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Articles 6921 through 7020 of 26855:
- Israeli Planes Strike Lebanon, 23 Reported Dead; Bush Blames Hezbollah (Bloomberg.com, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Afghan and coalition forces killed 41 insurgents during offensives in central and southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said today.
In the most recent operation, 10 rebels were killed early today when coalition forces attacked enemy targets in the
- Russia's Bid To Win U.S.'S Agreement On Wto Stalls Over Pork, Beef Imports (Bloomberg.com, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
General Motors Corp. Chief Executive Officer Rick Wagoner and Carlos Ghosn, chief of Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co., said their companies will take about 90 days to review potential benefits of a three-way alliance.
- Al Qaeda, American Style (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
JUST before the first anniversary of the July 7 bombings in London that killed 52 people, Al Qaeda released a video that reflects a significant change in how it operates: terrorism is being brought home.
- Israel Crushes Hezbollah Headquarters (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Beirut -- Israeli missiles destroyed the headquarters of the leader of the Hezbollah terrorists yesterday and tightened the seal on Lebanon by cutting air and road links to the outside world.
- Israel Pounds Lebanon In Widening War On Hezbollah (Khaleej Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
BEIRUT - Israeli planes blasted roads and bridges across Lebanon on Saturday as President George W. Bush called on Syria to exert its influence to persuade Hezbollah to stop cross-border attacks against . . .
- Bjp Wants Antulay, Arjun To Step Down (Asian Age, PTI, Jul 15, 2006)
The BJP on Friday demanded dismissal of minority affairs minister A.R. Antulay and HRD minister Arjun Singh from their posts for their alleged remarks in a Cabinet meeting suggesting that Hindu groups faked terrorist attacks and blamed them . . .
- Other Views: Daily Star, Times Of India, Asahi Shimbun (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Lebanon's worst fears
- India-Pakistan Talks “Deferred” Over Bombings (Khaleej Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Foreign office consultations between India and Pakistan have been deferred after New Delhi said it was convinced of Pakistan’s involvement in the deadly Mumbai bombings, Indian media reported on Saturday.
- Oil-Rich Brunei Must Diversify, Sultan Says In Birthday Speech (Khaleej Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah used his birthday speech on Saturday to call for economic diversification to ensure continued prosperity in the tiny oil-rich . . .
- Israel Vowing To Rout Hezbollah (New York Times, STEVEN ERLANGER, Jul 15, 2006)
The face-off between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah escalated sharply on Friday as jets hit its Beirut headquarters and southern strongholds and Israeli news reports said that a Hezbollah guided missile struck an Israeli naval vessel, causing sev
- Radical Shiite Cleric Hints At Militia Attacks To Protest Israel’S Actions (New York Times, Edward Wong, Jul 15, 2006)
The radical Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr said Friday that Iraqis would not “sit by with folded hands” while Israel struck at Lebanon, signaling a possible increase in attacks from his mercurial militia, the Mahdi Army
- India’S Prime Minister Scolds Pakistan (New York Times, Somini Sengupta , Jul 15, 2006)
The Indian prime minister scolded Pakistan on Friday, saying its failure to rein in terrorism was threatening the peace process, his toughest remarks yet since the Mumbai train bombings and a marked shift in relations between the countries.
- Indian Investigators Question More Than 1,000 People In Mumbai Blast Probe (Bloomberg.com, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Investigators have questioned more than 1,000 people in Mumbai to gather clues about the commuter train blasts on July 11 that killed 181 people and injured 890, Mumbai Police Chief Anami Roy said.
- After Mumbai (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
The caller to an Indian news agency who praised Tuesday's bombings of Mumbai commuter trains in the name of an Al Qaeda branch in Kashmir might have been an impostor. But there is no denying that elements of Tuesday's bombings of commuter trains in Mumbai
- Mumbai Muslims Fear Backlash (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
It appears like any other day in Bhendi Bazaar, one of Mumbai’s predominately Muslim quarters.
- 3 Indian Ministers Suspect Hindu Groups In Blasts (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jul 15, 2006)
Indian National Security Adviser told an Indian cabinet meeting on Thursday that Pakistan could be behind the Mumbai train bombings, but three ministers expressed suspicion of the involvement of Hindu groups in the blasts.
- No Witch-Hunts, Please (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Allegations of bungling and misappropriation in the purchase of railway wagons from China by the Railways Ministry in 2001 refuse to die despite a stream of well-argued clarifications and strong denials by the ministries concerned.
- New Delhi Freezes Peace Process (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Jul 15, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh accused unnamed elements in Pakistan on Friday for playing a role in the train blasts that killed about 200 people in Mumbai this week.
- We Know What We Know... (OutLook, B. Raman , Jul 15, 2006)
but we don't know what we don't know. One knows how many terror cells have been put out of action, but one does not know how many still remain undetected, waiting to strike at a time and place of their choosing.
- Cec’S Right Stand (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 15, 2006)
It is unfortunate that it should take the Chief Election Commissioner to remind Gen Pervez Musharraf of something very . . .
- Is This Cynicism? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 15, 2006)
We will ensure a corruption-free administration. There will be all-round development.
- 'Mumbai Blasts And The Peace Process' (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
The tragic bomb attacks on Mumbai on July 11, and to a lesser degree the targeted killings of tourists in Srinagar the same day, seem to have pushed the ongoing peace process between India and Pakistan dangerously close to the precipice.
- Vadodara To Bhiwandi (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Jul 15, 2006)
If anyone throws stones at policemen, we will answer them with bullets." That was no Narendra 'Milosevic' Modi defending Gujarat Police for firing that resulted in the death of two Muslims in Vadodara.
- Congress To Blame (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 15, 2006)
It helped SIMI recover and regroup ---- It is entirely possible that when the Congress contested the Tamil Nadu Assembly election in alliance with dubious organisations like the Tamil Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam, its political managers were not aware . . .
- Peace Process Still On: India (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Jul 15, 2006)
The India-Pakistan peace process might be in trouble, but it is definitely not derailed. Indian foreign secretary Shyam Saran told reporters on Friday evening that the government had never said that the peace process was off. Pakistan high . . .
- Balochistan Uplift Needs Due Projection (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 15, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the Government has started implementing 30 of the 35 recommendations made by the parliamentary subcommittee on Balochistan relating to the political issues.
- Manmohan Points Finger At Pakistan (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has warned the peace process with Pakistan could be hit by the Mumbai train bombings and alleged the attackers had support “from across the border”.
- Why Exclude Amnesty? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 15, 2006)
While reviewing the parliamentary sub-committee’s recommendations on Balochistan, the prime minister has ruled out amnesty in the province.
- Further Fatuity (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 15, 2006)
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee must be regretting the retention of Subhas Chakraborty in the seventh Left Front ministry primarily on the intervention of Jyoti Basu.
- Rattled Centre Spurs States To Act Against Simi (Pioneer, Sidharth Mishra, Jul 15, 2006)
Learning a lesson, albeit at the cost of 198 dead in Mumbai blasts, the Centre is now scouring the bottom of the barrel to gather information on the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), the main suspect behind the carnage.
- There Were 24 Armed Fidayeen (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Jul 15, 2006)
Conspirators used e-mails, hid behind women ---- The men who planted explosives on Mumbai's train were heavily armed and numbered nearly two dozen.
- Bail Pleas Of Mir, Khanday Dismissed (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Srinagar today dismissed the bail applications of the ‘sex scam’ accused Ghulam Ahmed Mir and Mohammad Iqbal Khanday even as the court is scheduled to conduct a hearing on similar petitions filed by a number of other . . .
- Violence In Surat A Day After Mosque Attack (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad ransacked a mosque, breaking furniture and tube lights, at a mosque in Surat’s Udhana Darwaja area this on Thursday evening, ostensibly to protest against the Mumbai serial bomb-blasts.
- Of Undying Friendship (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jul 15, 2006)
Roads and railways are the sinews of empire.
- Cec's Remarks (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 15, 2006)
Remarks by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Qazi Mohammad Farooq at a press conference in Islamabad on Thursday that the president cannot run the election campaign of any political party need to be welcomed especially since 2007 is a scheduled . . .
- Indo-Pak Peace Process Battered By Mumbai Carnage (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Jul 15, 2006)
There were tears in his eyes as he met the victims of this week's Mumbai bomb blasts, and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had steel in his voice as he talked about Pakistan's failure to tackle terrorism.
- Some Clues On Calls, But Rdx A Riddle (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Security agencies investigating the Mumbai train blasts suggested today that they were close to a breakthrough, and the home ministry is expected to make an announcement soon.
- Temple In Ayodhya Searched For Explosives (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
All major temples in Ayodhya are being searched for possible hidden explosives in the wake of Tuesday's massive train blasts in Mumbai.
- Pm Meets Mumbai Bomb Victims, Slams Pakistan (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Jul 15, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh accused Pakistan on Friday of breaking its word by continuing to harbour Islamist extremists, as he met victims of the Mumbai blasts and promised to help them rebuild their lives.
- Police File Chargesheet Against Praveen Mahajan (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Nearly three months after the arrest of Praveen Mahajan, police on Friday filed chargesheet against him for killing his brother and BJP General Secretary Pramod Mahajan.
- Hoax Bomb Threats Keep Delhi Police Busy (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
A couple of hoax bomb threats, including one at the Akshardham Temple complex, on Friday kept the Delhi Police on their toes as they conducted futile searches in several places of the capital.
- Hizbollah Chief Vows War Against Israel (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Hizbollah’s chief pledged open war on Israel after it bombed his Beirut home today in a dramatic widening of an assault in Lebanon launched after Hizbollah fighters seized two Israeli soldiers and killed eight.
- Reliving The Darkest Hours (Telegraph, Kamla Patel , Jul 14, 2006)
A close associate of M.K. Gandhi, Kamla Patel spent her early years in Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad. She was an active participant in the Civil Disobedience Movement.
- Destabilisation In The Greater Middle East (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jul 14, 2006)
The Greater Middle East region has entered another phase of crisis.
- Ajk Poll Results (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 14, 2006)
The elections held in Azad and Jammu Kashmir (AJK) have thrown up at least one interesting result: the election of two MQM candidates from seats for Kashmiri refugees living in Karachi.
- The Peace Process Has Ended (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Not only 190 innocent people have been killed in Tuesday’s tragedy in Mumbai, under the debris of the serial blasts lies buried the peace process that had been going on for some time to usher in a new era on the sub-continent. It will be difficult . . .
- Indo-Pak Peace: New Process, Old Approach (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 14, 2006)
Colombo, the Sri Lankan capital city, is just the right place for Pakistanis, Indians and Kashmiris to meet and discuss Kashmir. It is neutral, friendly, exotic, and one also feels at home when it comes to violence and suicide bombings.
- Simi Not Involved In Blasts: Former Chief (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Denying the involvement of the Students Islamic Movement of India in Tuesday's blasts in Mumbai's trains that claimed 200 lives, its former president on Thursday termed the attacks a "crime against humanity".
- Rise And Fall Of Agni-Iii (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Jul 14, 2006)
ON Sunday when the first word about the successful launch of Agni-III, the latest version of this country’s intermediate-range, nuclear-capable ballistic missile, came in there was an understandable wave of joy across the country.
- Delhi Blasts Mastermind Behind Mumbai Explosions (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
The mastermind behind the pre-Diwali blasts in Delhi in October last year is suspected to be the brain behind Tuesday’s serial explosions in Mumbai’s suburban trains, police sources said today.
- Israel Bombs Beirut Airport, Hizbollah Retaliates (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Israel struck Beirut airport and Hizbollah’s television station today and killed 22 civilians in raids on south Lebanon, intensifying its reprisals after Hizbollah captured two Israeli soldiers and killed eight.
- Al-Qaida Comes To J&k (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
A statement faxed to the office of a local news agency here today announced the formation of the Al- Qaida's Jammu and Kashmir unit.
- Doublespeak (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 14, 2006)
Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri’s remarks linking the fight against terrorism to the resolution of the Jammu & Kashmir problem is a Freudian slip if there ever was one.
- India Again Accuses Pakistan Of Terrorism (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 14, 2006)
AS feared, a day after serial blasts killed about 200 people in Mumbai’s local trains, India has raised accusing fingers towards Pakistan and Islamabad has rejected these wild allegations.
- West Asian Quagmire (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 14, 2006)
The conflict in West Asia has sharply escalated, with Israel opening a second front to rescue two Israeli soldiers . . .
- Azad Kashmir Poll Results (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 14, 2006)
To no one’s surprise, the ruling Muslim Conference (MC) has emerged as the largest party in Tuesday’s elections in Azad Kashmir. Given the . . .
- Al Qaeda Claims Network In Kashmir (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
A man claiming to represent Al Qaeda said the network had set up a wing in Kashmir and appealed to Indian Muslims to take up jihad, an Indian news agency reported on Thursday. An official said the government was taking the claim “very seriously.”
- Blasts Aimed At Harming Peace Process: Kasuri (Dawn, Anwar Iqbal, Jul 14, 2006)
The perpetrators of the Mumbai blasts wanted to derail the peace process between India and Pakistan, Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri said on Friday.
- Veiled Indian Warning For Pakistan: Mumbai Blasts (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Jul 14, 2006)
The familiar but inevitably unnamed official sources went into business in New Delhi on Thursday, planting suggestions, ideas or even veiled warnings that Pakistan could yet be involved in the Mumbai train blasts that killed close to 200 people this week.
- India Names 2 Suspects In Mumbai Train Bombings (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Authorities on Thursday named two men as the first suspects in this week's train bombings, an apparent breakthrough in the frenetic investigations into the well-coordinated attacks that killed at least 200 people.
- Time To Dump Musharraf? (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jul 14, 2006)
After Mumbai, only a naif would believe that the India-Pakistan peace process will remain unaffected. A deliberate pause in bilateral talks at this moment might provide Prime Minister Manmohan Singh valuable time and space to reflect on the basic . . .
- Mumbai Blasts Point To Pakistan Inaction: India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Pakistan offers help in blast probe
Kasuri slams claims of Pakistan’s involvement in blasts
- Let Operative Zaibuddin Ansari Under Scanner For Train Blasts (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Zaibuddin Ansari, Lashkar-e-Toiba module leader who is missing after his role into the Aurangabad arms and explosives seizure was exposed, is under the scanner of the Anti-Terrorists Squad of Mumbai Police and central intelligence agencies in . . .
- Friday Feature: Nature And Knowledge (Dawn, Prof Mohammed Rafi, Jul 14, 2006)
The Holy Quran stresses that only those activities have intrinsic worth which are beneficial to mankind (13:17).
- Anti-Terrorist Squad Conducting Combing Operations In Mumbai (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Sketches of several suspects prepared; over 200 people detained in Malvani
18 teams formed to carry out investigations
- India Hopeful Of Joining Global Flux Network (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Network to be established at a cost of US$50 million spent over five years
U.S. to assist with expertise
20 towers to be set up across the country initially
A central repository for data to be established
All the departments to share data collecte
- After The Cartoon Fury, Attempt At Dialogue (Deccan Herald, ALAN COWELL, Jul 14, 2006)
Flemming Rose, the Danish editor who published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that ignited what some called a war of civilisations, walked into a conference hall full of European and American Muslims, braced for more of the same.
- Blasts Case: Defence Objects To Citing Of Appeals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Prosecution continues argument on conspiracy charge
- Israel Imposes Blockades On Lebanon (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jul 14, 2006)
Hizbullah fires rockets into Israeli towns; Tel Aviv threatens to open a third front in the conflict
- Do Not Blame Everything On Pakistan: Kasuri (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Amid sparring over the terror attacks in Mumbai, Pakistan on Thursday said there should be no "knee-jerk reaction" to blame it for "everything happening" in India.
- Fight Terror Alone (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jul 14, 2006)
When the prime minister of India stood side by side with President Bush and emphatically stated that “we, the civilized . . .
- Pak Hand, Says Nsa; Arjun, Antulay Have A Different Take (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Jul 14, 2006)
At a Cabinet discussion on the Government’s response to the terror attacks in Mumbai, while National Security Advisor M K Narayanan pointed a finger at Pakistan, two Ministers tried to make the point that it was routine for Hindu groups to blame . . .
- Simply Herself (Hindu, BHUMIKA K, Jul 14, 2006)
She can sing Madhuvanti with a traditional flourish and also enjoy jazz on her iPod. Shubha Mudgal straddles a range of musical worlds with elan
- Dubai, Karachi Calls Under Scanner (Deccan Herald, Parag Rabade, Jul 14, 2006)
In one instance, calls were made from Matunga to Dubai within a minute of the train explosion at Matunga Road station. Similar calls to Dubai as well as Karachi have been traced from Jogeshwari and Borivali, where explosions occurred.
- Simi Denies Any Hand In Serial Blasts (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
The Students’ Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) on Thursday denied having any hand in Tuesday’s blasts in Mumbai. Shahid Badr, former president of the organisation, called it a ‘‘gruesome act’’ and said ‘‘the killing of innocent people amounts to . . .
- Keeping Peace: Will The Spirit Of Bombay Rise To The Challenge? (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Jul 14, 2006)
Bombay entered July with a lot of premonition. Vivid still were the memories of 26/7, when the metropolis nearly drowned in a demonic downpour and over 400 people died then and the days that followed.
- States Of The Nation (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 14, 2006)
Mumbai has demonstrated not only an Intelligence-cum-imagination challenged national security apparatus, as this newspaper has noted over the last two days, it is also now . . .
- In The Light Of The Pyre (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 14, 2006)
Pious Flames studies Europe’s response to sati over more than three hundred years.
- A Shadow On The Peace Process (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jul 14, 2006)
The exchange of words between India and Pakistan after the Mumbai attacks shows the trust deficit.
- "Trilateral Talks Being Upgraded" (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Jul 14, 2006)
Bid to counter-balance unipolarism
Not an alternative forum to G-8, say sources
Dialogue upgraded to summit level
Earlier discussions were at the level of Foreign Ministers
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