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Articles 8721 through 8820 of 26855:
- Pakistan, India To Slug It Out For Top Un Slot? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 16, 2006)
The current UN secretary-general, Kofi Annan, is scheduled to step down at the close of this year when his second five-year term ends.
- Tarbela Calling: Eight Days Of Water Left! (News International, Khalid Mustafa, Jun 16, 2006)
Pakistan is staring at another setback with massive cut in water supplies. Only eight days supply of water is left in the Tarbela dam, The News learnt on Thursday.
- Pakistan Proposes Outline Of Counter-Terrori (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Pakistan has proposed an outline for a comprehensive counter-terrorism strategy that includes short-, medium- and long-term measures to be taken by UN member states to combat the scourge.
- Congress To Field Candidate For Rajya Sabha Election (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Kerala Congress(M) to keep off voting and UDF meetings
Congress prepares a list of seven names for the seat
Party high command to announce candidate today
Congress nominee could win with the support of 34 MLAs
- Racket In Sanctioning Freedom Fighters' Pension (Hindu, Y. Mallikarjun, Jun 16, 2006)
Investigation by Vigilance and Enforcement Department detects fraud
- 46 Bombs Rattle Thailand, 2 Killed (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Suspected Muslim insurgents exploded at least 46 bombs in attacks on government offices and other targets across Thailand's restive south, killing at least two people, as the deputy prime minister visited the region, officials said on Thursday.
- India Lodges Protest Over Lahore Temple Demolition (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
India has lodged a formal protest against the demolition of a Hindu temple in Lahore which has agitated political parties and religious groups here.
- Bomber Cleric Walks Free (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 16, 2006)
Out of prison, Bashir is back at his madarsa famous for producing Islamist radicals. This could mean bad news. Robin McDowell in Solo, Indonesia, explains why.
- Upa Couldn't Care Less (Pioneer, Surya Narayan Saxena, Jun 16, 2006)
Will the mandarins in the South Block heed the timely and proactive advice of your editorial, "Last chance saloon" (June 8), and make good in some measure the tremendous damage done to the national interests in their dithering on Nepal.
- Jihadi-Islamist Compact (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Jun 16, 2006)
Former world chess champion and then Fidé president Max Euwe had reportedly exclaimed, after being defeated by a Nepalese competitor in the late 1970s, "Alekhine lives in Nepal!"
- Congress Must Not Approve Indo-American Nuclear Deal . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
"In its present form, deal endangers U.S. non-proliferation goals"
Such ad-hoc bilateral deals will undercut U.S. and world security
Growth of civilian nuke power increases amount of fissionable material
- Historic Martyrdom (Indian Express, Harcharan Singh, Jun 16, 2006)
Exactly 400 years ago, the fifth Sikh guru, Arjan Dev (1563-1606), sacrificed his life. What Sikhs the world over are celebrating today is his unique contribution.
- Sensex Posts Record Session Gain (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
The BSE Sensex, the barometer of the Indian share market, is going through a record breaking phase.
- India Has To Do A China To Bridge Gap (Deccan Herald, BHARAT VERMA, Jun 16, 2006)
India needs to shed its inhibitions, diversify, and form international industrial alliances
- Is State Hostage To Three Taluks? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Jun 16, 2006)
As the bmic brouhaha leaves a trail of hazy dust in its wake, a point to ponder for those unaffected by the project---which would be 95 per cent of Karnataka’s population---is whether a State of 27 districts is not being held hostage by three . . .
- Terrorists Are Holy Warriors: Cleric (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Why use bombs in a non-conflict zone, preaching is enough”, the 68-year-old cleric said...
- Aiims Director Proceeds On Leave (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
"If anyone wants to resign, he is free to do so," says Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss
- Delhi Names Great Indian Novelist For Top Un Job (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Jun 16, 2006)
He left his motherland back in 1978 but Shashi Tharoor, India's candidate for the UN Secretary General's post, prefers to be called an NRI with a difference, one in the "Never Relinquished India" category, since he, unlike most expatriates . . .
- Protests Mark Hearing On Athirappilly Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
KSEB says the State is badly in need of such projects
- Bookmark (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
In this, the second part of the Inheritance trilogy, Eragon is back with his dragon, Saphira.
- Behind Mirrored Images (Hindu, BAGESHREE S. , Jun 16, 2006)
Some interesting reads in Kannada
- Wrath Of The Pro-Israel Lobby (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Palestinian Prime Minster Ismail Haniyeh has tried to move the conscience of the West through an article in the British press.
- Kashmiris Should Be Involved In Talks: Icg (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
India and Pakistan can earn Kashmiris goodwill if they involve them in talks because their participation would make the peace process meaningful, particularly in Confidence Building Measures (CBMs).
- Germany Will Not Join Afghan Offensive (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
German troops stationed in Afghanistan will not take part in a US led offensive against the Taliban in their southern heartland for now, Germany’s defence minister said on Thursday.
- Late News: Differing Perceptions Stymie India-Pakistan Talks (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Jun 16, 2006)
There is an asymmetry of perceptions and expectations between India and Pakistan, which could become the stumbling block in their bilateral dialogue, according to a new report.
- Mahajan's Killing, Rahul Case Linked: Pravin (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Giving a new twist to the murder of BJP leader Pramod Mahajan and his son Rahul's alleged involvement in a drug abuse case, the late leader's brother Pravin Mahajan, accused of killing him, on Wednesday claimed the two incidents were inter-related.
- Bjp Condemns Demolition Of Hindu Temple In Lahore (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday strongly condemned the demolition of a Hindu temple in Lahore to make way for a commercial building in its place.
- Support For Rahul, Scorn For Father (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Praveen Mahajan today claimed the shooting of his brother Pramod — to which he had reportedly confessed to police — and the drug controversy involving Rahul Mahajan were linked but provided no explanation.
- Advani Condemns Demolition Of Krishna Temple At Lahore (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha and senior BJP leader L K Advani today condemned the demolition of Krishna Mandir to pave the way for a commercial building at Lahore, the capital of west Punjab province of Pakistan.
- Freedom On Screen (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Jun 15, 2006)
People here are both surprised and dismayed at the ban on The Da Vinci Code.
- Telengana Caught In Power Politics (Daily Excelsior, G.S.Bhargava, Jun 15, 2006)
Failure to redeem the promise to carve a separate Telengana State out of incumbent Andhra Pradesh sticks out like a sore thumb in the two-year record of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- From Violence To Non-Violence (Daily Excelsior, Lt Col R K Langar, Jun 15, 2006)
We call twentieth century as the century of violence. We saw two world wars during that period and in each of them millions of people have died and many more injured.
- A Dissection Of A Flawed Society (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jun 15, 2006)
The huge sales of Frenchman Francois de Closets'Plus Encore!, a sequel to his 1981 bestseller, might serve as a call to revolt to the have-nots.
- Rs. 5,800 Cr. Capital Investment Plan For Mumbai Airport Upgrade (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
The airport development will be executed in three phases
20-year Master Plan for Chhatrapati Shivaji airport
Changi Airport of Singapore to review the Master Plan
- Over 4000 Pilgrims Leave Pahalgam (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Pilgrimage to holy shrine of Baba Amarnath resumed today from Pahalgam route after three days of suspension with over 4000 pilgrims leaving Nunwan base camp for the cave. Yatra from shorter Baltal route, however, remained suspended for fourth day today.
- Tumbling After (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 15, 2006)
Politics is the gateway to omniscience — at least in India. Academics and specialists in children’s education are quite superfluous in the country.
- Pak Temple Demolition Irks Advani (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
An officially cleared demolition of a Hindu temple, Krishna Mandir, in Lahore, reportedly at the behest of The Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) in Pakistan has stirred a hornet’s nest here with the leader of the Opposition, Mr LK Advani, . . .
- Indonesia Sets Free Islamic Cleric (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Jun 15, 2006)
An imprisoned Islamic cleric, Abu Bakar Baasyir, was set free by the Indonesian authorities in Jakarta on Wednesday. Mr. Baasyir, who was convicted for his role in "a sinister conspiracy to cause a fire or explosion resulting in deaths," was . . .
- Secularists On A Sabbatical (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 15, 2006)
Why doesn't Government speak out against the ongoing minority bashing in Pakistan and Bangladesh, asks Anuradha Dutt.
- Why Don't We Protest? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 15, 2006)
If there is anyone who is to be squarely blamed for the demolition of temples in India and its neighbourhood, it is Hindu leaders, says Prafull Goradia.
- Two-Nation Theory (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 15, 2006)
For CPI(M), Bengal is not India ---- It is typical of the CPI(M)'s schizophrenic existence that in a week when India's leading Communist party took to the streets to protest against the rise in petroleum prices and organised a "state-sponsored bandh" . .
- Musharraf Wants Ipi Gas Line Extended To China (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Says Sino-Pak agreement on free trade will be finalised this year
- Rage Control (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 15, 2006)
From anger, delusion arises, and from delusion, bewilderment of memory. When memory is bewildered, intelligence is lost, and when intelligence is lost, one falls down again into the material pool.
Bhagavad Gita
- Indonesia Cleric To Be Freed After Terror Jail Term (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Hardline Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir will walk out of a Jakarta jail today after serving time for involvement in the 2002 Bali bombings, returning to an Islamic school once dubbed the ''Ivy League'' of militants.
- Advani Flays Temple Demolition In Lahore (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and senior BJP leader L K Advani today condemned the demolition of Krishna Mandir to make the way for a commercial building at Lahore.
- Plan For Human Development (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jun 15, 2006)
It is time the concept of public-private partnership is tried at primary and secondary education levels, with social empowerment and equality as the guiding principles.
- Palestinians Storm Parliament, Attack Hamas Lawmakers (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Dozens of Palestinian civil servants stormed the parliament on Wednesday to demand long-overdue salaries, pelting Hamas lawmakers with water bottles and forcing the speaker to flee the building.
- Sebi Clears Mcx Ipo (Business Line, Rajesh Abraham, Jun 15, 2006)
Exchange going ahead with issue despite weak markets
- Don’T Allow Ghaggar Water To Go Waste (Tribune, G.S. Dhillon, Jun 15, 2006)
The Ghaggar river basin, measuring 42,174 sq kms, is located between the two mega basins of Indus and Yamuna river systems.
- Hu Firm On Anti-Terror Efforts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
China to promote cooperation with Uzbekistan in economy, trade and energy
- Anti-Conversion Bill Back With Rajasthan Guv For Approval (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Refusing to change its stand on the Freedom of Religion Bill, popularly known as the anti-conversion bill, the Rajasthan Government has decided to re-send it back to Governor Pratibha Patil, for her assent.
- Economic Patriotism (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 15, 2006)
One picture of relentless globalisation is that it creates a sort of level playing ground. It holds a lot of promise but, at the same time, strangely makes everybody unsure about the future.
- Pramod's Murder, Rahul's Case Interrelated, Says Pravin (Pioneer, TN Raghunatha, Jun 15, 2006)
Pramod Mahajan's younger brother Pravin, accused of gunning down his elder brother, on Wednesday made a startling allegation that the murder of the BJP's GenNext leader and the case against his nephew Rahul Mahajan were interrelated.
- Balochistan Hit Hard By Declining Gas Revenue: Reservations On Gds (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
The government of Balochistan is facing serious financial difficulties because of sharp declines in its gas revenue, particularly the Gas Development Surcharge (GDS), over the years.
- Deve Gowda Puts Bjp On Notice (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Jun 15, 2006)
Discord over acquisition of large tracts of government land for infrastructure development
No question of going against Supreme Court orders, says former Prime Minister
Legislation meant to acquire land for infrastructure projects
Public . . .
- Palestinian Workers Storm Parliament (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
West Bank - Dozens of Palestinian civil servants stormed parliament Wednesday to demand long-overdue salaries, pelting Hamas lawmakers with water bottles and forcing the parliament speaker to flee the building.
- Biggest Coalition Operation Against Taliban Begins (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Coalition and Afghan forces killed 40 suspected militants Wednesday in fighting in eastern mountains, while in southern Afghanistan, more than 11,000 troops prepared for their biggest offensive since the fall of the Taliban five years ago.
- Indonesia Frees Cleric Linked To Bali Bombing (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, the alleged leader of Al-Qaeda linked group Jemaah Islamiyah, has been freed after serving nearly 26 months in prison over the 2002 Bali bombings.
- President Calls For Strong Un System (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday called for a strong UN system, resolution of existing conflicts like Palestine and Kashmir and sustained efforts against terrorism and extremism to ensure a peaceful and prosperous world.
- Bush’S Visit To Iraq (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 15, 2006)
President Bush delivered an important demonstration of American support for Iraq’s new democratic government in his visit to Baghdad on Tuesday.
- Finding Compromise In Iran (Boston Globe, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
IRAN IS considering the package of incentives the major powers presented in an effort to resolve the crisis over Iran's nuclear program. The US willingness to talk -- under certain conditions -- is an overdue step in the right direction.
- Fatah Men On Rampage In West Bank (Deccan Herald, STEVEN ERLANGER, Jun 14, 2006)
Hundreds of Palestinian security personnel loyal to the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, went on a rampage on Monday night in the West Bank town of Ramallah, attacking the parliament and cabinet buildings controlled by his rivals in the . . .
- Protecting Freedom And Artistic Creativity (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 14, 2006)
With the Supreme Court making it clear that there is no legal basis to bar the screening of The Da Vinci Code, States such as Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Nagaland, and Meghalaya, which had rushed to prohibit its screening, would be well . . .
- State Government Getting Ready To Control Donation Menace (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The State government is contemplating on taking steps to control donation menace in schools, said Primary and Higher Education Minister Basavaraja Horatti.
- Govt Forms 2 Panels, Seeks Formula Within 2 Days (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
In an effort to find a solution with regard to seat-sharing, fees and other related issues related to professional courses, the State Government on Tuesday constituted a separate medical and engineering committee to come out with a formula within . . .
- Three Cheers (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 14, 2006)
Whatever the outcome of the second cricket Test between India and the West Indies the former can already say three cheers --- one each for Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid and Mohammad Kaif.
- On Banning The Da Vinci Code (Hindu, N.L. Rajah, Jun 14, 2006)
To ban the film in India, reacting to demands from some, is grave constitutional impropriety, besides being imprudent.
- Sc Rejects Babloo’S Relief Plea (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The efforts of Babloo Srivastava, one time point man of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, to come out of the jail and claim compensation from government for cases falling flat against him, failed today as the Supreme Court dismissed his plea.
- Padma Shri Awardee Moves Apex Court (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
M. Abraham Thomas (70), president of the Emmanuel Institute, Kota, Rajasthan, and a Padma Shri awardee against whom the BJP Government in the State had slapped sedition (Sec. 124A of IPC) charges for allegedly abetting and promoting conversions . . .
- Pilgrims’ Progress (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 14, 2006)
Terrorists, who have no respect for anybody’s religious sentiments, tried to disrupt the annual Amarnath and Vaishnodevi yatra on Monday as they did earlier too.
- Voices From Doda (Times of India, YOGINDER SIKAND, Jun 14, 2006)
Early last month, unidentified gunmen shot dead 22 Hindus in Kulhand, a remote mountain village in Doda in Jammu and Kashmir. Local opinion is divided on precisely who was behind the massacre. Many Muslims claim that it was the handiwork of the 'agencies'
- Zarqawi Successor Named (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Al-Qaida in Iraq has named a little-known militant to succeed its slain leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, according to an Internet statement on Monday.
- Protests Mount Against Fuel Price Hike (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Political activists stopped trains and buses across the country on Tuesday and truckers kept off the roads as a one-day strike to protest against a rise in retail fuel prices took hold.
- A Surface Encounter (OutLook, Swapan Dasgupta, Jun 14, 2006)
There is a view, forcefully articulated by a shrinking band of ex-colonials in London’s gentleman’s clubs, that Calcutta was created and lovingly nurtured by the . . .
- 'Buddhist' Bengal Durbars At Boeing Doorstep (Pioneer, Saugar Sengupta, Jun 14, 2006)
aChief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has said he is prepared to go shopping to the US provided there are positive signals. He was clarifying his stand on the possibilities of US investment in the aviation sector.
- Lahore's Only Krishna Temple Demolished (Pioneer, PTI, Jun 14, 2006)
The only Hindu temple in Lahore has been demolished to pave the way for the construction of a multi-storied commercial building.
- India@info.Com (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 14, 2006)
The citizen vis-a-vis a reluctant informer
- Coalition Government In Crisis; Differences Crop Up Over Bmic (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Jun 14, 2006)
Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister attempt to save Government
- `Rail Roko, Chakka Jam' Mark U.P. Bandh Against Price Hike (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Government claims protest symbolic; rail passengers inconvenienced
- Hindu Temple In Lahore Razed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The only Hindu temple in Lahore has been demolished to construct a multi-storeyed commercial building, in violation of the managing Trust Board's laws.
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