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Articles 14821 through 14920 of 26855:
- Iran Ends Cooperation With Iaea (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Feb 06, 2006)
Teheran will begin full-scale production of enriched uranium
Ready for exploratory talks with Russia
No more inspection of nuclear facilities
"India not under any pressure"
- Hamas Victory: Need For Flexibility (Dawn, Mansoor Alam, Feb 06, 2006)
The recent Hamas victory in the Palestinian election has stunned everyone including Hamas itself. Although pre-election opinion polls had indicated that Hamas would give a close fight, most analysts had predicted a narrow Fatah victory.
- Spirit Of Saraswati (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Feb 06, 2006)
Today we covered our books with paper — it’s Saraswati’s day, you know.
- "Ours Is A Fight Against Terrorism" (Hindu, K. Srinivas Reddy, Feb 06, 2006)
Mahendra Karma, the key figure behind the anti-Maoist civilian initiative, says the Maoists are now on the `defensive.' Excerpts from a recent interview in Hyderabad:
- Muslims And Media Frenzy Over Cartoons (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Feb 06, 2006)
The issue is not whether Muslims are right or wrong to be upset but whether or not they have the right to peaceful protest when they feel, rightly or wrongly, that their religious feelings have been hurt.
- Danish, Norwegian Embassies Set Ablaze As Muslim Anger Spreads (Hindu, Jamie Doward , Feb 06, 2006)
Islamic leader threatens "Rushdie type"fatwaagainst journalists
- Involve Northern Areas In Talks: Amanullah (Hindu, Luv Puri , Feb 06, 2006)
Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chief Amanullah Khan has said that Pakistan should demonstrate sincerity in resolving the Kashmir issue by including the northern areas of the State in the peace process.
- Merit Of Sacrifice (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
The merit of sacrificing even one's creature comforts for the welfare of others has been hailed in the spiritual tradition.
- Kumaraswamy Favours Consolidation Of Anti-Congress Forces In State (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Chief Minister favours merger of Janata Dal (U) with Janata Dal (S)
- It-Enabled Ticketing System May Soon Be Introduced In City Railway Station (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
South Western Railways is testing debit and credit card-based ticket vending machines
- Never-Ending Narratives (Hindu, MAITREYEE SAHA GANAPATHY, Feb 05, 2006)
The Inheritance of Loss is about poverty and patterns that repeat across generations, says Kiran Desai.
- India Votes Against Iran At Iaea (Indian Express, Reuters, Feb 05, 2006)
The UN nuclear watchdog voted on Saturday to report Iran to the Security Council over suspicions it plans to build atomic weapons, and Tehran responded it would start enriching uranium fuel that can be used in bombs.
- Democracy’S Consequences (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 05, 2006)
Opponents of US policy in the Middle East have described Hamas’s victory in last week’s Palestinian elections as a disaster that proves that President Bush was wrong to insist on elections in the West Bank and Gaza.
- Danish Cartoons: Provocative And Perverse (Dawn, Robert Fisk, Feb 05, 2006)
This is not an issue of secularism versus Islam. For Muslims, the Prophet is the man who received divine words directly from God. We see our saints and prophets as faintly historical figures, at odds with our high-tech human rights and freedoms, . . .
- Iran Vows Pipeline To Pakistan If India Drops Out (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
Iran will press ahead with a contentious gas pipeline to Pakistan even if India does not meet a May deadline to join the project, an Iranian deputy oil minister was quoted as saying on Saturday.
- Iaea Refers Iran To Unsc (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
* 27 members vote in favour, Cuba, Syria and Venezuela oppose resolution
* NAM states’ attempt to soften resolution’s text rejected
- Danish Envoy’S Expulsion Demand Unrealistic (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 05, 2006)
The nation has voiced its outrage at the Danish newspaper’s blasphemous cartoons. President Musharraf, Parliament, political parties and the Juma congregations unanimously condemned the cartoons and termed their publication as highly provocative . . .
- Wide Canvas (Hindu, Sonya Dutta Choudhury, Feb 05, 2006)
Poor peasants. Uncaring chess players. A small boy who gives up the joy of toys to buy a chimta for his grandmother. Premchand's protagonists are classic figures that we've all grown with, in short stories scattered across school curriculae.
- Trader Traps (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 05, 2006)
The stand that the Left has taken on FDI in the retail sector suggests the dilemma from which there seems to be no escape in the context of the West Bengal government exploring all possible means of foreign investment.
- Iran Leading Terror Sponsor: Rumsfeld (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
US Defence Secretary Mr Donald Rumsfeld today urged the world to work for a “diplomatic solution” to halt the nuclear programme of Iran, a nation he called the “leading state sponsor of terrorism.”
- Of Graven Images (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Feb 05, 2006)
It is a fallacy of our narcissistic age to expect images of what supreme leaders of thought may have looked like; their teachings and deeds are unaffected by our erroneous expectations
- Iran To Go Ahead With Pipeline, Even Without India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
Iran will press ahead with a contentious gas pipeline to Pakistan even if India does not meet a May deadline to join the project, an Iranian deputy oil minister was quoted as saying on Saturday.
- Rahul Gandhi Waiting To Step In! (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Feb 05, 2006)
The irrepressible clamour at the Hyderabad AICC session for induction of Rahul Gandhi either in the union cabinet or at a top party position speaks volumes about the apparent indispensability of this young Nehru-Gandhi scion in running . . .
- Love In The Holy See (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 05, 2006)
In the beginning was the word”, it could also have begun with love. “God is Love” is the central message of the Book of Revelations in the New Testament. Pope Benedict XVI returns to this theme in his first encyclical.
- Advertising Often Doesn't Work (Daily Excelsior, Prakash Nath, Feb 05, 2006)
In this age of market economy you can sell your products with the help of advertising, which was earlier considered as wasteful expenditure.
- The Right To Laugh At Gods (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Feb 05, 2006)
Last week newspapers in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland, in a gesture of solidarity with Denmark, reprinted the Danish cartoons that have enraged the Islamic world because one of them depicts the Prophet Mohammad, and . . .
- Joint Venture Would Serve Defence Needs (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, Feb 05, 2006)
In the capital's trade fair grounds at Pragati Maidan, Defexpo 2006 opened on February 1.
- Twilight Of The West (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 05, 2006)
Niall Ferguson From the Daily Telegraph © Niall Ferguson
The author is Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University www.niallferguson.org
- Call For Introspection (Hindu, Rasheeda Bhagat , Feb 05, 2006)
CERTAINLY, "Understatement" is not a word you'd associate with the self-proclaimed "Muslim refusenik", Irshad Manji.
- Hamas Expects To Form Palestinian Government (Reuters, Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Feb 05, 2006)
A Hamas leader said on Saturday that the Islamic militant group hoped to form a Palestinian government later this month after agreeing with President Mahmoud Abbas to convene parliament on Feb. 16.
- Iran And United States Square Up After Iaea Vote (Reuters, PARISA HAFEZI , Feb 05, 2006)
Defiant Iran said it would end snap U.N. nuclear checks on Sunday, a day after the U.N. atomic watchdog voted to report the Islamic Republic to the Security Council over concerns about its nuclear programme.
- Iaea Votes To Report Iran To U.N. Security Council (Reuters, MARK HEINRICH, Feb 05, 2006)
The U.N. nuclear watchdog voted on Saturday to report Iran to the Security Council over fears it is trying to build atomic bombs and a defiant Tehran said it would end snap U.N. inspections of its nuclear plants from Sunday.
- Iran Vows Pipeline To Pakistan If India Drops Out (Reuters, Reuters, Feb 05, 2006)
Iran will press ahead with a contentious gas pipeline to Pakistan even if India does not meet a May deadline to join the project, an Iranian deputy oil minister was quoted as saying on Saturday.
- Nepal Grinds To Halt As Rebel Strike Takes Effect (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, Feb 05, 2006)
Hundreds of riot police guarded government buildings and patrolled deserted streets across Nepal on Sunday, the first day of a week-long general strike called by the Maoist rebels.
- Ally Left’S Sorry Saturday: Iran Goes To Un, Airport Staff To Work (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Feb 05, 2006)
Going along with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, including Russia and China, and concerned over Tehran’s A Q Khan link, India today voted in favour of a resolution by the nuclear watchdog agency IAEA to report the Iran nuclear . . .
- If You Ain’T Got Love... (Deccan Herald, Soumya Sitaraman, Feb 05, 2006)
Ruth Vanita’s recent work of non-fiction– Love’s rite: same sex marriage in India and the West– is an interesting and expansive look at societal interpretations of the concept of marriage and its application in particular to same sex unions.
- ``Hurriyat Does Not Represent All Kashmiris'' (Hindu, Luv Puri , Feb 05, 2006)
Ready to buy goods from India : PoK PM
Prime Minister of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir Sikandar Hayat Khan has said the All Parties Hurriyat Conference cannot claim to represent the entire State of Jammu and Kashmir.
- Literary Odyssey (Hindu, KAUSALYA SANTHANAM, Feb 05, 2006)
Sivasankari on the Knit India project and the manner in which it will deepen our understanding of the country. Excerpts from an interview...
- Clemenceau: Greenpeace To Register Protest (Hindu, Siddharth Narrain , Feb 05, 2006)
Social activists say the issue is also about all toxic ships being dismantled at Indian shipyards
Toxic chemicals being put into the lives of workers without basic medical facilities
Those opposing entry were not against the ship-breaking industry
- A Journey Into The Past Through Manuscripts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
Survey of ancient texts under way in Pudukottai district Survey of ancient texts under way in Pudukottai district
- "India Will Not Be The Same Without Salesians" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
He heads an organisation that is dedicated to serving the youth. Which explains the rather youthful demeanour of this respected leader of the Salesians of Don Bosco. Rector Major Pascual Chavez, who is in India for the centenary of the community's presenc
- "Power In Every House A Priority" (Hindu, T. Ramakrishnan, Feb 05, 2006)
Golden jubilee celebrations of Neyveli Lignite Corporation inaugurated
- Iaea Votes To Report Iran To U.N. Security Council (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
27 nations vote for the resolution in Vienna, three against, and five abstain
- The Price Is Not Right (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 05, 2006)
No true liberal, however rational or sure of themselves they are, should argue that it is always right to assault religious beliefs in every way.
- Legend And History (Hindu, THEODORE BASKARAN, Feb 05, 2006)
Historians like David Shulman caution us that legends and folklores should not be discounted as sources of information for history. And India abounds in such tales, which need to be interpreted.
- Graphic Graffiti (Hindu, Aditi De, Feb 05, 2006)
Like a photograph, a brilliant drawing or a graphic impression can prove more eloquent, more potent and memorable than a thousand words. Poet-graphic artist Arun Kolatkar's offering — in visuals sans words this time — makes one do a double take . . .
- Asthma: No Permanent Cure (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
"Asthma needs to be treated regularly to control it," says the respiratory physician on our panel in response to readers' queries.
- Different Journeys And Destinations (Hindu, SOMA BASU, Feb 05, 2006)
Tabish Khair's latest anthology grew out of a casual lunchtime discussion with two of the other editors. "We started talking of Asian and African travel texts, and we listed almost 20 between the three of us. Later, research took us to a hundred, . . .
- Capturing Life In All Its Hues (Hindu, LAKSHMI KANNAN, Feb 05, 2006)
In her poem, "Of Magic and Men", Shanta Acharya writes about the wave of "miracles" that swept across Hindus all over the world, when deities "drank milk" that was lovingly given by the devotees. It received a kind of media coverage that lulled . . .
- Unpleasant Surprise? (Hindu, Bill Kirkman, Feb 05, 2006)
After the result of the Palestinian election, the fundamental question is about the values that underlie policy. Will Hamas renounce violence?
- Educating Mr. Modi (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Feb 05, 2006)
No one seems to care about providing appropriate sanitation facilities for women.
- The Pilgrim's Progress ... Diverse And Truly Global (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Feb 05, 2006)
The Haj seeks to reinforce equality among fellow Muslims, irrespective of differences in race, wealth or nationality.
- Sharda Temple Untouched By Quake (Hindu, Luv Puri , Feb 05, 2006)
`No objection to Pandits visiting temple'
- Issue Of Blasphemous Cartoons (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 04, 2006)
THERE have been countrywide protests against blasphemous cartoons published by Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten and mischievously republished by newspapers of several other Western countries.
- Thar Express To Have Capacity Of 500 Passengers (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
The Thar Express connecting the deserts of India and Pakistan from Feb 18 will have seven coaches with a capacity of 500 passengers, Indian Railway officials said here Friday.
- Private Militia In Balochistan Must Disarm: Musharraf (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
President unveils four-point solution to crisis;
condemns blasphemous cartoons
President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Friday denied any military operation in Balochistan but said that the private local militia must disarm and stop hampering . . .
- Trade With India In Pak Interest: Ex-Minister (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
Former minister of finance Shahid Javed Burki Friday said Pakistan must open trade with India and other South Asian countries as it is in Pakistan’s interest.
- Jaswant Stresses Need For Expanding ‘Constituency Of Peace’ (Dawn, Shamim-ur-Rahman, Feb 04, 2006)
India’s former external affairs minister and currently leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha Jaswant Singh has emphasized the need for a constant endeavour by India and Pakistan to “expand the constituency of peace”.
- Sense & Sensibility (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 04, 2006)
There has been an angry reaction in many Muslim countries to the publication of offensive cartoons in a Danish newspaper. The cartoons were first published in September.
- King’S Very Productive Visit (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 04, 2006)
The two-day visit of Khadim-e-Harmain Sharifain King Abdullah ‘s visit to Pakistan would go a long way in bringing the two brotherly countries still closer in various fields. As a result of intensive interaction, the leadership of the two countries . . .
- Pro-India Policy Preventing Good Ties With (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has said that Moscow’s pro-India policy is an obstacle in the qualitative development of Pakistan-Russia relations in the post-cold war world.
- Shaukat Rejects Indo-Pak Confederation (News International, Muhammad Anis, Feb 04, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday termed possibility of confederation between Pakistan and India a mere thinking of the Indian rulers. "This may be their way of thinking," Shaukat said, while talking informally to newsmen at the oath-taking . . .
- Ties With Saudi Arabia (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 04, 2006)
AN identity of views on regional and international issues seems to have marked the outcome of King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz’s one-day visit to Pakistan. Among the issues on which the two sides appeared to have a common perception were Kashmir, Palestine, I
- Musharraf Wants Militia To Disarm For Balochistan Peace (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
* Calls publication of blasphemous cartoons ‘a glaring mistake’
President Pervez Musharraf has said that the private local militia in Balochistan must disarm for peace to prevail.
- Pak Ultras Threat To S Asia Peace: Usa (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
Pakistan-based militant groups operating in Kashmir pose a persistent threat to stability in South Asia, a top intelligence official of the USA has warned, even as he called India a “reliable ally” in the fight against global terrorism.
- Politics Of Pilgrimage: In The Name Of The Father (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 04, 2006)
Time was when India’s most stylish middle-order batsman Gundappa Vishwanath went to Tirupati on the eve of a Test against England in January 1982 and went on to score a double century at a time when the national selectors were breathing down his neck.
- Cabinet Shuffle In India (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 04, 2006)
I may be reading too much into the cabinet reshuffle in New Delhi. But the changes effected make me believe that Congress president Sonia Gandhi has begun the exercise of choosing her party candidates for India’s president and vice-president, . . .
- Muslim Radicals In Power (Dawn, David Ignatius, Feb 04, 2006)
Are Muslim radicals changed by the experience of sharing in the responsibilities of government? The world has a lot riding on the answer to that question, and I can offer a small vignette drawn from a conversation with Hasan Nasrallah, . . .
- Jewish Origin: Facts And Fiction (Dawn, Muhammad Ali Siddiqi, Feb 04, 2006)
President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad of Iran is now the latest of the Muslim bad boys in the West and is being portrayed as a Muslim Nazi talking nonsense.
- Pollution : A Threat To Man Kind (Daily Excelsior, Ashish Katoch, Feb 04, 2006)
Air, water and soil are the natural resources and are essential for the existence of plants, animals and mankind. These constitute our environment. Man is capable of modifying his physical environment as per his needs. He is continuously constructing ....
- Lotus Blooms As Son Rises In Karnataka (Tribune, Jangveer Singh, Feb 04, 2006)
The father and the son were the cynosure of all eyes during the week-long political drama in Karnataka. Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda and his son HD Kumaraswamy provided all the sound bytes, besides seeming to be masters of the situation.
- Lessons In Education (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 04, 2006)
Sex scores over history
IT is a curious reflection on our priorities and values that academia and authorities are more preoccupied with the introduction of sex education than the dumbing down of history textbooks.
- Musharraf's Kashmir 'Solutions' (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Feb 04, 2006)
But for these cussed Indians, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistan military dictator cum President has solved his country's long-standing dispute on Jammu and Kashmir.
- Un Watchdog Puts Off Decision On Iran (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Feb 04, 2006)
The emergency meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s board of governors at Vienna overshot its scheduled calendar of two-day talks today as the 35-member board held consultations and decided to crystallise views on the Iran issue . . .
- Women, Secret Hamas Strength, Win Votes At Polls And New Role (Indian Express, Ian Fisher, Feb 04, 2006)
Hamas has been known and feared for its men, armed or strapped with bombs. But in its election triumph last week, one secret weapon was its women.
- Cure The Stigma (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 04, 2006)
The media have often been accused of obsessing on the bad and the sensational. Let us, therefore, give you some good news. As of December 31, 2005, leprosy has been virtually eliminated in India.
- Society’S Willing Murderers (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Feb 04, 2006)
If you are reading this in Bombay, then you probably know all about Daya Nayak. But if you are reading it in one of the HT’s many other editions, then the name may not necessarily ring a bell.
- A Slippery Friendship (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Feb 04, 2006)
I am glad we asked King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia to be the chief guest at our Republic Day celebrations.
- Kalam Begins Philippines Visit (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
India and the Philippines are set to take bilateral ties to a qualitatively higher plane by signing four accords, including the first one ever on defence cooperation envisaging among other things exchange of Air Force planes, . . .
- Iaea Delays Vote To Report Iran To U.N. Security Council (Reuters, MARK HEINRICH, Feb 04, 2006)
The U.N. nuclear watchdog put off until Saturday a vote to report Iran to the U.N. Security Council over concerns it is seeking atomic bombs, as European Union powers lobbied developing nations to back the measure
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