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Articles 5721 through 5820 of 26855:
- 182 Days In Office: Time For A Reality Check (Deccan Herald, Ramakrishna Upadhya, Aug 03, 2006)
The Kumaraswamy government completes six months in office today. It is perhaps too short a period to make any value judgement on its performance so far, but the initiatives it has taken or not taken and the direction in which it is going, leaves . . .
- A Pox On Stem Cell Research (Deccan Herald, DEBORAH BLUM, Aug 03, 2006)
The US lost a good opportunity due to the influence of clerics on its President.
- Twist In Sabarimala Sleaze Case: Three Held For Framing Priest (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Aug 03, 2006)
The sleaze scandal involving the Tantri (chief priest) of Sabarimala temple took a new turn today with the police arresting a woman, Sobha John, and two accomplices, alleging they had engineered a trap for Kantaru Mohanuru with help from a bunch . . .
- Saarc Summit Fails To End India-Pakistan Tariff Row (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
India on Wednesday accused Pakistan of jeopardising the fledgling South Asian Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) deal by failing to fully implement key tariff cuts, as a two-day foreign ministers’ summit of the South Asian Association for Regional . . .
- Backing For The N-Deal (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 03, 2006)
The nuclear deal between the US and India has received attention in the Urdu press as well. National Herald group’s Qaumi Awaz, in its editorial dated July 29, has hailed it, supporting the deal.
- Not Just About The Hat (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
Was the Vellore Revolt of 1806 only an angry outburst by a group of army personnel against poor pay, undesirable service conditions and unwarranted regulations? Or did it have any greater significance? What is its place in Indian history?
- The North-East Mosaic (Daily Excelsior, Sanchet Barua, Aug 03, 2006)
The foremost feature of the social order of the North-Eastern region is its plurality.
- Bicentenary Of Vellore Revolt (Frontline, S. Viswanathan, Aug 03, 2006)
The bicentenary of the Vellore Revolt kindles memories of the first challenge to the British empire in India.
- Secrets Of Comet Tempel 1 (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
The NASA space mission to investigate the composition of Comet Tempel 1 brings revolutionary findings.
- Tony Blair Links Kashmir Crisis To Islamic Extremism (Times of India, RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL, Aug 03, 2006)
A furious political row has erupted over British PM Tony Blair's decision to link the Kashmir dispute and Chechen fighting with the conflict in Iraq, Afghanistan and West Asia — which he described as part of an over-arching "arc of (Muslim) . . .
- Nearly 30 Legislators Resign In Somalia (Asian Age, Mohamed Olad Hassan, Aug 03, 2006)
Somalia’s government was trying to regroup on Wednesday after nearly 30 legislators resigned in less than a week, saying the virtually powerless administration has failed to reconcile with Islamic militants who have taken over the capital.
- Iran Has Freed Osama’S Son, Says German Newspaper (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
Iran has freed a son of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden from house arrest, a German newspaper reported on Wednesday.
- Kabul To Join Saarc In April (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
Afghanistan will join the south Asian economic grouping at its next summit meeting in New Delhi in April, India’s foreign secretary said on Wednesday.
- Afghan Clerics Riled At Korean Christians (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
Hundreds of Afghan clerics rallied in an ancient mosque on Wednesday to demand the expulsion of scores of visiting South Korean Christians, accusing them of trying to spread Christianity.
- Blair Links Kashmir Crisis To Islamic Extremism (Times of India, RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL, Aug 03, 2006)
A furious political row has erupted over British PM Tony Blair's decision to link the Kashmir dispute and Chechen fighting with the conflict in Iraq, Afghanistan and West Asia — which he described as part of an over-arching "arc of (Muslim) extremism" . .
- Just Deserts (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 02, 2006)
The West Bengal government has formally inked one of the biggest infrastructure deals in the country with Indonesia's Salim Group.
- Ordnance Board To Produce `Cargo Ammunition' With Israeli Company (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Ministry sees substantial export potential; rights group against cargo ammunition
- How The Plot Thickens (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Aug 02, 2006)
With Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee pushing through the $8.5 billion FDI project promoted by Indonesia’s Salim Group, two things are clear. First, the Bengal CM won’t back down in face of political dissent.
- Agenda For Lebanon (Times of India, Amotz Asa-El, Aug 02, 2006)
For two Israeli generations, Lebanon is the mythological ex, the beautiful and rich neighbour with whom relations once grew from cold to cordial and then from warm to intimate, only to ultimately collapse amid recrimination, loss and trauma.
- A Muslim's Shame And Outrage (News International, Shireen M Mazari, Aug 02, 2006)
The angry helplessness keeps growing as one watches the murder of the Lebanese people by the criminal Israeli state, aided and abetted by the US.
- A Pointer To What? (News International, M.B. Naqvi, Aug 02, 2006)
Several former lieutenant generals, MPs, ministers and some academics have written a letter to the president with copies to the PPP and PML-N chiefs. What they say is common ground among democrats; the only remarkable thing about it is who said it.
- Children's World (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 02, 2006)
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
- Challenges Of Consumerism (News International, Tayyeba Ali, Aug 02, 2006)
In today's technological boom, where inventions consistently outdo one another, it is difficult to keep pace.
- Give Specific Information On Mumbai Blasts: Pakistan (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Aug 02, 2006)
We reject Indian attitude of instinctive reactions: Riaz Mohammad Khan
- India Raises Differential Treatment Issue (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Aug 02, 2006)
Domestic notification does not contravene the letter and spirit of the SAFTA Agreement, says Pakistan
- A Storm Hits Brick Lane (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 02, 2006)
Monica Ali’s Brick Lane is a fine novel...After Bengalis in Tower Hamlets succeeded in moving the filming of the book away from their back yard because they object to the picture it paints of their neighbourhood, Brick Lane joined a depressing . . .
- Israeli Govt Okays 30-Km Incursion Into Lebanon (Times of India, Vikas Singh, Aug 02, 2006)
As anticipated by TOI on Monday, the lull along the Lebanese border proved shortlived. Following the clearance by Israeli cabinet, for "extended ground operations into Lebanon", Israeli troops backed by heavy artillery and air force shelling made . . .
- Signals From G8 (Frontline, Vladimir Radyuhin , Aug 02, 2006)
The G8 summit proves that the West needs Russia more than Russia, with its vast oil reserves and booming economy, needs the West.
- Pakistan Urges India To Deal With Festering Issues (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Aug 02, 2006)
Pakistan and India should stop bickering in public and resolve longstanding disputes over Kashmir and other issues instead of learning to live with problems, a top Pakistani official said on Tuesday.
- Peace Talks’ Resumption (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 02, 2006)
EVEN though it cannot be called a breakthrough, it is a matter of some satisfaction that the secretary-level talks between Pakistan and India in Dhaka have been described as “positive” by Foreign Secretary Riaz . . .
- The Best View (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 02, 2006)
It depends upon the guide one has.
- India's Limited Options In Middle East (Daily Excelsior, M. A. Ansari, Aug 02, 2006)
The Left, which has a fondness for the enemies of the US and Israel, is putting pressure on the Manmohan Singh government to treat the latest conflict in West Asia as an Israel-Arab conflict. In the process, the Left and the 'secular' parties have . . .
- Enters New "President" (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 02, 2006)
As speculated in knowledgeable circles Raza Zulqarnain Khan has become "President" of "Azad" Kashmir which is the local name of the occupied territory across the Line of Control (LoC).
- Saving India's Extincting Wildlife (Daily Excelsior, G L Khajuria, Aug 02, 2006)
We deserve no right to live over this globe, if we don't bear sympathy in mind for a variety of animal life that surrounds us, and definitely God will be unhappy at our activities of merciless and wanton destruction of this . . .
- The ‘Dying City’ Vis-A-Vis The ‘National Capital’ (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 02, 2006)
Sir, ~ I have just shifted to Delhi after living in Kolkata for the last forty years and I would like to make a comparative study of the so-called “Dying city of Calcutta” and our “National Capital ~ Delhi”.
- Key Witness In Salman’S Hit-And-Run Case To Depose Today (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
The prosecution will examine tomorrow a key witness in the hit-and-run case involving actor Salman Khan in which he is accused of killing one person and injuring four others, sources said.
- Kashmiri Women Lift The Veil In Silent Awakening (Reuters, Palash Kumar, Aug 02, 2006)
Twenty-five-year-old Saima Farhad is a Kashmiri woman who has shunned the veil and set out to discuss dating in a region where cinemas showing Bollywood romances are hard to find and beauty parlours scorned upon.
- Death Returns To Qana (News International, Hamid Mir, Aug 02, 2006)
A half-crazed woman was running through the devastated streets of Qana. At times, she would cry then go silent. In my broken Arabic I tried to ask her who she was looking for. She told me that she was searching for her home.
- Changing Goalposts (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 02, 2006)
IN principle I am against the bomb. When India exploded it, I paraded on the streets of Delhi, along with 5,000 people, to register protest.
- Israel’S New Plan: Push Hizbollah Out Of Backyard Before The World Steps In (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Aug 02, 2006)
Less than a mile from the Israel-Lebanon border, the fog begins to lift on Israeli intentions as ground troops pour in to start what is a “clean up” of the Hizbollah from the area between the border and the Litani river, 20-25 km into Lebanese territory.
- Hospitals In Lebanon Ill-Prepared For Long War (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Aug 02, 2006)
Supplies of saline water and glucose are beginning to run out "The last thing I remember was that an explosion had hurled me high in the air after which I fell heavily to the ground"
- Progress At Dhaka (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 02, 2006)
In April last year, President Musharraf and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had declared after signing a joint statement in New Delhi that peace between their two countries was "irreversible". It appears that that optimism was not misplaced.
- Weakening Hezbollah May Take Weeks: Peres (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Israel might need "weeks" more of fighting to deal with Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres said Wednesday despite growing calls for a
ceasefire in the Middle East conflict.
- Pak Rejects Indian Allegation Over Safta (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Pakistan Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan Tuesday rejected the Indian allegation that Pakistan was not implementing SAFTA in letter and spirit.
- Bush Fundamentalism Is Courting Disaster (Hindu, Karen Armstrong, Aug 02, 2006)
Affinity with the Christian Right has led to banning stem cell research and turning a blind eye to civilian deaths in Lebanon.
- Shivakumar Hurls Property Grabbing Charge Against Family Of Cm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Close on the heels of suspended BJP MLC Janardhan Reddy’s bribery charges against Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, the opposition Congress on Tuesday fired a fresh salvo at the Chief Minister’s family in the form of property-grabbing allegations.
- Truth That Liberates (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
The Upanishads that contain eternal truths and revelations throw light on the gaps present in mankind's inquiry about the mysteries of the universe and creation.
- When Is Violence ‘Terror’ And When Is It Not? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 02, 2006)
There was nothing ‘natural’ about the slaughter of Sikhs in 1984, and nothing ‘natural’ about Gujarat 2002.
- Big Role Awaits Arab Street (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Aug 02, 2006)
The Islamic countries have been following double standards regarding the Hezbollah issue.
- Hp: Trade Unionists' Murder (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Aug 02, 2006)
Three trade union activists, employees of a sub-contractor for the Chamera Hydroelectric Project III, are murdered.
- Somalia's Road To Anarchy (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Aug 02, 2006)
The Ethiopian bid to remove the Union of Islamic Courts from power in Somalia risks destabilising the entire region.
- Leadership Failure (Frontline, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Aug 02, 2006)
The Indonesian leadership suffers a loss of face in its failure to set up a tsunami warning system.
- To India And Pakistan (News International, Amanullah Khan, Aug 02, 2006)
For most of the time during their 60-year-long history as free nations, India and Pakistan have been fighting against each other at national and international levels and on political, diplomatic, economic, military and media fronts.
- European Muslims & Crimes Within (Frontline, RAFIA ZAKARIA, Aug 02, 2006)
European Muslims remain silent on horrific crimes within the community citing fear of fuelling Islamophobia as the reason.
- New Vision (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 02, 2006)
By any measure, it is Bengal’s biggest leap forward into the future.
- 24 Soldiers Killed In Sri Lanka (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 02, 2006)
At least 24 personnel of the Sri Lanka Army and Navy were killed late on Monday night and Tuesday in presumed LTTE reprisal attacks involving the blast of an army bus and the main naval base in Trincomalee.
- Did Wild Birds Bring Avian Flu To India? (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Aug 02, 2006)
A "smoking gun" that could convincingly pin the blame on wild birds is lacking. Even at the global level, unravelling the role of wild birds in the spread of H5N1 is not proving easy.
- Nabard's Refinancing Comes To Near Halt (Hindu, A.V. Ragunathan, Aug 02, 2006)
A consequence of Tamil Nadu Government's farm loan waiver
- "Battle Of Brick Lane" Fizzles Out (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Aug 02, 2006)
Out ofLondon The campaign against British-Asian writer Monica Ali's bookappears to be down to just two businessmen.
- Militias Mar Lebanon’S Democracy (Indian Express, Shylashri Shankar, Aug 02, 2006)
The war between Israel and Lebanon raises an important question about democracy in the Middle East.
- Accept Or Surrender And Make Peace (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Aug 02, 2006)
In his Master-Mind lecture series ‘Freud’, psychologist Adam Phillips defines desire “as the contemporary word for the risk not taken: the unlived life that seems the only life worth living.” We seem to always want what we’re not allowed to have.
- Sonia Wants Tighter Norms For Futures Trading In Commodities (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
The Congress, anxious to salvage its battered ‘aam admi’ plank, seems to have chosen to use commodity exchanges as a scapegoat. Congress president Sonia Gandhi today asked the government to stop futures trading.
- Kolkata Gets Bangalored (Business Standard, Subir Roy, Aug 02, 2006)
Residents of Kolkata beware! The city they so treasure and which has undergone a rejuvenation in recent years shows early signs of being afflicted by the Bangalore disease.
- India And Pakistan Must Deal With Festering Issues: Riaz (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Riaz says India should announce a schedule to resume talks
India’s move to raise SAFTA implementation a violation of procedures
- Indian Imprint On Armenia (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
The remote village of Odzun reveals an Indian connection.
- Carnage In Qana (Tribune, Robert Fisk, Aug 02, 2006)
They wrote the names of the dead children on their plastic shrouds. “Mehdi Hashem, aged seven - Qana,” was written in felt pen on the bag in which the little boy’s body lay.
- A Reporter Remembers The Babri Demolition (Tribune, Satish Misra, Aug 02, 2006)
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Lal Krishan Advani has again come under the scanner on account of a book by the former Police Chief of Faizabad district, D B Rai, who has stated in his book ‘Ayodhya Ka Sach’ that Mr Advani had addressed . . .
- India Urged To Deal With Festering Issues: Eu, Us To Be Saarc Observers (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Pakistan and India should stop bickering in public and resolve longstanding disputes over Kashmir and other issues instead of learning to live with problems, a top Pakistani official said on Tuesday.
- Iran Fm Blasts Un ‘Failure’ Over Israel War On Hezbollah (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Tuesday blasted the United Nations’ “failure to do anything” over Israel’s offensive on Hezbollah and vowed to continue backing the Lebanese Shiite militant guerrilla group.
- Horn Of Africa: A Perfect Storm (Pioneer, GWYNNE DYER, Aug 02, 2006)
Americans have created another first-rate crisis for themselves and Africa by backing the warlords in Somalia, says Gwynne Dyer
- Don't Compromise Nation's Security (Pioneer, Charti Lal Goel, Aug 02, 2006)
To overcome an enemy, who is at perpetual war with India and Indians, we have to put our own house in order first, says Charti Lal Goel
- High Fidel-Ity (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 02, 2006)
Woes of Cubans seem far from over ---- The prophecy of Nikita Khrushchev to all Americans, "Your grandchildren will live under Communism," mocks not only at Russians today but Communists everywhere.
- Engineered War (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Aug 02, 2006)
Hizbollah holds out and civilian casualties rise as Israel continues to wage a war that it planned for over a year.
- Summer Of Shelling (Frontline, Atul Aneja , Aug 02, 2006)
From the war zone in Lebanon, an account of the distress and the relief effort.
- Lebanese Quagmire (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
The way Israel positions itself in the world political order is not a prescription for peace in the region.
- In 'Liberated' Iraq (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Aug 02, 2006)
The country is sliding into a civil war, but this reality is overlooked by the U.S. despite heavy casualties in sectarian violence.
- Lessons Of A Failed Intervention (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Aug 02, 2006)
On a midsummer’s day 50 years ago, the new president of Egypt was scheduled to make a speech in Alexandria.
- Cong Drops Bombshell: Gowda Family Owns Rs 85-Cr It Park (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Barely a few days after producing documents proving export of iron ore by family members of former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, senior Congress leader D K Shiva Kumar on Tuesday dropped another bombshell on the Gowda family by producing documents . . .
- Lashkar Is India's Al Qaeda (Pioneer, Wilson John, Aug 02, 2006)
Counter-terrorism operations through appropriate covert action should be taken to stop LeT from killing innocent civilians and bleeding India ----
- Pak Flays India Move To Raise Safta Issue In Saarc (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Rejecting India's contention over the implementation of SAFTA, Pakistan on Tuesday said New Delhi's move to raise the issue at the SAARC Foreign Secretary-level meeting amounted to violation of procedures laid down under the agreement for resolution.
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