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Articles 3521 through 3620 of 20249:
- Call From Karbala (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 05, 2006)
The killing of three Indians, all Shia pilgrims from Hyderabad, by a posse of what are assumed to be Sunni terrorists, is a wake-up call in more ways than one.
- Pakistan On The Road To Disaster (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 05, 2006)
There is said to be a seven-and-a-half year cycle in the affairs of men - commonly known in Hindi as sadhe saati. Something similar has happened to Gen Pervez Musharraf.
- Murder In Iraq (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 05, 2006)
Iraq is in the ridiculous situation where the Pentagon (headed by super-hawk Donald Rumsfeld) says the country is on the verge of a civil war but US President Bush says just the opposite.
- Peace Process May Figure During Singh-Musharraf Meet (Press Trust of India, K J M Varma, Sep 05, 2006)
The Indo-Pak peace process and related issues may come up for discussion during the likely meeting between Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the NAM summit in Havana later this month.
- Peace Process Set To Resume, Pm To Meet Mush In Havana (Times of India, Indrani Bagchi, Sep 05, 2006)
It's inevitable — after the chill, a thaw is on the way. When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf meet in Havana for a formal kiss-and-make-up session next week, India may indicate the end of the present diplomatic . . .
- Bjp Wants Action Plan Against Terrorism (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Sep 05, 2006)
Alleges that POTA repeal has sent out wrong political message
Naxal operations have become more sophisticated
"Signal from UPA is that it is soft on terrorists, naxals and insurgents" .
- Brain-Mapping Tests Done On Two Mumbai Blasts Suspects (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
Two suspects in the recent Mumbai blasts underwent brain-mapping tests in the Forensic Science Laboratory here on Monday.
- Jd (U) To Launch Agitation Against Sezs (Hindu, CP Bhambhri, Sep 05, 2006)
The Janata Dal (United) on Monday criticised the Centre for promoting tax-free Special Economic Zones (SEZs) by selling off fertile agriculture land to big industrial houses and demanded that the activity be stopped immediately as it would . . .
- 32 Boys Working On Foreign Ships Go Missing (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, Sep 05, 2006)
Thirty-two Indian boys recruited by different shipping companies have gone missing over the past nine months. They have allegedly been killed by an international mafia working in the smuggling of narcotics and human organs.
- Pak Activities Along Loc Discussed (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Sep 05, 2006)
The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) discussed the activities of Pakistan Army along the Line of Control at its meeting on September 2.
- Rocking The Boat (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 05, 2006)
As a Sri Lanka traumatised by LTTE militarism and terrorism and trapped in a trisanku-state of `no-peace-no-war' lurches towards civil war, with the four-year-old ceasefire agreement virtually in tatters, a JVP-led move to get the merger of the . . .
- Balochistan Shadow Over India-Pakistan Ties (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Sep 05, 2006)
Escalating conflict in Balochistan could push President Pervez Musharraf to adopt an aggressive position against India.
- Sri Lankan Army Captures Sampur (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 05, 2006)
LTTE says attack a violation of ceasefire
- Why Blame Britain? (Pioneer, Asad Amin, Sep 05, 2006)
No provocation is big enough to justify killings and whoever supports the slaying of innocents is a coward. The theory of retribution is humbug, says Asad Amin
- Pranab Views Anti-Terror Project (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
India today got a glimpse of strides made by European nations to combat the new terrorism threat of explosives-laden aircraft.
- Musharraf May Compare Bugti Killing To Blue Star (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Sep 05, 2006)
As he prepares for a two week visit to the US, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is expected to defend the killing of Baluch leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti by invoking comparisons with India’s Operation Blue Star against Sikh extremists in 1984.
- Draft Law On Witness Protection: Says Panel (Tribune, S.S. Negi , Sep 04, 2006)
In the wake of several high profile cases falling flat in courts due to witnesses turning hostile under threat and trial proceedings delayed in others with witnesses not daring to come forward to depose, the Law Commission has recommended to the . . .
- Bangladesh Intransigence (Daily Excelsior, Sarvadaman, Sep 04, 2006)
India has been fighting Naga insurgency almost for five decades. It is the inborn patience of the Indians that have sometimes allowed the political cauldron to go on boiling for a longer periods. Infact, there has been addition to already existing . . .
- How We Deny Sectarianism And Then Pay For It (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 04, 2006)
Eleven Pakistani pilgrims to Karbala have been brutally murdered by sectarian thugs in Iraq.
- Gandhi, A Second Coming (OutLook, Editorial, Outlook, Sep 04, 2006)
A 100 years after he conceived the satyagraha, a breed of neo-Gandhians goes beyond the khadi and charkha to coopt Bapu in whole new ways.
- Pragmatism Above Panic (Pioneer, Ajoy Bose, Sep 04, 2006)
Racial profiling of passengers is no way to prevent terrorism; rather, it provides moral victory to jihadis even when they fail to strike
- Continuing In Nda After Gujarat Riots Was A Mistake: Farooq (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Admitting that continuing in the BJP-led NDA after the 2002 Gujarat riots was a "mistake", National Conference patron and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah today said he should have quit the alliance then.
- Using Terror To Seek Concessions (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Sep 04, 2006)
Two days after British authorities broke up an alleged plot to blow up multiple aircraft over the Atlantic Ocean, the "moderate" Muslim establishment in Britain published an aggressive open letter to Prime Minister Tony Blair.
- Until They Fight Again (Tribune, Robert Fisk, Sep 04, 2006)
After the war in Lebanon, comes the hypocrisy, the mendacity, the threats, the sheer brazen lies. Let’s start with the man with the burning eyes, Hizbollah leader Sayed Hassan Nasrallah.
- Hu's Mao? (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 04, 2006)
Move over Arjun Singh. Compared to your one-nut-here-and-one-bolt-there modifications in school history books, China’s leaders have dropped wars, dynasties and, hold your breath, communist revolutions from their high-school history textbooks.
- Fight Hatred In Order To Fight Terror (Tribune, SUBHASH GATADE, Sep 04, 2006)
The latest US Congressional Report on terrorism has come out at a very inopportune time as far as US President Bush and his team of neo-con advisers is concerned.
- Fear Of Flying (Indian Express, NAMRATA SHARMA ZAKARIA, Sep 04, 2006)
Once upon a time, we really flew when we flew. Taking a plane to anywhere was quite the flight of fancy.
- Nepal Pm To Meet Maoist (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Nepal’s Prime Minister and ruling party officials are expected to meet top communist rebel leaders within a week in efforts to resume talks to end a decade-long insurgency, a government minister said today.
- Russia Remembers Beslan Victims (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 04, 2006)
Russia today observed a minute’s silence and marked the “Day of Solidarity in Combat Against Terrorism” in the memory of the victims of the Beslan school carnage in which 333 people, including 186 school children were killed.
- Lingua Franca (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 04, 2006)
And a committee too many
The repeated formation of textbook review committees, depending on the political colour of the ruling dispensation, would have been a farcical exercise were it not fraught with serious implications for the student.
- Terror Spreading To New Areas, Rise In Infiltration: Centre (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Sep 04, 2006)
Ahead of the Tuesday conclave of Chief Ministers on internal security, the Centre has presented a grim picture by admitting that cross-border terrorism has spread to the hinterland and infiltration, in comparison to the same period last year, has trebled.
- Citizenship Isn’T A Split Decision (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 04, 2006)
Should cosmopolitan nations prohibit dual citizenship at a time when integration is very important?
- Promises Of Petrol Reforms Are Running On Empty (Indian Express, Vikram S Mehta, Sep 04, 2006)
The oil marketing companies are sliding towards financial ruin, the pathway to petroleum deregulation cluttered with broken assurances
- "Hashim's Claim Yet To Be Verified" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Police on Sunday said they were yet to verify Lashker-e-Taiba operative Akmal Hashim's claim in a media interview that 17 terrorists were involved in the July 11 bomb blasts on commuter trains here.
- Al Qaeda No. 2 Arrested In Iraq (Asian Age, QASSIM ABDUL ZAHRA, Sep 04, 2006)
Iraq’s national security adviser on Sunday announced the arrest of the second most senior figure in Al Qaeda in Iraq, and said the group now suffered from a "serious leadership crisis."
- Peace Accord In N Waziristan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 04, 2006)
The militants and the Government have reportedly reached an understanding to ensure ‘permanent peace’ in the North Waziristan Agency.
- `Islam Does Not Preach Terrorism' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Education, hard work can end poverty of Muslims
- Ex Gratia Sought For Kin Of Pilgrims Killed In Iraq (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
US blamed for fomenting sectarian violence and creating dissension among Muslims
- Pentagon Fears Another Vietnam In Iraq (Hindu, Paul Harris, Sep 04, 2006)
United States President George W. Bush on Saturday denied that Iraq was plunging into civil war, just a day after the Pentagon painted a bloody picture of a nation caught in a spiral of increasing violence.
- The Plan For The Worst Case Scenario? (Indian Express, Amitav Mallik, Sep 04, 2006)
Soon after the Mumbai terror attack in July this year, a warning was sounded by India’s national security adviser that nuclear power plants and facilities could be likely targets of terrorist attack. More recently, some villagers near the . . .
- Centre Must Change Tax Structure: Karat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Criticises Government for importing 55 lakh tonnes of wheat
- War Memorial Coming Up At Jammu (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
A special war memorial for martyrs who died after Independence in battles and counter-insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir is being built at Jammu. The memorial will be dedicated to the three services as well as paramilitary forces.
- Cms’ Meeting On Internal Security Tomorrow (Tribune, Yoginder Gupta, Sep 04, 2006)
The Chief Ministers’ conference on internal security to be held in Delhi on September 5 under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, is expected to send “a clear and loud message to the Naxals that unless they give up . . .
- Sense In Decisions (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 04, 2006)
We had occasion this week, while speaking of the huge time and cost lags in state sector projects, to regret that so little attention is given to administrative reforms.
- Naxals, Government Rethinking Strategies (Hindu, K. Srinivas Reddy, Sep 04, 2006)
The naxalites have launched a "socio-economic investigation" aimed at reworking their tactics. And the government has moved to ensure greater coordination in countering them.
- Murder Of Pakistani Pilgrims (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 04, 2006)
Eleven Pakistani pilgrims were shot dead by unidentified bandits in Anbar province of Iraq’s western desert on Friday, Iraqi Police said. Three Indian pilgrims were also killed in the episode.
- Redressing Balochistan’S Grievances (Dawn, Shamshad Ahmad Khan, Sep 04, 2006)
“I have spilt blood? I had to; I shall perhaps shed more, but without anger, and quite simply, because blood-letting is a component of (my) political medicine...I am not a man like other men and the laws of morality or custom cannot be applied to me.
- Al-Qaeda No 2 In Iraq Captured (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Baghdad announced the arrest of Al-Qaeda in Iraq’s deputy leader on Sunday, accusing him of masterminding an attack on a revered Shia shrine that triggered a brutal wave of sectarian killings.
- True Democrats Uphold Our Liberties — Not Destroy Them (Hindu, Henry Porter, Sep 04, 2006)
Since the events of 9/11, some former libertarians have advocated levels of repression that no civilised society wants or needs.
- Top Naxal Leader In Ap Police Custody (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
One of the top Naxalite leaders in Andhra Pradesh along with two of his close associates is in police custody.
- Terror: Pm, Cms’ Meet Tomorrow (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Almost two months after the Mumbai serial blasts, the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will hold a meeting with chief ministers here on Tuesday to review the security scenario.
- Us Military Confronts Shiite Militia In Iraq (News International, Peter Symonds, Sep 02, 2006)
Two days of fierce fighting in the Iraqi city of Diwaniyah is one more sign that the US military is preparing for a bloody showdown with the militia forces of Shiite cleric Moqtada . . .
- State Gets Copters To Fight Naxals (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
The Centre has decided to extend air support to six states for counter-Naxal operations.
- A Roof Of Their Own, At Last For Bidi Workers (Hindu, Meena Menon, Sep 02, 2006)
Our dreams are fulfilled... and to us it's more beautiful than heaven. It is our Taj Mahal: beneficiary
Largest housing project for women workers in Asia
Each worker will get a single-storey 255 sq. ft. house
Anti-tobacco laws have reduced . . .
- "Naxalites On The Run In Southern States" (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Sep 02, 2006)
Coordination Centre meet on naxalism held.
Tamil Nadu seeks reimbursement of expenditure
Karnataka demands mine-proof "Rakshak" vehicles
Andhra Pradesh moots specific commando battalions.
- Bush Talks Of Decisive Ideological Struggle (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 02, 2006)
The UN deadline for Iran to halt its nuclear enrichment programme has ended and speculations are rife about what would follow. Three veto-wielding powers – China, Russian Federation and France see a ray of hope in the Iranian response to the . . .
- Conquering The World (News International, Hafizur Rahman, Sep 02, 2006)
Scenes of prayer in the Kaaba, and of course of the Hajj in Makkah, witnessed over television are an inspiring sight.
- Tackling Terrorism (Tribune, Prakash Singh, Sep 02, 2006)
Let those who want to hurt us by inflicting a thousand cuts remember - no one can break our will or unity. No one can make India kneel.”
- Orissa Asks Centre To Release Flood Help Of Rs 1131.83 Cr (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Faced with the damage caused by the recent floods, Orissa Government today urged the Centre to immediately release Rs 1131.83 crore as grant under National Calamity Contingency Fund for repair and restoration works in the state Orissa . . .
- Value Change Please, Not Regime Change (Indian Express, M Veerappa Moily, Sep 02, 2006)
With the Lebanon crisis resurfacing in West Asia and the Middle East, a strange phenomenon has emerged. Sunnis and Shias have converged in the cauldron called Lebanon.
- Military Option Against Iran Open, Says Usa (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Raising the pitch of its rhetoric against Iran, the Bush Administration has said while the military option against Tehran stayed open, the USA could also pursue economic sanctions beyond what the UN Security Council may determine.
- New Face Of British Islam: Conversions Gain Ground (Times of India, RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL, Sep 02, 2006)
Shoe-bomber Richard Reid; 7/7 bomber Germaine Lindsay; August 10’s Trans-Atlantic airline alleged conspirators Don Stewart-Whyte, Oliver Savant and Brian Young. All would fail the racial profiling test to screen potential terrorists; all are . . .
- Jews Who Hate The Jewish State (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 02, 2006)
If they (Jews) all gather in Israel, it will save us the trouble of going after them worldwide." - Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, Hizbullah commander.
- Conform Or Fly Jihad Air (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Sep 02, 2006)
By lodging a protest with the Dutch Government over what happened on flight NW 0042 on August 23, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has made Indians of all genres possible suspects and therefore unwanted in the future.
- Crises All Around (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 02, 2006)
There is hardly any country that at some time in its existence has not been entangled in a crisis of one kind or the other. Such a crisis could be political, economic or security-related in nature. The afflicted country either tries to resolve . . . .
- Terror Concern To Dominate Manmohan-Musharraf Meet (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
India’s concerns on cross-border terrorism and all aspects of Indo-Pak ties may dominate talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on the sidelines of NAM summit to be held in the Cuban capital of Havana . . .
- Response To Terror (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 02, 2006)
It will be wrong to find fault with the judiciary in Pakistan for having set Jamaatud Dawa (Pakistan) chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed at liberty. Like elsewhere the judges in Pakistan also tend to go by the credibility of the material produced before . . .
- ‘‘Chalta Hai’’ Security (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Sep 02, 2006)
There are almost daily revelations that India's security apparatus has been penetrated at several different levels by US and Pakistani agents. Two ISI agents arrested in West Bengal in connection with the Mumbai blasts have disclosed that there are . . .
- Protecting Our Young Isn't Child's Play (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 02, 2006)
The Supreme Court decision to uphold the death sentence for two women, convicted of kidnapping 13 children and murdering nine of them, clearly meets the ends of justice. Considering that children are far more vulnerable than adults to violence, . . .
- Bush Warns Iran On N-Programme (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
President Bush said on Thursday that Iran has responded with defiance and delay to demands to stop enriching uranium and said "there must be consequences" for Tehran.
- Humane Frisking (Pioneer, Anjan Roy, Sep 02, 2006)
India has shown the way by not availing the easy option of profiling air travellers based on stereotypes. The Advance Passenger Information System, now installed in New Delhi, could, if implemented efficiently, offer passengers and security . . .
- Ind's Concerns On Terror To Dominate Singh-Musharraf Talks (Press Trust of India, K J M Varma, Sep 02, 2006)
India's concerns on cross-border terrorism and all aspects of Indo-Pak ties may dominate talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on the sidelines of NAM summit to be held in the Cuban capital of Havana . . .
- Manmohan & Nam (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 02, 2006)
Will the PM be able to define an Indian position?
The last job Dr Manmohan Singh held in his career as an Indian bureaucrat was to head the Geneva-headquartered “South-South” Commission conceived by Julius Nyerere of Tanzania.
- Nam Action Plan To Change World Order (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 02, 2006)
The 14th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit of 116 nations to meet in Havana this month will defend an action plan to guide its determination to transform the present world order.
- Bomb Attacks In Baghdad Kill 64 (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
A barrage of coordinated bomb and rocket attacks across eastern Baghdad neighbourhoods killed at least 64 people and wounded more than 200 within about half an hour, the police said on Friday.
- Pm's Guards On The Lookout For Militants Posing As Journalists (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
With the terrorists trying new ways to circumvent security rings around VIPs, intelligence agencies have warned militants may try to pose as journalists. The agencies have advised authorities to exercise caution while accrediting reporters.
- Feeble Response To Governance (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 02, 2006)
Accidents of history often become intrinsic to the culture and thinking of a people. India secured its freedom through a process of non-violent confrontation with the British, and this has enormously encouraged a popular psyche that tends to . . .
- Mha Tightens Anti-Naxal Steps (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
The Union home ministry is preparing specific measures, including provision of need-based air support and surveillance of the Naxal-affected areas, through unmanned aerial vehicles in order to check the growing menace of ultra-Left violence.
- Military Option Against Iran Open: U.S. (Asian Age, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Sep 02, 2006)
Raising the pitch of its rhetoric against Iran, the Bush administration has said while the military option against Tehran stayed open, the United States could also pursue economic sanctions beyond what the UN Security Council may determine.
- China Media Censors "Blacklist" Tibetan Princess (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
China is censoring media reports about the daughter of Tibet's 10th Panchen Lama, industry sources said, apparently worried that her popularity would eclipse that of her father's disputed successor.
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