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Articles 7621 through 7720 of 26855:
- Hamas Issues Tuesday Evening Deadline To Israel (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jul 04, 2006)
We will not entertain blackmail, says Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
- Dmdk Wins Karaikal Chairperson's Post (Hindu, S. Nadarajan, Jul 04, 2006)
DPA ahead in the Pondicherry local body elections
Gidla Chandra Rao wins Yanam chairman elections
Congress has annexed nine wards out of 10 in Yanam
Congress candidate is elected as chairman of Mahe
- Non-Political Experts To Head J & K Working Groups (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jul 04, 2006)
PDP, National Conference unable to agree on nominees: official
People's representatives should conduct political dialogue: Tarigami
A step in the right direction: Omar
Appointments, a significant change in official thought on dialogue process . . .
- Good Omen (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 04, 2006)
Better late than never, and better this than nothing. Such could be the small consolation from the long-delayed birth of the South Asian Free Trade Agreement.
- A Clash Of Civilizations (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Jul 04, 2006)
The Pew Research Center, a Washington think-tank, is about six years old.
- Pak Fighters Leave Sour Taste (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
Two issues have brought a sense of uneasiness into India-Pakistan relations.
- Beijing Is Not Far From Delhi (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 04, 2006)
There’s nothing like Sri Lanka to concentrate the mind when it comes to a discussion on terrorism. Last week, even as the German NGO, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, was hosting a conference on the state . . .
- Nation Pays Tributes To Nowshera Ka Sher (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
The nation paid glowing tributes on Monday to one of the most illustrious war heroes of Independent India Brigadier Mohammad Usman who died during the 1948 conflict with Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir on this day and set an example of military . . .
- Babloo And Nitin Get Life For Plotting Murder (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
Underworld don Babloo Srivastava and Mumbai-based trader Nitin Shah have been convicted by a city court and sentenced to life for planning and executing the murder of Lalit Suneja, a Delhi trader, 14 years back.
- Hindus Persecuted In India's Neighbourhood (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Jul 04, 2006)
Four Muslim men force their way into a Hindu house in Sindh, grab the young daughter of the family, carry her away, forcibly convert her to Islam and compel her to marry one of them.
- Mistrust Of Muslims Is Rising In Uk (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
In a picture recently published in a British newspapers, a Muslim woman wears an England flag headscarf as she cheers on the England football team.
- Rain No Damper, Sensex Up 86 Pts (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
Heavyweight Sensex stocks kept the Sensex on a high on a day when the rains lashed India’s commercial capital and so there was low attendance even on the bourses. The two exchanges saw one of the lowest turnovers of 2006.
- Seers To Discuss Missionary Activities (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
Sri Vishwesha Tirtha Swamiji of the Pejawar Mutt on Monday announced that the pontiffs of Hindu mutts would meet in Tirupati on July 15 to discuss the activities of Christian missionaries, including attempts to convert Hindus in Tirumala and Tirupati.
- Soldier’S Captors Give Israel 24 Hrs To Release Prisoners (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
Three Palestinian militant groups that captured an Israeli soldier gave Israel less than 24 hours on Monday to start releasing 1,500 Palestinian prisoners or "bear all the consequences."
- Palestinian Crisis And Pakistan (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 04, 2006)
A duck once walked into a bar and asked: "Got any bread?" The barman said: "No." The duck asked: "Got any bread?" The barman said: "No." The duck again asked: "Got any bread?" The barman responded: "No, we have no bread." When the duck again asked . . .
- Israel Says No Deal Blames Syria For Soldier’S Abduction (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
Fugitive terrorist leader Osama bin Laden is apparently still alive and spreading his message.
- Us Unveils $5bn F-16, Arms Package (Dawn, Anwar Iqbal, Jul 04, 2006)
US Congress is scheduled to hold a hearing on July 13 on a $5 billion arms package for Pakistan which includes F-16 fighter jets and an assortment of air and ground weaponry.
- Unethical Demand Of Ard, Ji (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 04, 2006)
ARD’s constituent party leaders, meeting in London on Sunday, have demanded resignation of President Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz by July 31 next or face a no confidence vote.
- One Palestinian Killed, Two Injured In Israeli Air Strike In Gaza (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
One Palestinian was Killed and Two others were wounded Tuesday, one seriously, in an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahiya Tuesday, medical sources said.
- A Good First Step (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 04, 2006)
Finally, there is something positive to comment on.
- India-Us Deal: On Track With Reservations (News International, Nasim Zehra, Jul 04, 2006)
The writer is an Islamabad-based security analyst and adjunct professor at SAIS Johns Hopkins University, Washington DC
- Bill Gates, Ngos And The Role Of The State (News International, Ethan Casey, Jul 04, 2006)
In mid-June, Bill Gates announced that over the next two years he will be handing over many of his duties at Microsoft Corporation to two other executives and moving into a part-time role with the company, in order to devote most of his attention . . .
- The Eu: The Power Of Weakness (Business Standard, Ajai Shukla, Jul 04, 2006)
Among the elegant architectural delights of Brussels, the glass and steel headquarters of the European Parliament jars the senses.
- Indo-Pak Peace: New Process, Old Approach (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 04, 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.
- Smelling Gunpowder (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 04, 2006)
Steady violence unleashed by LTTE is fast shifting into a 'low-intensity' war in Sri Lanka, says Matthew Rosenberg in Batticaloa.
- Israel Rejects Palestinian Ultimatum On Held Corporal (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
Israel on Monday formally rejected a 24-hour ultimatum set by the captors of an Israeli soldier held in the Gaza Strip who are demanding the release of Palestinian prisoners.
- Cheney, Cheney, Cheney (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 04, 2006)
This column was written by Art Buchwald from his hospice in Washington, D.C., where he is undergoing care. Buchwald has resumed writing his regular column.
- New Russia’S New Rich Class (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Jul 04, 2006)
Moscow seems shamefaced about summer. Thirty degrees centigrade in the forenoon of last Wednesday is 40 degrees higher than during my last visit in December. Moscow then was a grey world flecked with snow white. The wind screamed at the fur hat and . . .
- All The Greatest Missions Have Crept Spectacularly. This Is No Exception (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
For the past decade or so, whenever there has been any substantial British military deployment, a moment comes when pundits and former generals are invited to worry about the danger of something called “mission creep”.
- Islam In Britain (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
In the anguished weeks of debate and foreboding that followed the London bombings last July, dire predictions were made.
- The Only State Muslims Have Embraced Is Denial (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
British Muslims must share responsibility for confronting and destroying the cancer in their midst. Both Muslims (56 per cent) and non-Muslims (49 per cent) feel that the Government is not doing enough to combat extremism in the Muslim community.
- Community Divided On Terrorism And Security (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
million-strong Muslim community is deeply divided over issues of security, terrorism and national pride, an opinion poll for The Times and ITV News has found.
- Geelani To Boycott Jamait Poll (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
The rift between the hardliners and the moderates in the Jamait-e-Islami has widened with Syed Ali Shah Geelani directing his supporters in the Jamait and Tehrik Hurriyat Conference to boycott the election at the district level being held by the Jamaat.
- Haniyeh Says Attack Will Not Break People’S Will (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Gaza City–Israeli aircraft sent missiles tearing through the office of Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Sunday in an unmistakable message to his ruling Hamas group to free an Israeli soldier.
- Karachi Needs More Relief (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 03, 2006)
Wapda has agreed to provide additional 100 megawatt electricity to KESC to tide over power shortage in Karachi. WAPDA’s decision that will raise its share of power supply from 600MW to 700MW to KESC was announced by the Federal Water and . . .
- Sc’S Implementation Committee (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 03, 2006)
The Supreme Court has decided to constitute a committee under the chairmanship of the Registrar to monitor implementation of its directives, orders and verdicts.
- Subsidizing Food Items (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 03, 2006)
The Government provided subsidy worth Rs 21.12 billion to the Trading Corporation of Pakistan during the year ending June 30, 2006 for import of wheat, sugar and urea.
- Pak Cry For Pervez Stepdown (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
About 50 politicians from Pakistan’s largest Islamic political party are ready to resign to force President Pervez Musharraf to step down, an official said today, as dozens of party supporters staged a noisy rally in the capital.
- Future Of Relations With Iran (Dawn, Javid Husain, Jul 03, 2006)
Pakistan’s relations with Iran enjoy a unique strategic significance which is too obvious to need elaboration.
- Coal Barrier To Nuclear Plants Falls (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Jul 03, 2006)
Changes in nuclear economics have fuelled a search for virgin sites for nuclear power plants across India and demolished a decades-old perception that nuclear plants are not viable near coal deposits.
- Western Geopolitics: An Infantile Disorder (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 03, 2006)
The mindless enlargement of the NATO alliance threatens to create new arcs of instability.
- Of A Boss And Her Able Aide (OutLook, Khushwant Singh, Jul 03, 2006)
A tale of two Gujarati women who made it their mission to rescue women abducted during Partition.
- Sustenance And Surplus: The Key (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 03, 2006)
Alert, watchful, critical as our readers are, there is no part of the paper that escapes their scrutiny.
- Dirty Game (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 03, 2006)
Conventional wisdom in international relations is to “talk talk”, rather than “fight fight”. Even if the talks don’t bear any fruit, at least there is no bloodshed.
- Don’T Delay Quota Law, Govt Told (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Reviving the controversial quota debate, the pro-reservation political parties on Sunday asked the government to bring the legislation to implement 27 per cent OBC quota in the institutions of higher learning in the coming monsoon session of Parliament.
- Bin Laden Endorses Zarqawi’S Successor (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Osama bin Laden endorsed the successor to slain militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in an Internet posting on Saturday and warned Shi’ites in Iraq against collaborating with the United States in its fight against Sunni insurgents.
- Soul's Awakening (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
This earth is the best place to know and experience God, and the lives of the devotees such as the Nayanmars and Azhwars who have directly experienced God and His grace prove this.
- Tension In Golden Temple, Edict Against Akali Leader (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Head priests of the Akal Takht issued an edict on Sunday barring radical Akali leader Simranjit Singh Mann from religious functions after his supporters allegedly roughed up Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) chief Avtar Singh Makkar . . .
- Quotas In One Stroke And In This Session Itself, Parties Tell Govt (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Parties supporting reservation have adopted a resolution demanding that the first step of the UPA government during the monsoon session of Parliament should be the enactment of a law for 27 per cent OBC quota in institutes of higher education.
- Israeli Gunship Strikes Palestinian Pm’S Office (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Israeli helicopter gunship fired a missile at the office of Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyeh while another missile was fired at a school in Gaza City, early today.
- Rights Of Passage (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 03, 2006)
At Kerala’s Sabarimala temple, priests and the management draw on ‘tradition’ to bar women between ages 10 and 50 from the temple.
- In Private Space (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 03, 2006)
The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro)’s indigenisation programme that began over a decade ago looks set to pick up some steam, going by the space agency’s decision to outsource the manufacture of satellite launch vehicles.
- Like A Totally Blossomed Flower (Deccan Herald, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Jul 03, 2006)
Only a healthy bud can blossom. In the same way, only a healthy being can succeed.
- Osama Threatens Sunni Revenge (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden accused Iraqi Shias of waging "genocide" against Sunnis and warned of retaliation, according to a new audiotape posted on the Internet.
- Manali Magic (Times of India, SHARON SHEFALI GUPTA, Jul 03, 2006)
It's summer time and most of us will be heading for the hills in quest of fresh air and relaxation.
- Pervez Orders Review Of Islamic Laws (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has ordered a review of the Islamic laws in the country and said that 2,000 women prisoners, languishing in jails for a long time without being convicted, should be considered for release in a few weeks.
- Call This Divinity? (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Jul 03, 2006)
To speak with even an iota of conviction that Lord Ayyappa’s temple, Sabarimala, has lost some of its divinity because a woman entered its premises and touched the feet of the idol is reflective either of the speaker’s religious arrogance or his . . .
- Palestinian Officials To Be Prosecuted: Peres (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres said on Sunday that his country would prosecute Palestinian government officials captured in connection with the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier.
- Indian Troops Kill 4 Near Loc (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 03, 2006)
Indian troops on Sunday shot dead five militants and lost one of their own soldiers in separate incidents as militants took refuge in a mosque in occupied Kashmir, officials said.
- Cautious Approach To Medical Tourism Advocated (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Medical fraternity lays stress on monitoring quality of treatment
- Pro-Quota Parties For Bill In Monsoon Session (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Stepping up their campaign, pro-reservation political parties today asked the Government to bring the enabling legislation to implement 27 per cent OBC quota in elite educational institutions and private sector, including media and judiciary in the . . .
- Team To Visit Kabul Soon, Says Sherpao: Detainees In Afghan Jails (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Federal Interior Minister and president of Pakistan People’s Party (Sherpao group) Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao has said that an official delegation will soon visit Kabul to secure the release of Pakistanis still languishing in Afghan jails.
- Assemblies To Re-Elect Musharraf: Pervaiz (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi reiterated on Sunday that sitting assemblies would elect President Gen Pervez Musharraf as ‘president-in-uniform’ for the next term.
- Resentment Prevails Over Sanganer Weddings (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Police launch probe; no case registered, statements of couples recorded
- Musharraf Wants Hudood Laws Amended (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jul 03, 2006)
Hundreds of women languishing in prisons
- Musharraf Must Go, Says Jamaat-E-Islami (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jul 03, 2006)
The Jamaat-e-Islami, a consitituent of the six-party Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal, on Sunday increased its anti-Musharraf rhetoric, saying the President deserved to go for siding with the U.S in the war on terror and for sending the Army into the frontier . .
- Qazi Wants Musharraf To Quit Both Offices (Dawn, Ahmed Hassan, Jul 03, 2006)
Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) president Qazi Hussain Ahmed on Sunday asked President Gen Pervez Musharraf to step down and hand over power to an interim government of national consensus to hold fresh elections.
- Probe Into Death Of Himachal Forest Officer Demanded (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
The State president of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Rajya Sabha MP, Suresh Bhardwaj, has demanded a high- level inquiry into the mysterious death of Nalagarh DFO R.L.
- Buddhadeb Allays Misgivings Of Partners Over Land Issue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
"Farmers' interests will not be compromised"
Buddhadeb meets AIFB, RSP leaders separately
Survey of agricultural land to help earmark land for industry
Affected farmers to get compensation, to be rehabilitated
- Indian Footprints (Deccan Herald, H P HANDE, Jul 03, 2006)
Like their ancestors, modern Indians leave their traces wherever they go.....
- Growing Intolerance (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Jul 03, 2006)
Such actions as the Forest Gate incident, will drive a wedge between Britain and its Asian immigrants...
- Scheme Of Studies (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 03, 2006)
The decision of the federal education ministry to notify a new scheme of studies for classes one to twelve comes as a mixed blessing.
- Learning From The Left Parties (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jul 03, 2006)
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has said that the BJP should learn from the Left Parties how to secure people's mandate repeatedly.
- Jamaat Vs Jamaat (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jul 03, 2006)
June 30 has come and gone. But one can't say with any degree of confidence that the tension between the pro and anti Syed Ali Shah Geelani camps within the Jamaat-e-Islami (Jammu and Kashmir) is over.
- Why Javed Was Denied Visa ? (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Jul 03, 2006)
Pakistan establishment seems to take a sadistic pleasure in humiliating or harassing Indians associated with Mumbai films (Bollywood) or the world of arts and culture when they apply for visas to visit the land of the ‘pure’.
- Caring For Kashmir's Dead Is Soul-Destroying (Reuters, Palash Kumar, Jul 03, 2006)
They are the men who care for Kashmir's dead, but the work is slowly killing them.
- Just A Bit Of Security (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jul 03, 2006)
Every Government has a midlife crisis as well as a sell-by date. The trick is to ensure that the latter does not precede the former.
- F-16s For Pakistan (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 03, 2006)
Whatever the US explanation, the sale of F-16 fighter planes to Pakistan makes one believe that the Americans say something and do something else, at least in the India-Pakistan context.
- Bhutto, Sharif Hold Talks With Pak Leaders Of Opposition (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Former Paksitan Prime Ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif today held talks with leaders of the 16-party Oppostion grouping here to ratify the Charter of Democracy (COD).
- High Prices To Top Agenda Of Left Meet (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jul 03, 2006)
A litre of petrol costs only Rs. 21; the rest is due to the burden of taxes: Abani Roy
Freeze on taxes on petroleum products demanded
Details of nuclear deal to be sought from Prime Minister
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