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Articles 15021 through 15120 of 26855:
- Iran Threatens To Resume Industrial-Scale Enrichment (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani vowed today the Islamic republic would resume industrial-scale uranium enrichment if a dispute over its nuclear programme is referred to the UN Security Council.
- Talks Best Way To Resolve Iran Nuclear Issue, Says Kasuri (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki had separate meetings with his counterparts from Pakistan and Germany and discussed bilateral relations and latest developments on Iran’s nuclear case.
- Kidnapping Of Us Journalist In Iraq (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 02, 2006)
The fate of US journalist Jill Carroll, who has been abducted in Iraq, hangs in balance as her captors are setting deadlines for fulfilment of their demand for release of all Iraqi women prisoners detained either by the United States occupation army . . .
- Ahmadinejad Vows His Country Won’T Surrender (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President George W. Bush discussed Wednesday the standoff over Iran’s nuclear programme, the Kremlin said.
- Abdullah Hopes For Indo-Pak Peace (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Seeks just settlement of disputes between Islamabad, Delhi; Musharraf says terrorism poses danger to all faiths
- Philippines To Sign Defence Pact With India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
The Philippines is about to sign a defence agreement with India, paving the way for more bilateral exchanges in military training and information, Manila’s foreign minister said on Wednesday.
- Flights Delayed, Services Hit; It's Chaos At Airports (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Several flights were rescheduled, delayed and passenger services at major airports were affected following the indefinite nation-wide strike by thousands of employees of the state-owned Airports Authority of India (AAI).
- P-5 Agree On Iran Referral Resolution (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
World powers agreed on Wednesday on a draft resolution asking the UN atomic watchdog to report Iran to the UN Security Council over nuclear work that could be weapons-related, according to a text obtained by AFP.
- Rites Of Spring (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 02, 2006)
It’s Basant Panchami today and while everyone who can will rush out for an eyeful of blooming yellow mustard in Punjab and Haryana, rustic Rajasthanis will wear yellow turbans or veils and maidaani Indians flourish yellow saris and handkerchiefs.
- Pm Says Government To Last Full Term (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday his government would last its full five-year-term despite differences with the ruling coalition's communist allies.
- Manmohan Singh Says Kashmir Vital To Ties With Pakistan (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday the issue of Kashmir was vital to better relations with nuclear rival Pakistan.
- Bush Sets Terms For U.S. To Engage Hamas (Reuters, Steve Holland, Feb 02, 2006)
U.S. President George W. Bush said on Wednesday that the United States could support a Hamas-led Palestinian government if it abandoned its goal of destroying Israel and disarmed.
- U.N. Watchdog Set To Send Iran To Security Council (Reuters, MARK HEINRICH, Feb 02, 2006)
An international standoff over Iran's nuclear aims reaches a crossroads on Thursday when U.N. atomic overseers meet to consider reporting Tehran to the U.N. Security Council amid Iranian threats to hit back if they do so.
- Afghan Reconstruction More Than Just Fighting Taliban And Opium, Say Experts (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Afghan reconstruction more than just fighting Taliban and opium, say experts
Stress the need for purging the parliament of warlords and making counter-insurgency operations less aggressive to local population
- Tough Talk From Tehran (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
It is another sign of the escalating crisis over Iran's alleged nuclear ambitions that the Islamic republic's foreign minister has warned of swift retaliation if, as expected, it is reported to the United Nations security council. Manouchehr . . . .
- Speed Up On Iran (Jerusalem Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
The International Atomic Energy Agency's expected decision to refer Iran to the UN Security Council could be a ray of light in an otherwise dark saga whose potentially calamitous conclusion can hardly be exaggerated.
- Peace In Afghanistan Fragile, Says Annan: Islamabad Pledges $50m (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Pakistan on Tuesday welcomed the joint initiative of the United Kingdom, Afghanistan and the United Nations for the ‘Afghanistan Compact’ development plan at the London Conference as UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan pointed out that recent attacks . . .
- 60 Nations Set 5-Year Goals To Aid Afghanistan (New York Times, ALAN COWELL, Feb 01, 2006)
The Bush administration pledged Tuesday to seek Congressional approval for a further $1.1 billion in aid to help rebuild Afghanistan next year, roughly the same amount sought for 2006.
- Iisc Attack: Police Examining Dhaka Link (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Two teams have collected substantial information: Commissioner
The City police are correlating and analysing information about jihadi outfits received from Bangladesh and another country aboutthe attack on the Indian Institute of Science here, ...
- Hdk In Dilemma On Eve Of Govt Formation (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Chief Minister-designate H D Kumaraswamy said here on Tuesday that he was in a dilemma on the issue of heading the new JD (S)-BJP coalition government following doubts expressed over his father H D Deve Gowda’s secular credentials.
- Control The Senses (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
" Even if the vilest sinner worships Me with exclusive devotion, he should be accounted as a saint; for he has rightly resolved," says Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita.
- The Varied Faces Of Political Islam (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Feb 01, 2006)
In the absence of egalitarian secular alternatives, the masses in West Asia are turning to Islamist forces.
- I Am In A Dilemma Over Leading The New Coalition, Says Kumaraswamy (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Feb 01, 2006)
Expects "slip between the cup and the lip"
Janata Dal (Secular) leader H.D. Deve Gowda told The Hindu on Tuesday that he was confident that his son and rebel party leader, H.D. Kumaraswamy, and the JD (S) MLAs supporting him would pull . . .
- Kalam: We Are For Total Disarmament (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Feb 01, 2006)
President reiterates New Delhi's no-first-use policy
Terrorism required an integrated solution
Education should be based on value systems
- Stage Set For Spiritual Gala (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
A sprawling stage spread over 3.5 acres designed on the lines of Hampi architecture. A seating capacity of over 5,000 with a 3,800-member orchestra playing in the background and 25 lakh people training their eyes on the stage.
- Deve Gowda, Saying Son Was `Tricked', Banks On Mlas (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Feb 01, 2006)
Expects "slip between the cup and the lip"
- Iran Issue: India's Stand Is Crucial (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Feb 01, 2006)
Now that it is clear that the Iran nuclear issue will be referred to the UN Security Council, India's stance at the IAEA Board meeting on Thursday assumes importance. If, as seems likely, India toes the US line and sticks to the anti-Iran stand . . .
- Below The Line (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Feb 01, 2006)
It doesn’t always pay to boast of economic growth, as West Bengal’s chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee discovered.
- Teheran Threatens To Bar U.N. Inspections (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Iran's nuclear negotiator says country will resume nuclear activities if referred to Security Council
- Protest Against Eviction Of Dalits (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
The Bhoosamara Munnani staged a protest in front of the City Corporation office here on Tuesday to highlight the plight of 20 families of Dalits and landless poor who had been evicted from Nainamkonam allegedly with the connivance of a councillor . . .
- Self-Rule Is Starting Point For Any Dialogue: Pok President (Hindu, Luv Puri , Feb 01, 2006)
`Pakistan has shown flexibility, let India do the same'
Ball in India's court
Ceasefire along LoC can be extended
- Jaswant Visits Hinglaj Temple (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Feb 01, 2006)
The shrine is held in veneration by both Hindus and Muslims
Leading an 86-member delegation, the former Foreign Minister and senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh visited the ancient temple of Hinglaj in Balochistan on Tuesday.
- Made In Jhandewalan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
When Lal Krishna Advani doffed his hat to Mohammad Ali Jinnah's August 1947 vision, he was acknowledging the `thus-far-and-no-further' nature of Hindutva.
- Poor Struggle In Shadows Of India's Richest City (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Feb 01, 2006)
When authorities cleared the way for a multi-billion-dollar facelift of India's richest city last year, Mohammed Allahjan lost his home and then a daughter.
- Palestinians Alter Leadership (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Feb 01, 2006)
Even though Hamas has hinted at change, the world sides with Israel in advising Palestine to renounce violence
- Musharraf Bugbear Of American Media (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Feb 01, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf's latest mini-tirade against India comes against a backdrop of the worst US media criticism he has encountered since his military coup overthrew the elected government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
- Musharraf To Stay As Army Chief Beyond 2007 - Ally (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Pakistan's ruling coalition will elect President Pervez Musharraf for another five-year term and allow him to stay in uniform if it wins the next general election, newspapers quoted a key ally of the general as saying.
- Kalam In Singapore With Science In Mind (Indian Express, Vipin Pubby, Feb 01, 2006)
President and scientist, APJ Abdul Kalam, clearly had science at the top of his agenda as he landed here this evening as part of the three-nation tour of Singapore, the Philippines and South Korea.
- Top Student Leader Arrested Ahead Of Protests In Nepal (Indian Express, Shirish B Pradhan, Feb 01, 2006)
Nepalese security personnel have arrested the leader of a powerful student organisation and conducted overnight raids on some media outlets ahead of today’s major protest rally as part of the ‘Black Day’ being observed by pro-democracy . . .
- A Very Fine Balance (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 01, 2006)
When does criticism of religion become an expression of religious hatred?
- Terrorism Emanates From Certain Long-Standing Issues: Kalam (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
On Board Air India One, Jan 31 (PTI) President A P J Abdul Kalam today said terrorism emanated from certain long-standing issues, including poverty, and suggested a three-point global plan to tackle the menace.
- Hamas Victory Stirs Palestinian Humour (Indian Express, WAFA AMR, Feb 01, 2006)
Call it humour with a fundamentalist twist. Jokes poking fun at Hamas and looking ahead to life under the Islamic militant group have been making the rounds via cellphone text messages Palestinians have been sending each other since it crushed . . .
- Don’T Cut Aid: Hamas (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
A top Hamas leader promised today that foreign aid would go only toward helping ordinary Palestinians — not to attacks on Israel — and said a Hamas government was ready to have its spending monitored.
- Over 100 Women Activists Arrested In Nepal (Press Trust of India, Shirish B Pradhan, Feb 01, 2006)
More than 100 women activists of an opposition alliance were arrested today as they prepared to hold a rally to call on people to boycott upcoming municipal polls even as Nepal's royal government shifted many election candidates to police . . .
- Terrorism Emanates From Long Standing Issues: Kalam (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam today said terrorism emanated from certain long-standing issues, including poverty, and suggested a three-point global plan to tackle the menace.
- Munabao Rail Service From Feb 18 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
India and Pakistan today decided to resume rail link that will connect Khokharapar with Munabao, from February 18.
- Govt Awards Bids For Delhi, Mumbai Airports (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Feb 01, 2006)
Even as employees of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) decided to go on strike from tomorrow in a bid to paralyse the airports, the government today went ahead with the modernisation programme awarding the contract for the Delhi and Mumbai . . .
- Kashmiri Pandits Not To Meet Hurriyat Chief (Tribune, M.L. Kak, Feb 01, 2006)
While many Kashmiri Pandits have favoured an interaction with the All-Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Chairman, Maulvi Umar Farooq,who would be visiting Jammu for a couple of days from February 3,those belonging to established organisations of the migran
- Cadaver Donation Law (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 01, 2006)
The Senate chairman, Mohammadmian Soomro, told the National Institute of Child Health symposium the other day that the cadaveric organ donation bill that had been before the Upper House since 1992 is being reviewed.
- Post-Poll Prospects In Palestine (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 01, 2006)
Earthquake: that was the commonest metaphor deployed by an evidently shaken international media in describing last week’s Hamas landslide in the occupied as well as the unilaterally abandoned Palestinian territories.
- Hamas At The Crossroads (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Feb 01, 2006)
Belying the predictions of experts and the results of exit polls, the Hamas, formally known as the Islamic Resistance Movement, scored an overwhelming victory, garnering 76 of the 132 seats in the Palestinian legislature and bringing to an end the . . .
- Kashmir Situation - A New Phase (Daily Excelsior, K.N. Pandita, Feb 01, 2006)
Undoubtedly, Kashmir situation has entered a new phase -- the phase of dialogues no matter productive or non productive. However, that does not mean the end of externally sponsored and locally abetted militancy.
- Religious Tolerance (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 01, 2006)
Have you noticed how every nation, every society and every individual often claim that tolerance of political, religious and social views of others is a cardinal feature of their culture?
- Before The Dream Sours (Telegraph, Raoji Bandodkar, Feb 01, 2006)
India would do better to attend to the more press- ing domestic problems than try to join the UN high table uninvited, argues Raoji Bandodkar
- How To Make Sense Of Nuclear Cloud (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Following are key issues in the Iran debate as the UN nuclear watchdog agency, the IAEA, prepares to hold a crisis session on Thursday.
- Pakistan Wants Diplomatic Solution To Iran N-Issue’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
“Pakistan wants a diplomatic solution to the Iran nuclear issue”, said Khurshid Mehmoud Kasuri, the foreign minister.
- Retailing Is No Rocket Science (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Feb 01, 2006)
Last Tuesday, the Cabinet announ-ced FDI liberalisations in a slew of sectors.
- ‘India Still Weighing Options On Iran Vote’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Indian defence minister says Delhi will take a position on the issue at the ‘appropriate time’
- Welcome Khadim-E-Harmain Sharifain (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 01, 2006)
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia is arriving in Islamabad today on a two-day State visit to Pakistan at the invitation of President Gen Pervez Musharraf. He will hold wide-ranging talks with Pakistani leaders on the security environment, . . .
- Let Us Speak For Itself (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 01, 2006)
Foreign Office spokesperson Ms Tasneem Aslam has said that the US has held out formal assurance that Bajaur-like incidents will not be repeated in future. At the weekly news briefing, she said that the assurance has come from the ‘highest US authorities’.
- Iran's Next Reckoning (Telegraph (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Iran has signalled that great power agreement to refer it to the Security Council over its nuclear ambitions marks "the end of diplomacy".
- All About Terror (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 31, 2006)
Two developments have taken place in the world which concern terrorism but are different in nature and content.
- Hamas At The Helm (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 31, 2006)
Hopefully, it will give up violence
The victory of the Hamas, described as a terrorist organization by the US, the European Union and Israel, in the January 25 Palestinian elections has added a new dimension to the crisis in West Asia.
- Rs. 9.57 Crores To Be Spent On Illumination Of Shravanabelagola For Mastakabhisheka (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
The State Government has so far released Rs. 5.5 crores
- Ongc Net Up 11%, Strikes Brazil Deal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
India’s most valuable company, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC) on Monday reported a better-than-expected 11 per cent rise in quarterly profit and said it had struck a deal to acquire ExxonMobil Corp’s stake in a Brazilian oil project.
- New Threats From Al-Qaida (Daily Excelsior, P. Bhattacharya, Jan 31, 2006)
In the event of recent proclamations of Osama bin Laden threatening the US, each of the items in the increasing din of news reports of prisoner abuse is a public relations windfall for the Al Qaeda, in the same way the Vietnam War . . .
- New Intelligence Links Iisc Attack To Dhaka-Based Terror Cell (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jan 31, 2006)
RAW intercepts conversation between Naved Gul and his handlers
Resources from West Asia put to good use: suspect
Gul was among 14 Hyderabadis recruited to train with Lashkar
- N-Proliferation Can’T Be Ignored (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Jan 31, 2006)
India is in a difficult position in respect of the possible resolution that may come up before the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna on February 2.
- Bal Thackeray Stands Rejected, Diminished (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Jan 31, 2006)
As he stood up on stage in Mumbai last week to celebrate his 80th birthday, Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray could not have missed the sprawling ruins his pet project has turned into.
- Manipur Burning Dangerously (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Jan 31, 2006)
Everybody in the country knows that terrorism takes the heaviest toll of human life in Jammu and Kashmir. But not many outside the north-east region may be aware that the second in this dubious list is the tiny state of Manipur that occupies . . .
- Discovery’S New Show: Us, Pak & The Hunt For Al-Qaeda (Indian Express, TONY PERRY, Jan 31, 2006)
Politics, it is said, makes strange bed-fellows. So too does the fight against Al-Qaeda. The first part of a top-notch two-hour documentary, The new Al-Qaeda—Frontline Pakistan and Jihad.com, on the Discovery Times Channel, examines the marriage . . .
- Saudi King’S Malaysia Trip Targets Muslim Concerns (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
King Abdullah begins on Monday the first visit by a Saudi monarch to Muslim Malaysia in 36 years, a trip whose potential could stretch past concerns over trade and oil to offer ways to reshape the Islamic world.
- ‘V.P. Singh Made Many Attempts To Get Us To Give A Statement Against Rajiv Gandhi’ (Indian Express, S.P Hinduja, Jan 31, 2006)
In the second part of their interview to Shekhar Gupta, editor-in-chief of ‘The Indian Express’, on NDTV’s ‘Walk the Talk’, G.P. and S.P. Hinduja talk about their association with a spectrum of Indian politicians, including a call from Prime Minister . .
- ‘Bjp’S First Southern Success Significant’ (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Jan 31, 2006)
Rajnath Singh took the reins of the BJP at a time when the party was in a transition stage and beset with the Advani-Jinnah controversy. The winds of ‘positive change’ for the party almost coincided with his taking over the party Presidentship.
- ``Al Fatah Must Reinvent Itself'' (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Jan 31, 2006)
"Poll verdict was against administration"
Palestinian Authority has failed to tone up quality of life
Many people are unhappy with the peace process
- Ministry Expansion May Trigger A Crisis In Janata Dal (Secular) (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Jan 31, 2006)
Prakash and Sindhia likely to spell out their stance after Kumaraswamy is sworn in
- Hamas Victory Sparks Debate In Kashmir (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jan 31, 2006)
The triumph of Hamas in the recent Palestinian elections has created a buzz in militancy-affected Jammu and Kashmir.
- Goodbye Paris, Hello Chad (Dawn, Walter Russell Mead, Jan 31, 2006)
About 100 seasoned US state department officials recently got perhaps the nastiest shock of their professional lives.
- Detach Politics And Economics (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jan 31, 2006)
If Pakistan allows the Kashmir issue to stymie its trade with India, it could get isolated in the region
- Benazir To Return To Pakistan For 2007 Polls (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has said she plans to return to Pakistan from her self-imposed exile in time for the next elections in 2007, even if it means risking arrest.
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