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Articles 14121 through 14220 of 26855:
- Indian Islamic Court Issues Death Sentence For Cartoonists (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
An Islamic court in India has issued a fatwa, or religious decree, condemning to death the 12 artists who drew the controversial caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).
- Mirage Of More Scorpene Like Deals (Daily Excelsior, Rajkumar Vijayveer Vikram Singh, Feb 21, 2006)
France is like India in one respect: looking for new friends, trade and business promotion and strengthening strategic relations.
- Iran Leader Urges Muslims To Fund Palestinians (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on Monday on Muslims worldwide to provide money to the Palestinians during his talks with the Islamic radical Hamas movement, state television reported.
- Freedom From Bigotry (Times of India, IRFAN AHMAD, Feb 21, 2006)
The debate over publication of cartoons on the Prophet in a Danish newspaper has been reduced to a clash between freedom of the West and alleged intolerance of Islam.
- Teachers As Vultures (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 21, 2006)
Rape is the most abominable crime because it leaves a scar on the victim, which can never be healed. And if the rapist happens to be a teacher and the victim a student, it becomes even worse. Even before the shock of the multiple rape at Durjanpur . . .
- Hurriyat Rejects Indian Talks Offer (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Kashmir’s main separatist alliance on Monday rejected an invitation by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to attend a conference to boost a peace process in the restive Himalayan region.
- 'Iran Reserves Right To Nuclear R&d’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
* Iranian FM says there is still time for nuclear compromise
* Warns UNSC must not be turned into a political pressure tool
- Poultry Imports From India, Iran, France Banned (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Pakistan has banned all imports of poultry and live birds from India, Iran and France after the countries reported cases of H5N1 bird flu, officials said on Monday.
- Not The President, But Close (Dawn, Niall Ferguson, Feb 21, 2006)
Every comedian in America has been having a gag-fest at the expense of Vice-President Dick Cheney, who accidentally shot his 78-year-old “acquaintance,” Harry Whittington, while hunting quail in Texas, in the face.
- Safta Needs A Patron (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Feb 21, 2006)
I Need to revisit the subject of Safta. My last article on the subject appeared on January 24, less than a month ago.
- The Round Table (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Feb 21, 2006)
The Government should not permit any person or group to exercise a veto on Jammu and Kashmir.
- Afghan Protesters Threaten To Join Qaeda (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Hundreds of Afghans shouted support on Monday for Osama Bin Laden and threatened to join Al Qaeda during a protest against cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him), while Pakistani Islamists vowed to broaden their campaign.
- Disturbing Event (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 21, 2006)
A report in this newspaper that 22 members of a larger family of eight brothers have migrated from the higher reaches in Ramban tehsil to the plains makes a disquieting reading. They have come under threat from Hizbul Mujahideen (HM).
- Street Violence Is Not The Answer (Dawn, Zia-ul-Islam, Feb 21, 2006)
It is ironic that in the middle of the cartoon crisis, Abu Hamza al Masri, a London-based Muslim leader, should be convicted by a British judge for delivering sermons that “created a real danger to the lives of innocent people in different . . .
- Bitter Harvests Of Zionism (Dawn, Paul Oestreicher, Feb 21, 2006)
The chief rabbi, Sir Jonathan Sacks, is right. His reaction to the Anglican synod’s call for sanctions against Israel is understandable. Hatred of Judaism — now commonly called anti-Semitism — is a virus that has infected Christendom for two millennia.
- Peace Can Gain (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Feb 20, 2006)
Has anything concrete emerged from Jammu-Kashmir Liberation Front chief Yasin Malik's meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi?
- Right Answer! (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 20, 2006)
Not very long ago Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf had sought the United States' support to resolve the Kashmir "dispute".
- Reservations In Private Educational Institutions (Daily Excelsior, E.C. Thomas, Feb 20, 2006)
The Constitution has been amended to include reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other Backward Classes citizens (OBCs) in private unaided educational institutions. The bill to amend Article 15 of the Constitution . . .
- Bush Figures In Lucknow Muslim Rally Against Prophet Cartoons (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Thousands of Muslims gathered here today to protest against the Danish cartoons of Prophet Mohammad. While that was the focal point of the ehtejaaj ka muzahira (public display of anger), the crowds also rallied against US President George W Bush’s . . .
- In Assam, Bjp Chief Says Illegals Will Be Chased Out (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Feb 20, 2006)
BJP president Rajnath Singh today described infiltration from Bangladesh as a major threat to the security demography of the country and said his party would go to any extent to expel the infiltrators.
- City Suffers Closures And Indian Border Re-Opens (News International, Tahir Hasan Khan, Feb 20, 2006)
Protest demonstrations by the religious parties and groups against the publication of sacrilegious caricatures in various European newspapers gained further momentum last week, paralysing the life in Karachi, Sindhís capital, and other major cities . . .
- Islam From German Perspective (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Feb 20, 2006)
Sometimes one feels a little sorry for those European diplomats serving in Islamic countries when they suddenly discover that their country has been placed on the black list of Muslim countries because some sensation-seeking newspaper . . .
- Bjp Defends Support To Govt On Iran (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Stating that the country could not afford to have a nuclear power in its neighbourhood, senior Bhartiya Janata Party leader and party vice president Shanta Kumar on Monday defended the party's support to the government on the Iran issue.
- Stop Communalising (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, Feb 20, 2006)
As Julius Caesar was walking towards the Capitol in Rome on the fateful day of his assassination, one of the well-wishers is said to have insistently pressed him to read a petition which, he said, touched the Emperor the most. Caesar scornfully . . .
- King Offers Talks, Parties Unmoved (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Nepal’s King Gyanendra made his first formal approach to the country’s estranged political parties today, urging them to join talks and try to put democracy back on track.
- Real Issue Behind Cartoon Sacrilege (Deccan Herald, Augusto Zamora, Feb 20, 2006)
The cartoons seem to have been the last straw after decades of wrongs
- Ball Back In Dmk Court (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Feb 20, 2006)
MDMK sources allege "group within DMK" trying to push the party out of alliance
- Space Mission, Green Revolution On Bush Agenda (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Feb 20, 2006)
A keynote speech by US President George W Bush at a function hosted by the Asia Society in Washington coming Wednesday is expected to underline some of the themes and issues he will be dealing with during his visit to India and Pakistan.
- Bjp Defends Support To Govt On Iran (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Stating that the country could not afford to have a nuclear power in its neighbourhood, senior Bhartiya Janata Party leader and party vice president Shanta Kumar today defended the party's support to the government on the Iran issue.
- Changing The Face Of Global Security (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Feb 20, 2006)
The underlying theme, promoted by the U.S. and Germany, of the 42nd Munich Conference of Security Policy was that NATO must have the pivotal role in the 21st century's world order.
- Muslims And The Indian Army (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Feb 20, 2006)
After 60 years of Independence, we should be sufficiently confident of our collective secular beliefs and practices to examine facts.
- Bird Flu: Lethal And Spreading Fast (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Feb 20, 2006)
The Government's efforts to check the spread of the H5N1 virus, first noticed at Nandurbar, Maharashtra, may not suffice.
- Arcelor Chief Backtracks On Remarks Against Mittal (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Feb 20, 2006)
Guy Dollet says he over-reacted but insists he was attacked too. Lakshmi Mittal's takeover bid for Arcelor, the world's second largest steelmaker, has triggered widespread opposition among the French elite.
- New Left (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 20, 2006)
It can be easier to win elections than to know what to do with power. The Left Front’s election manifesto can be meaningful to the people only if they see it as a realistic programme of action for making their lives better.
- Licence To Kill (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Feb 20, 2006)
Samajwadi Party minister Mohammed Yaqoob Qureshi has declared a price on the Danish cartoonist responsible for the controversial cartoons. He has promised that the people of Meerut will fund the award.
- Ipi — Firmly In Place? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 20, 2006)
To the relief of all concerned, the meeting of the oil ministers of India and Pakistan in New Delhi has confirmed that the IPI gas project is very much on. Considering the many factors that could have thrown this tripartite venture into jeopardy,
- Eye On Bihar (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 20, 2006)
Lalu has no reason to be envious
Bihar had remained the country’s most backward state in the 15 years of Lalu power.
- Time For A Moratorium (Dawn, Aitzaz Ahsan, Feb 20, 2006)
The sense of outrage over the cartoons (which none had seen) was over-powering and all-pervasive as I entered the National Assembly Hall on February 13.
- 15 Killed In Nigerian Cartoon Protests (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Armed mob rampages though streets, burns down 15 churches
Police and soldiers patrolled the deserted streets of this northern Nigerian town on Sunday, one day after thousands of Nigerian Muslims, protesting caricatures of the Prophet Muhammed, . . .
- Row Mars Visakha-I Bypoll (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Congress MLA attacked allegedly by TDP men; counting put off
A nearly peaceful polling was marred by a controversy over brandishing a revolver at a polling station, allegedly by an MLA, turning the situation tense near the Old Post Office . . .
- Human-Made Disasters Have More Impact On People: Health Care Expert (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Natural disaster victims stoically bore losses
Human-made disasters are causing much more severe impact on the people than the natural ones. The victims are so shaken out of their wits that it would be difficult for them to get over the trauma . . .
- "Check Conversion By Christian Missionaries" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Welfare missions are just a pretext to convert tribals and Adivasis, says Rajnath
UPA Government must frame a law to stop `proselytisation'
Bangladeshi infiltrators pose a threat to country's demography
- Talk About Globalisation (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Feb 20, 2006)
The world is in a turmoil all because of cartoons in a newspaper most have not heard of published in a country with fewer people than live in Chennai.
- India’S Junior Fm Begins 3-Day Visit To Iran (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
India’s junior foreign minister E Ahamed left for Iran on Sunday on a three-day visit for talks on bilateral ties and Tehran’s nuclear programme, officials said.
- Does Safta Have A Future? (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Feb 20, 2006)
The signs are not at all propitious for the South Asia Free Trade Area agreement to deliver the goods. The key to successful implementation of SAFTA lies in the hands of Islamabad and, going by the hints dropped by the Musharraf regime, . . .
- Norway’S Laudable Gesture (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 20, 2006)
A delegation of representatives of Norwegian Church and Muslim community in Norway is currently on a visit to Pakistan to console the Muslims in their anguish over the publication of blasphemous sketches in some European countries.
- Code Of Ethics For Protestors (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 20, 2006)
Violence in Pakistan over the publication of blasphemous cartoons has led to the several deaths, besides widespread damage to property as well as premises and businesses of multinational companies in the past few days.
- Over 50 Injured As Mma Defies Ban On Ralies In Islamabad (Daily Times, Shahzad Malik, Feb 20, 2006)
* 300 arrested in twin cities
* JI claims 3,463 activists arrested
* Police fire teargas at MMA leaders
* Danish ambassador leaves
- Brutus, Et Tu! (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 20, 2006)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said that he has handed over to Islamabad information about Taliban leaders and activists who, he claimed, are orchestrating a stubborn insurgency from Pakistan’s soil. At a Press conference in Kabul on return from . . .
- Apology Fails To Douse Cartoon Anger (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
A Saudi-owned pan-Arab newspaper printed today a full-page apology from Jyllands-Posten, the Danish daily that first published cartoons of Prophet Mohammad unleashing a wave of fury by muslims worldwide.
- Cartoon Row: Group Calls For End To Protests (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
An estimated 2,500 people gathered outside Ontario's capital building to protest the published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, but one Muslim group is calling for an end to the demonstrations.
- Olive Green Carries The United Colours Of India (Indian Express, N.N. Vohra, Feb 20, 2006)
Let the destinies of the men and women of the armed forces, of whatever creed, remain the responsibility of the chiefs of staff, says N.N. VOHRA
- Sixty Dollars A Barrel? Great (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Feb 20, 2006)
It is the fate of over-burdened TV-watchers of the 21st century that we are deluged with low grade analysis by ill-informed experts on the small screen.
- Danish Envoy Leaves Pak (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Police fired teargas and rubber bullets to break up a banned protest against cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in Islamabad today and Denmark said its ambassador to Pakistan had returned home for security reasons.
- Who Is The Better Singer? It All Depends On Where You Come From (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Feb 20, 2006)
Vinit and Debojit, Lucknow and the entire Northeast, not to mention viewers, will be happy when Final Friday (24 February) comes and goes.
- In The Middle East, The Third Way Is Still A Myth: Look At Hamas (Indian Express, SHIBLEY TELHANI, Feb 20, 2006)
The reality shown by Hamas’ victory in the Palestinian elections is this: if fully free elections were held today in the rest of the Arab world, Islamist parties would win in most states.
- Heading For Trouble? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 20, 2006)
If a minister who incites murder gets away with it, things could get quickly worse
- Thar Express Brings India, Pakistan Closer (Hindu, Mohammed Iqbal , Feb 19, 2006)
Forty-one years after the disruption of the rail link between India and Pakistan on the western border, the much-awaited Thar Express from Pakistan steamed across the desert sands to arrive here on Saturday to a tumultuous welcome by people of India.
- To Be Free Is Not A Luxury (Telegraph, Salman Rushdie, Feb 19, 2006)
Allow me, please, one moment in this beleaguered time to savour a narrow but vital victory for freedom of speech.
- Telling Right From Left (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Feb 19, 2006)
As someone who believes that Indian communists always act against the interests of India I pay close attention to what they say.
- The Utopian Third Front (Daily Excelsior, Sondip Bhattacharya, Feb 19, 2006)
Will the rainbow coalition called the third front take a shape once again? If the past experience is any guide the CPI (M) general secretary Prakash Karat's plan of cobbling the third front is a pipe dream.
- People’S Conference Turns Down Pm’S Offer Of Kashmir Roundtable (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
The People’s Conference (PC), a Hurriyat Conference constituent, today rejected Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s offer of a roundtable on Kashmir, convened for February 25.
- No Peace With Israel, Says Hamas After Swearing-In (Indian Express, WAFA AMR, Feb 19, 2006)
Islamist group Hamas took over as the dominant party in the Palestinian parliament on Saturday and rejected President Mahmoud Abbas’s call to pursue peacemaking efforts with Israel.
- Manuscript Survey Unearths Rare Works (Hindu, S. Harpal Singh, Feb 19, 2006)
Surveyors collect material from houses, old mosques and other areas in the district
- The Prayag Of Chattisgarh (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Tanushree Podder visits Rajim, in Chattisgarh, also called ‘Panchkashi’ as there are five shivalingams in different temples there.
- More Ministers Will Be Inducted Soon, Says Kumaraswamy (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Feb 19, 2006)
Attempts being made to mollify miffed legislators
Many MLAs unhappy about not being made ministers
Some ministers unhappy with portfolios
List of chairmen of boards and corporations being prepared
Appointments to be made in two phases
- Muslims Burn Effigies Of Danish Cartoonist (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
A large number of Muslims staged demonstrations here in Doon city and Vikasnagar near here burning effigies of the Danish cartoonist who had drawn cartoons of Prophet Mohammad.
- Vhp Not To Support Any Single Party (Hindu, PRAFULLA DAS, Feb 19, 2006)
No plans to launch a party, says Singhal
- Nanavati Panel Seeks Information (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Gujarat asked to file reply by March 1
Wants papers and documents, including press statements on Godhra tragedy
Panel yet to issue order on Centre's refusal to furnish a copy of Narayanan's letter
- Whither Postal Services In India? (Hindu, S. RAMESH, Feb 19, 2006)
The vast reach of the postal service is unmatched. It will be unwise to allow such a service to die a slow death
- Shravanabelagola's Moment Of Glory (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Town wears a colourful look as flow of pilgrims continues
- Karzai Gave Taliban Dossiers To Pakistan (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Feb 19, 2006)
President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan handed over extensive intelligence dossiers to President Pervez Musharraf, containing details of how suicide bombers who attack targets in Afghanistan are being recruited, trained and equipped in Pakistan.
- Udf Has Set Development Agenda, Says Oommen Chandy (Hindu, Roy Mathew, Feb 19, 2006)
Says he has got maximum support for this from Malayalis abroad
- Nuclear Energy Tops Musharraf Agenda (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Feb 19, 2006)
Five-day China visit from Sunday
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf arrives in Beijing on Sunday for a five-day visit to China, with nuclear energy on top of his agenda.
- The Newer Left (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 19, 2006)
More reformist signals for the election
Prior to the assembly election in 2001, the CPI-M had signalled a change by getting Jyoti Basu to step down in favour of Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.
- Prophet T-Shirt Triggers Trouble (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Italian minister Mr Roberto Calderoli resigned today, bowing to pressure from government colleagues after Libya blamed his anti-Islamic insults for igniting violent protests in which at least 10 people were killed.
- Hamas Dominated Parliament Sworn In (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Feb 19, 2006)
Islamic group rejects Abbas' call, reiterates commitment to resistance
- It Is Not A Measured Step! (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Pakstan has recalled its Ambassador from Copenhagen and the Danish Embassy in Islamabad has suspended its functioning, as protest against the publication of blasphemous cartoons continue unabated across the country.
- Indian Sikhs Plan Protest During Chirac’S Visit (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Hundreds of Sikh schoolchildren will march in New Delhi during next week’s visit of President Jacques Chirac in protest against a ban on wearing turbans in French state schools, community leaders said on Saturday.
- Iran Believes Russian N-Proposal ‘Useful’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Iranian legislator hopes Russia will not act like America
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