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Articles 8321 through 8420 of 26855:
- The New Middle East (Daily Excelsior, V.N. Paranjape, Jun 22, 2006)
One dividend of the peace process is the positive regional ramifications in the "New Middle East", a term that denotes the post-Madrid and . . .
- Zero Is Hero (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
It is not in arithmetic alone that zero can do wonders. There is hardly any sphere of life that is immune from its magical impact.
- Hate Lessons In Saudi, Pak Textbooks (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Jun 22, 2006)
Even as the so-called war on terror continues with little success and the fool hardy attempts by the US to transport ‘democracy’ to reluctant shores make the Americans even less liked in the Muslim world, one of the main worries in the West remains . . .
- Taliban Foe Fiercer Than Uk Expected, Commander Says (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
British forces moving into southern Afghanistan this year found a fiercer Taliban foe than they expected, but remain confident of victory, a senior British commander said.
- Courting Peace (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 22, 2006)
How can a brother aid a terrorist to kill another brother on this side of the Line of Control?"
- Life And Letters (Tribune, Sanjeev Gaur, Jun 22, 2006)
Letters are half-meetings. This is the beautiful thought of great Asadullh Khan Ghalib, more famous as Mirza Ghalib.
- India May Intervene In Lanka Again (Tribune, Arup Chanda, Jun 22, 2006)
India might intervene in the imbroglio between Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elaam (LTTE), if not directly like the last time, but indirectly.
- Building India (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 22, 2006)
Signs of private sector-led infrastructure overhaul. So warning to politicians: be smart, honest
- No Direct Questioning Of Nuclear Scientist Khan By Us: Musharraf (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Voicing concern over the US reopening investigations into the proliferation network of disgraced Pakistan nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan, President Pervez Musharraf has said he will not permit any direct questioning of the scientist.
- Hizb "Distt Commdr", Civilian Killed (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Five Amarnathji pilgrims from Rajasthan sustained splinter injuries when militants lobbed a grenade on their carriage at Ganderbal, on Srinagar-Leh Highway today. Meanwhile, Police and security forces have killed a "District Commander" of Hizbul . . .
- Hc Strikes Down Govt Order Banning ‘Da Vinci Code’ (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
The Andhra Pradesh High Court today struck down the government order banning the screening of 'Da Vinci Code' in the state.
- This Pilgrimage Knows No Regress (Indian Express, Jagmohan , Jun 22, 2006)
A fierce controversy is raging at present over the formation of the Ice Shivalingam in the Holy Cave of Amarnath in the Himalayas.
- No Plans To Acquire Air Sahara: Mallya (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Air Sahara has filed a caveat in the Allahabad High Court regarding the Rs 2,300 crore buy-out deal with Jet Airways, sources familiar with the development said Wednesday.
- Training Swayamsevaks (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 22, 2006)
No membership rolls are kept by the RSS and insiders often complain of dwindling attendance at the “shakhas”.
- Central Asia - A Cockpit Of Conflict (Daily Excelsior, N.B. Menon , Jun 22, 2006)
The three day meeting of the heads of the states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) beginning June 15 is significant as the member countries - China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Tajiskistan and Uzbekistan - try to hammer out a . . .
- The Zarqawis Among Us (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 22, 2006)
With accurate intelligence locating Abu Musab Al Zarqawi and some of his aides in a hut in Baquba, a US aircraft successfully targeted the most wanted terrorist in Iraq with two 225 lbs bombs.
- Indian Art To Make Waves On The Shores Of Europe (Hindu, Bindu Shajan Perappadan, Jun 22, 2006)
Over 1,900 Indian art pieces, giving a peek into the country's art, history and civilisation, will soon join an "exclusive" international treasure trove in the heart of Paris.
- India, Russia To Hold Naval War Games In Early 2007 (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Jun 22, 2006)
``Progressive process of learning from each other''
"MiG-29 is a very good, very capable aircraft"
To review the progress in upgrading India's three IL-38 naval reconnaissance aircraft
- Will The General Retreat? (Pioneer, Wilson John, Jun 22, 2006)
With Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif making common cause in opposing Pervez Musharraf, democracy is back in reckoning in Pakistan------- Will democracy return to Pakistan?
- Bsnl Customer Service Centre In Anaimalai (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), Coimbatore, has opened a customer service centre in Anaimalai at door number 46, Sethumadai Road near Masaniamman Temple entrance arch.
- Serina Case: "Fake" Notes Found In Bank Chest (Hindu, S. Vijay Kumar, Jun 22, 2006)
CB-CID to seek expert opinion on genuineness
- Ril To Invest Rs. 4,000 Crore In West Bengal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Sites identified for agro-business retail chain, project to cover all districts: Buddhadeb
Agro-retail chain to be set up across the State
Natural gas to be brought from Andhra Pradesh for industrial purposes
- Kumaraswamy Expands Ministry, Leaves Four Slots To Be Filled (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Four ministers each inducted from the Janata Dal (S) and the BJP
Seven new ministers get Cabinet rank
Vacancies to be filled soon
The Ministry was expanded for the first time on February 17
- Kumaraswamy Denies Statement On Bmic Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
I never said that a former Minister and a journalist had tried to bribe me'
Congress ends dharna in both Houses
Demand for House panel probe into BMIC project rejected
Chief Minister urged to exercise restraint when making statements
- Progress Of Bhakti (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
That Bhakti and Jnana are indispensable for salvation is stressed in the scriptures.
- Shameful Scandal (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 22, 2006)
By rapidly unravelling the crime of forcing 43 young Kashmiri women, some of them teenaged girls, into prostitution for the perverse pleasure of senior politicians, bureaucrats . . .
- Relevance Of Mahabharata (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Jun 22, 2006)
A time of transition for a nation is a time of normlessness, which the French social philosopher Emile Durkheim called a time of anomie.
- Alarm Over Afghan ‘Guidelines’ For Journalists (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
The document bars intervals of Taliban Leaders and criticism of foreign troops
* Media guidelines are not officially stamped; they are thought to be derived by intelligence service
- Balochistan's Shaky Finances (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 22, 2006)
Balochistan's budget indicates the province's precarious financial condition and shows just how harmful violence and conflict have been to economic activity.
- Thank God For Arab Investment! (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 22, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz inaugurated the Pak-Kuwait Investment Conference in Islamabad Tuesday and invited “all investors in the world to take full advantage of liberal economic and investment-friendly . . .
- Both The Haves And The Nots (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 22, 2006)
The snap beside the masthead of Karnataka’s Vijay Times daily says it all. It shows a saffron-draped sadhu at Allahabad’s Sangam ghat, balancing not the world but a football on his head.
- Pak, India Talks On Wullar Barrage (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
The third round of two-day secretary level talks between Pakistan and India on Wullar Barrage will start here today (Thursday).
- Palestine In Crisis (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 22, 2006)
Palestine is embroiled in a very serious and most dangerous crisis since its people rightly or wrongly elected the radical party Hamas ousting Fatah for the first time since the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) set foot on the Israeli . . .
- Zawahri Urges Afghans To Fight Foreign Troops (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Al Qaeda's second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahri urged Afghans in an Internet video to fight foreign troops in their country whom he said had a history of denigrating Islam.
- Pakistan Offers Level Playing Field For Business: Pm (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf said on Wednesday that Pakistan has an excellent infrastructure in IT sector and environment is conducive for investment and development in this sector.
- Society Gets More Brutalised (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 22, 2006)
A factory worker on Tuesday killed his three minor daughters in cold blood that prompted a policeman to shoot him dead in the lock-up in Lahore on Tuesday. Tension caused by poverty, according to the worker, forced him to take the extreme step.
- Terrorism And Civil Liberties (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 22, 2006)
The recent arrest of 17 people accused of planning terrorist attacks on Canadian soil has had profound effects on human rights and civil liberties in that country.
- Nation & The States (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 22, 2006)
There is a serious mismatch between the potential of UP and aspirations of the people, and its level of economic development. In 1700, India’s share in world GDP was 24.4 per cent, 2 percentage points higher than China’s (OECD publication).
- The Puzzle Of India’S Growth Rate (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 22, 2006)
The post-1991 economic reforms in India has been ridden with quite a few crises.
- Cure With A Prayer (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 22, 2006)
Ask the pastor at Ukhrul if the rising prevalence of AIDS and drug use is worrisome, and he says it is.
- Not The Best (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 22, 2006)
In an ideal world, sports and politics should be kept separate. But in India, this is emphatically not the case.
- Musharraf Disallows Us To Question Khan (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Voicing concern over the US reopening investigations into the proliferation network of disgraced Pakistan nuclear scientist the A.Q. Khan, President Pervez Musharraf has said he would not permit any direct questioning of the scientist.
- Wasting Kalam's Time (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 21, 2006)
On Monday, June 19, the Left-liberal rent-a-cause mafia outdid itself by marching into Rasthrapati Bhawan and demanding of the President of India that film-maker Mahesh Bhatt be made a protected monument.
- Infantile Protest (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 21, 2006)
We have rued ad infinitum the historic incapacity of Indians to deal with the enemy within - to speak nothing of invaders. But what we are witnessing in the instance of the organised misrepresentation of the Salwa Judum movement is truly unbelievable.
- Kashmir Solution Still A Long Way Off, Says Us Crisis Group (Tribune, Priscilla Huff, Jun 21, 2006)
The Washington-based International Crisis Group (ICG) feels that a full and final solution to the decades-long dispute over Kashmir between India and Pakistan is a long way off, but suggests that small progress has been made with the introduction . . .
- Peace Is Elusive In Jammu & Kashmir (Pioneer, Ghazanfar Butt, Jun 21, 2006)
Pakistan must not talk about the rights of Kashmiris till it gives those in its control in PoK basic human dignity, says Ghazanfur Butt.
- Rapacious Raj (Tribune, Johann Hari, Jun 21, 2006)
Britain is still a nation locked in denial. If you point out basic facts about the British Empire - that the British deliberately adopted policies that caused as many as 29 million Indians to starve to death in the late nineteenth century, say — you . .
- A Charlatan As Jihad's Butcher (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Jun 21, 2006)
The grimmest of situations has its lighter side that can raise a laugh or two. So it was with the slaying of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi by American forces on June 7.
- Upper Caste Regression (Pioneer, N Jamal Ansari, Jun 21, 2006)
Much has been written in favour of and against reservation for OBCs. As the debate is moving from emotional expressions to activism, some very important issues concerning the policy have been overlooked.
- Journey Gone Wrong (Pioneer, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Jun 21, 2006)
When Bangladesh was liberated with generous Indian help, it was a beacon of secularism; today, it's a hotbed of hate and intolerance
- Chaining Freedom (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 21, 2006)
The Rajasthan Freedom of Religion Bill, 2006, is a supreme example of inexactitude. While it purports to strengthen the freedom of religion, it actually seeks to curtail it.
- Left In A State Of Transition (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 21, 2006)
Communists have accepted parliamentary system after much brainstorming. Today they face another challenge, of liberalisation, says Basab Dasgupta.
- 2nd Kashmir Bus Service Is Launched Across Loc (Asian Age, Yusuf Jameel and Shafqat Ali, Jun 21, 2006)
India and Pakistan on Tuesday started a new trans-Kashmir bus service between Poonch, in Jammu and Kashmir, and Rawalkot in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
- Socialism Without Marx (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 21, 2006)
In order to see why Blairite Labour has been such a hit, it is necessary to understand the attraction of socialism-without-Marx, says Janet Daley.
- Missing Us Soldiers Found Dead In Iraq (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
The new leader of Al-Qaida in Iraq killed two US soldiers who it abducted last week, an umbrella group for Iraqi insurgents said in a Web statement posted on Tuesday.
- Setting Prices Alight (Frontline, V. Sridhar, Jun 21, 2006)
The sharp increase in petroleum product prices is unnecessary and threatens to stoke inflation.
- Homosexuality No Sin: New Bishop (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Newly elected leader of the US Episcopal Church Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said on Monday she believed homosexuality was no sin and homosexuals were created by God to love people of the same gender.
- Tight Vigil In Kamakhya Temple (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Close circuit cameras have been placed in vantage points as security remains the prime concern for police and the management committee of Kamakhya temple, the shakti shrine where devotees from various parts of the country have started trooping . . .
- Naxal Tit For Islamic Tat: Sena (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Marking the 40th anniversary of Shiv Sena, its chief Mr Bal Thackeray last night said he was ready to seek cooperation of Naxalites to fight Islamic terrorism in the country.
- Reliance Eyes Haldia (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Reliance Industries chief Mukesh Ambani is expected to announce a substantial investment proposal in a chemical hub in West Bengal, besides an agro- based retail chain when he meets Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on June 21.
- Sri Lanka's Tamils Turn To Smugglers To Flee Conflict (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Maduraweeran Kantharajah was so desperate to flee conflict between Sri Lanka's Government and Tamil Tiger rebels that he sold his furniture and wife's jewellery to pay smugglers to sail his family to India.
- More Wheat In Private Hands (Frontline, V. Sridhar, Jun 21, 2006)
The decision to import wheat reflects the government's failure to procure enough wheat after the last harvest.
- The Death Of Al- Zarqawi (Daily Excelsior, SREEDHAR, Jun 21, 2006)
The June 7 killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, by the US forces brings to an end one of the most wanted ‘terrorists’ story during the ongoing war on terrorism.
- Targetting Migrant Workers (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jun 21, 2006)
Sixteen agricultural workers of Nepali origin are the latest victims of terror.
- Indian Plan To Dam Northeast Rivers Stirs Critics (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Jun 21, 2006)
Ambitious plans to build dams and hydro power projects throughout the hills of the remote northeast have trodden on some sensitive toes in the troubled region.
- Indians Tail Monkey Man In Search Of Healing Powers (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Thousands of people are flocking to an impoverished village in West Bengal to worship a man they believe possesses divine powers because he climbs up trees in seconds, gobbles up bananas and has a "tail".
- Three-Handed Cut-Throat (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 21, 2006)
Congress, BJP And Left Hold Cards Close To Chests!
- Anglican Church Gets Liberal Female Head (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 21, 2006)
Katharine Jefferts Schori was ordained just 12 years before she was elected as the first female leader primate and presiding bishop of the US branch of the Anglican church.
- All Quiet In Balochistan? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 21, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf said on Monday that life was returning to normal in Dera Bugti and nearby areas because “terrorists have been eliminated from Balochistan”.
- No Enthusiasm As Pok ‘Pm’ Flags Off Bus (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
The first service of the Poonch-Rawalakot bus was today flagged off by Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) ‘Prime Minister’ Hayat Khan with 57 passengers on board.
- Pak-Kuwait Ties Further Deepened (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 21, 2006)
Pakistan and Kuwait have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Monday under which the latter will set up an oil refinery at Port Qasim.
- The False Credo Of Narcissism (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Jun 21, 2006)
In his book Psychology as Religion:
- Fata Alliance Threatens Violence If Hayat’S Killers Not Arrested (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 21, 2006)
The Fata (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) Grand Alliance has told the government to arrest the alleged killers of journalists Hayatullah Khan by June 24 otherwise they will began a violent movement to press their demand.
- Emc Corporation To Invest $250m (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
The company will double the headcount in the third phase of expansion
To set up Centre of Excellence for e-governance
Will assist Central and State governments in information management
To expand sales and marketing infrastructure
- Hallmark Of Devotion (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
If the Supreme Being incarnates from time to time to protect Dharma and destroy those who transgress its code, preceptors have been responsible for propagating Dharma through their explanations and interpretations of the recondite Vedas that assert . . .
- Pakistan, India’S Positions On Kashmir Unchanged (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Pakistan’s official position on Kashmir, as that of India, remains unchanged more than two years after the composite dialogue between the two countries got underway, according to the International Crisis Group’s (ICG) Dr Samina . . .
- In Strike’S Own Country, Left U-Turn: It, Tourism ‘Hartal-Free’ In Kerala (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Jun 21, 2006)
Desperate for an image makeover but shying clearly off Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee-model solutions, the Left Government in Kerala today declared that it would banish, but not ban, hartals from both the state’s sunrise sectors—IT and tourism.
- Situation Calm But For Refugee Influx, Say Coast Guard (Hindu, Rajesh Nair, Jun 21, 2006)
Interceptor class boat likely to be stationed at Pondy soon
- India Urged To Let Oic Team Visit Kashmir (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
The Organisation of Islamic Conference’s contact group on Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday called for early resolution of the dispute and urged India to allow visit of its special representative to occupied Kashmir.
- The Black Power's Quiet Side (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 21, 2006)
"Black Power" quickly became the controversial slogan for a movement that was largely perceived as rejecting the civil rights movement's nonviolent tactics and goals of integration in favor of a new ethos of black identity, self-defense and separatism.
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