
Commanders from five Nato countries whose troops have just fought the bloodiest battle with the Taliban in five years, are demanding their governments get tough with Pakistan over the support and sanctuary its security services provide to the Taliban.
- Pak Admits Having Helped Militancy In J&k (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
Pakistan has admitted that it might have helped insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir at "some time" but claimed it is now "trying our best" to prevent infiltration of militants into India.
- Mumbai Blasts: India, Usa Share Evidence (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Oct 07, 2006)
India is understood to have shared with the US evidence of Pakistan’s involvement in the July 11 Mumbai blasts.
- Following Fashion (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Oct 07, 2006)
If “there is no such thing as Gandhism”, as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi claimed in a statement to the Gandhi Seva Sangha in 1936, how can one explain a cult like Gandhigiri? The word’s etymological similarity with Dadagiri and Goondagiri offers an . . .
- Siachen “Likely To Be Resolved” During Pm’S Pak Visit (Tribune, Anwar Iqbal, Oct 07, 2006)
Pakistan and India may resolve the Siachen dispute during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s expected visit to Islamabad but there could be little progress on the Kashmir issue, says Mirwaiz Umar Farooq.
- Taking Refuge In Nostalgia (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Oct 07, 2006)
I consider executing people for heinous crimes a medieval barbarity which has been abolished in many advanced countries.
- Bjp-Sena Alliance Survives Crisis (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
The Shiv Sena-BJP alliance survived its worst-ever crisis on Friday with the two parties reaching an amicable settlement over the Chimur assembly seat.
- Have An Idea (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 07, 2006)
An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than
an idea that exists only as an idea.
Gautama Buddha
- ‘Visibility For Real Issues Tough’ (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 07, 2006)
In India, it is hard to get visibility for ‘real issues’. The bombing of Hiroshima-Nagasaki is accepted as a crime against humanity, but not as systemic and systematic crimes against Dalits.
- Taliban Untamed (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 07, 2006)
The Presidents of Afghanistan and Pakistan appear to have contained their mutual hostility when they met for a Bush-hosted dinner at the White House.
- Hidden Agenda (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 07, 2006)
Musharraf has a tough job ahead as he wants to continue as the President of Pakistan.
- Estranged Bedfellows (Indian Express, KUMAR KETKAR , Oct 07, 2006)
Despite the histrionics of this week, the Shiv Sena and the BJP cannot afford to break their alliance. It is perhaps recognition of this reality that has led to the uneasy truce on the Chimur assembly seat that both parties were laying claim to.
- Foley’S Folly & Other Monkey Business (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 07, 2006)
In 1998, Bob Livingston won the Republican Party’s blessing to succeed Newt Gingrich as speaker of the House. But Livingston, of Louisiana, never served a day in the job.
- Cabinet Decision On Bhajan Yatre Today (Deccan Herald, CP Bhambhri, Oct 07, 2006)
A decision on permitting the proposed ‘Bhajan Yatre’ or ‘Nagar Sankirtan’ in the City, prior to the ‘Dattamala Abhiyana’ by the Sangh Parivar will be taken at the Cabinet meeting on Saturday, Higher Education Minister D H Shankara Murthy has said.
- The Miracle Of Faith (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
The city has turned into a visual delight permeating deep inside to reveal the essence of Navaratri festival, says P. SUJATHA VARMA
- Students Damage Mtc Buses, Three Held (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
Three college students were arrested on charges of damaging three State owned MTC buses in the city on Friday.
- Delhi Police Arrest Irom Sharmila (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
The fasting rights activist was taken to the AIIMS for urgent medical treatment
- Main Sri Lankan Parties Agree To Reach Consensus On Ethnic Issue (Hindu, S. Dorairaj , Oct 07, 2006)
MoU on October 15
Accord will impart greater credibility to peace process
- Violence Wracks Mangalore (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
Arson, looting and group clashes continued unabated for the second consecutive day on Friday in many parts of the Dakshina Kannada district, forcing the administration to impose a curfew on Ullal and certain parts of Konaje and Mangalore Rural police . .
- Mass Prague Murder Plan Exposed (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
Islamic extremists planned to kidnap dozens of Jews in Prague and hold them hostage before murdering them, the daily Mlada Fronta Dnes reported.
- Latent Violence In Us Culture (Tribune, Andrew Gumbel, Oct 07, 2006)
America’s gun culture is in the news again with the latest in a seemingly never-ending string of spectacular mass murders to hit the headlines in the United States.
- Going Dutch, Royally! (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
Enjoy a heritage holiday at the 18th Century Bolgatty Palace in Kerala
- Waves Of History (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
Anchuthengu is a mix of our colonial past and a rustic coastal life. The sheer beauty of an ever-changing sea and backwaters blend with history at Anchuthengu. The vibrant life of fisher folk adds charm to this coastal hamlet.
- Translation Is About Sensitivity (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
Is a translator like a transparent window, tinted window or a mirror? Lakshmi Holmstrom, acclaimed U.K.-based translator, has the answer.
- Musharraf-Benazir Deal In The Offing? (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 07, 2006)
The buzz is that Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf is trying to rope in Benazir Bhutto's PPP to shore up the credibility of his regime.
- Deal May Be Delayed: Mulford (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Oct 07, 2006)
Says "we are hopeful"
- Police Drive To Prevent Accidents (Hindu, V.S. Palaniappan, Oct 07, 2006)
Considering the number of accidents in the small hours, the Inspector-General of Police, West Zone, K. Rajendran, has asked all police officers in the west zone to step up drive to prevent accidents in the small hours, especially from . . .
- Azad Lambasts Pak For Abetting Terrorism (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2006)
Reiterating his Government’s commitment to wipe out terrorism from the State, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today regretted that despite assurances Pakistan has miserably failed to contain activities of terrorists from its land.
- Pakistan's Bhutto Presses To Return For Elections (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2006)
Former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto said on Thursday she wants to return to run in 2007 elections and accused the country's military ruler of failing to tackle religious schools that promote global terrorism.
- Net Gains (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 06, 2006)
Political rivalries in India often blur the distinction between politics and governance.
- Stand Up For The Loved Ones (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 06, 2006)
Inter-Religious Marriages Among Muslims: Negotiating Religious and Social Identity in Family and Community Edited by Abdullahi A. An-Na’im, Global Media, Rs 650
- Will They Learn? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 06, 2006)
It is not for the first time that the militants have tried to strike at Dashnami Akhara on Wednesday.
- Shiv Sena Threat Reflects Indian Mindset (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 06, 2006)
Hindu fundamentalist outfit Shiv Sena has threatened to prevent Pakistan from playing cricket in India in the Champions Trophy Tournament scheduled to start coming Saturday. Its Executive President Udhav Thackeray said the decision is in response . . .
- Islam, Muslims And Europe (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 06, 2006)
As we entered the mosque of Córdoba I realised its isolation from its historical environ that once housed almost eighty thousand shops and workshops of artisans; there was nothing left of the marvellous public baths and inns which once surrounded . . .
- Sad Realities (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 06, 2006)
General Musharraf's book 'In the Line of Fire' has occupied much space in the Pakistani as well as US media. It is clear now that the book reveals much on subjects that are better kept out of media attention, be it Dr A Q Khan's alleged role in . . .
- Expected Blast In Ayub Park (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 06, 2006)
A major blast occurred in Ayub Park in Rawalpindi Cantonment area on Wednesday night creating panic. No loss of life has been reported.
- Story Of A Failed State (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 06, 2006)
The world had not taken much notice of Bangladesh since the birth of the new nation in 1971.
- Musharraf Assures Quality Life To Quake Survivors (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf has assured better quality of life to the survivors of the earthquake which claimed more than 87,000 lives and rendered millions of people homeless and deprived them of everything in life.
- A Hundred Beats (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 06, 2006)
A hundred beats of the heart, my heart.
How else can I tell you the things I see and feel?
Through every closing and opening of my eyes I promise to be true and open, looking at the world at home and ahead of us so that I may show you the . . .
- Night, Day Scares For Pervez In Two Cities (Asian Age, Shafqat Ali, Oct 06, 2006)
Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf and his colleagues spent a sleepless night between Wednesday and Thursday following a mysterious blast near Army House in Rawalpindi, where the general resides.
- It’S A Matter Of Faith At Harvard (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 06, 2006)
Harvard University, founded 370 years ago to train Puritan ministers, should again require all undergraduates to study religion, along with US history and ethics, a faculty committee is recommending.
- Special Article (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 06, 2006)
The 9/11 catastrophe has been viewed by several Muslim rulers as an elaborate conspiracy of the West against Islam.
- Three Hours Of Idealism For Bihar’S Policemen (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2006)
The chief minister, Mr Nitish Kumar, visited the Ashok cinema hall here on 14 September, the second time in the past nine months, this time to watch the premier show of Ram Gopal Verma’s Shiva, depicting the Indian policy-making system.
- Mystery Letter Threatens Blast At Golden Temple (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2006)
A letter claiming to be from Lashkar-e-Taiyyaba which threatens to blow up the Golden Temple has thrown police and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) authorities at the holy shrine into a tizzy.
- Rockets Found Day After Blast (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2006)
Hours after a powerful blast near Gen. Pervez Musharraf’s residence, two rockets were today found in the vicinity of Parliament House here, close to a place where the Pakistani President was to address a meeting.
- Another Sex Scandal Rocks Usa (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2006)
Just as US President Mr George Bush sharpens his party’s election rhetoric on terrorism, a Congressman’s sexual Internet adventures threaten to put off some of its most fervent voters.
- Turkey To Be First Muslim Nation To Send Troops To Beirut (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2006)
Turkey, the only Muslim member of Nato and a country with close ties to both Israel and Arab states, will become the first Muslim nation to deploy peacekeepers in Lebanon next week, a Turkish television station reported on Thursday.
- Rough Guide To Nuclear Sites (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 06, 2006)
The Director of Publicity of the Islamic Republic of Iran, if indeed he exists, is sure doing one heck of a job.
- Kharge To Get New Team For ‘Battle’ Ahead (Deccan Herald, Ramakrishna Upadhya, Oct 06, 2006)
The Congress high command is all set to throw its weight behind the incumbent Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president Mallikarjun Kharge and strengthen his hands by appointing a new set of office-bearers later this month.
- Importance Of The Starry Effect (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 06, 2006)
Astrology is not a matter of belief; the correct scientific attitude is based on truth. The law of gravity for example, worked as efficiently before Newton as it did after him.
- Keynes And Karat (Times of India, VINAY BHART-RAM, Oct 06, 2006)
If Keynes were alive today he may well have written a tract titled 'The Economic Consequences of Mr Prakash Karat'.
- Air Chief’S Anguished Cry (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Oct 06, 2006)
The biggest surprise about Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal S.P. Tyagi’s agonised and agonising letter to the Defence Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, is not that it was written but that so little notice has been taken of it and of the deeply . . .
- Everyone Is In The Line Of Fire (News International, Rahimullah Yusufzai, Oct 06, 2006)
It is becoming impossible to ignore President General Pervez Musharraf's autobiography, In the Line of Fire.
- Bangalore-Mysore Corridor Project Runs Into Trouble Again (Hindu, Alladi Jayasri , Oct 06, 2006)
KSPCB alleges encroachment of tanks, withdraws `consent' for the project .
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