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Articles 3721 through 3820 of 20249:
- Lebanon: Changing The Script (Frontline, Atul Aneja , Aug 31, 2006)
At the end of the day, Hizbollah emerges as the symbol of resistance against the U.S.-Israeli unilateralism in West Asia.
- Cuba: Brief Break (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Aug 31, 2006)
Cuban President Fidel Castro, recovering from an illness, is expected to be back at work very soon.
- ‘Naxal Violence Has Come Down, We’Re On Right Track’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
A day-long meet between the Centre and 13 Naxal-affected states held today concluded that they are moving in the right track to curb the Naxal menace.
- Election Commission Needs Reforms: Cpi(m) (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Seeks constitutional mechanism to check if the body acts with political bias
EC must be made accountable: Prakash Karat
Need to clarify role of election observers
Friction between EC, State Governments undesirable.
- Darrell Hair And South Asian Solidarity (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 31, 2006)
The bottom line of the South Asian approach is that the law is to be obeyed according to our convenience. This fashionable disdain can only beget disorder and lawlessness.
- Battle Of The Bahus (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 31, 2006)
The lead story in the latest issue of Organiser, titled “Sonia’s vendetta on Maneka’’, gives a detailed account on the CBI’s “witch-hunt’’ against the BJP MP over the release of funds to a couple of NGOs in Pilibhit when Maneka Gandhi was the social . . .
- Naxal Desk To Be Strengthened (Tribune, S. Satyanarayanan, Aug 31, 2006)
Admitting gaps in the implementation of development and security related projects at the grassroots level in Naxal-hit states, the Centre today announced the strengthening of the Naxal desk in the Union Home Ministry by inducting senior police . . .
- Battle For Up (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 31, 2006)
With only nine months left for the UP Assembly tenure to end, hectic activity has begun for the coming battle of the ballot there. Every contender for power seems to be working overtime.
- Ethnic Profiling Nips Muslim Youth's American Dream (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
It was reported in this newspaper last fortnight that if you have a name similar to a terror suspect and wanted to go abroad, then the chances are that you would face an ordeal. Ask Mohammed Shafiq Ahmed (23) now cooling his heels in the cooler in . . .
- Cpm: Need To Reform Poll Panel (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) called for all-party consensus and urgent need for electoral and constitutional amendments to reform the Election Commission, alleging its bipartisan role in the recent elections.
- On Naxalites, State Won’T Join The Dots (Indian Express, Ajay K. Mehra, Aug 31, 2006)
The meeting between chief secretaries and director generals of police of 13 Naxalite-affected states on Wednesday places the Naxalite issue on the front burner. It must remain there.
- 13th Man Charged In Terror Plot (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
A 13th suspect was charged on Wednesday with conspiring to commit murder in the alleged plot to blow up US-bound airliners, British police said. Nabeel Hussain, 22, was also charged with helping in a plan to smuggle explosives aboard the planes and . . .
- Progressive Realism In Foreign Policy (The Financial Express, JOSEPH S NYE, Aug 31, 2006)
As this century’s largest country, the US should define its national interest in a way that benefits all
- No Progress In City Serial Blasts Probe (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Mumbai police said on Thursday that there was no headway in investigations into the July 11 serial blasts. The ATS released the sketch of an unclaimed body found in one of the blast sites to establish its identification.
- Importance Of N-Deal (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Aug 31, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stunned everyone into silence, in Parliament, Press rooms, think tanks and retirement homes with his candour and determination as he spoke in the Rajya Sabha on August 17, 2006, on the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Let's Face The Nasty Truth (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Aug 30, 2006)
British Communities Secretary Ruth Kelly has initiated a lively debate on whether excessive emphasis on multi-culturalism has contributed to Muslim separatism in the UK.
- Beginning Of The End (Pioneer, Wilson John, Aug 30, 2006)
Musharraf may have erred gravely in using brute force against Balochis who were not asking for freedom, but just a share from their resources
- Chhattisgarh Has Highest Casaulties Of Naxalism (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
The highest casualty on account of Naxalism has taken place in Chhattisgarh, mainly as a fallout of the Salva Judum exercise, backed by the security forces.
- Lethal Traffic (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 30, 2006)
The seizure of more than 4,000 kg of the so-called 'love drug' Methaqualone from a warehouse in Badarpur area of the Delhi-Haryana border should serve as a wake-up call for the Government. It comes close on the heels of another big seizure early . . .
- Revolutionary Myth Of Middle Kingdom (Pioneer, GWYNNE DYER, Aug 30, 2006)
Chinese may be closet capitalists but if they don't have the myth that the revolution was good, how will they justify their power, asks Gwynne Dyer
- 3 Lashkar Terrorists Nabbed In J&k (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Troops on Tuesday apprehended three Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists in north Kashmir's Baramulla district, a defence spokesman said.
- Season Of Infections (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 30, 2006)
The woes list of Delhiites seems to have gotten longer. Joining the weather, terrorism and prices is the dengue-chikungunya spreading mosquito, Aedes aegypti, which is reportedly multiplying in abnormally large numbers.
- Trouble In The Neighbourhood (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 30, 2006)
Sandwiched between conflict zones in Sri Lanka and Pakistan, India has to achieve the right balance in neighbourly priorities — deciding how far to go in dealing with the Tamil Tigers while . . .
- Boost For Naxal-Affected States (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
The Army, in a major effort to help the state governments tackle the scourge of Naxalite violence, will train more than 14,000 personnel of Central and State police organisations and ex-servicemen next year.
- Bid To Strengthen Anti-Naxalite Measures (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
In a bid to fine-tune the action plan against Naxalism, the Centre has asked all Naxalite-affected states to present a ground level implementation report on anti-Naxalite measures taken by them.
- Dhaka Told To Deport Ultras (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
India today asked Bangladesh to deport militants belonging to the banned Ulfa who are hiding in Bangladesh. Key Ulfa leader Anup Chetia and his associates are believed to be in Bangladesh.
- State To Be Included In Ultra Mega Power Projects Scheme (Hindu, T. Ramakrishnan, Aug 30, 2006)
Union Minister seeks detailed proposal from State Government
Shinde for TNEB reorganisation
State given few more months.
- India And Eu Considering Ceca, Says Kamal Nath (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will discuss the prospects of a free trade pact with the European Union at the forthcoming India-EU summit in October. This was stated here on Tuesday by Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath after a meeting with . . .
- Guidelines For The Media (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Aug 30, 2006)
These days everyone in the Capital is talking about the proxy war between the Congress party and the BJP, the two outfits focusing, respectively, on the December 1999 Kandahar episode — where terrorists were bartered for hijacked passengers of an . . .
- P&g Hygiene: In The Pink Of Health (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, Aug 30, 2006)
Procter & Gamble Hygiene (P&G)’s exit from the low margin contract manufacturing (detergents) business last October has seen its operating margin improve by 770 basis points, y-o-y, to 22.5 per cent in the June quarter.
- Uzbekistan's Tryst With Human Rights (Daily Excelsior, M Rama Rao, Aug 30, 2006)
Uzbekistan is replacing death sentence with penalties like life imprisonment and long-term imprisonment for various crimes.
- N-Plants: Chinese Help Sought (Dawn, Ihtasham ul Haque, Aug 30, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has sought increased Chinese military and economic support, especially to meet Pakistan’s growing nuclear energy needs. Talking to a 17-member delegation of the Communist Party of China which met him on . . .
- Funding For Madressahs (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 30, 2006)
Given the sharp differences between the federal government and madressah associations, one should not be surprised by the report in Tuesday’s Dawn that a sum of no less than Rs65 million meant for madressah reforms in Sindh has lapsed.
- Bush’S Flawed Iraq Policy (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Aug 30, 2006)
WITH 3,438 civilian fatalities (roughly three times the number of civilian deaths in Lebanon during the month-long assault by Israel), July was the bloodiest month in Iraq since the American-led invasion.
- India Violates All Norms (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 30, 2006)
Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam has deplored Indian Government’s statement on Akbar Bugti’s demise and said that it’s not only against the well-established norms of interstate relations but also a blatant interference in the internal . . .
- Three More Charged In Uk Jetliner Bomb Plot (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
British anti-terrorist police charged three more people late Tuesday with conspiring to commit murder in the alleged plot to blow up U.S.-bound airliners.
- India Rules Out Talks Until Support For Mili (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
The peace process between India and Pakistan will not go forward until Islamabad ends its support for terrorist groups, said Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in remarks broadcast on Tuesday.
- Army Training Police Personnel, Ex-Servicemen To Counter Naxals (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
The Indian Army is on course to train 14,000 personnel in anti-Naxal operations by May next year in six affected states, including 92 companies of police personnel and 5,000 ex-servicemen. It has so far trained about 6,400 personnel in . . .
- Blind Men Of Hindustan (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 30, 2006)
Last Wednesday an eminent American research scholar and author on South Asia, Mr Paul Brass, wrote an article in a national daily.
- Opium Land (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 30, 2006)
It is only too well known that there are small drug lords in south of the Kashmir Valley.
- Pakistani Assembly Rejects Pm No-Confidence Move (Reuters, Arshad Sharif, Aug 30, 2006)
Pakistan's parliament rejected a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday after he dismissed accusations of corruption as lies and hailed economic improvement under President Pervez Musharraf.
- Special Anti-Naxal Force On The Cards (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
The meeting of the coordination centre on naxalite menace will be held here on Wednesday amidst reports that a special combat force of nearly 14,000 personnel would be raised to tackle in 13 States the internal security challenge to the country.
- French Journo Held For Smoking In Airport (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
A journalist with the French daily 'Le Monde' was detained after being allegedly roughed up by CISF personnel at the city airport for lighting a cigarette inside the premises in the wee hours of Wednesday.
- Saffron Test For Cong On Vande Mataram (Times of India, Rajeev Deshpande, Aug 30, 2006)
After having fended off BJP assaults on several fronts, from the nuclear deal to former foreign minister Natwar Singh's revolt, Congress is now gearing up to face a more testing saffron challenge over the burgeoning Vande Mataram row.
- Back To The Third Front (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 30, 2006)
The third front may be no more than an idea at the moment, but the CPM believes its search for a non-Congress, non-BJP “third alternative” will finally emerge as it engages with the UPA on its policies.
- Tactical Gain, Strategic Blunder (Indian Express, C. Uday Bhaskar, Aug 30, 2006)
The killing of the Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti by the Pakistani military on August 26 looks like a tactical victory for Islamabad.
- So Our Children Shouldn’T Read Tagore, Prem Chand! (Indian Express, Chaman Lal, Aug 30, 2006)
The recent debate over the introduction of ‘objectionable’ material in NCERT’s hindi and history textbooks had MPs, across party lines, going as far as suggesting that the scholars responsible for recommending this material be punished.
- A Peek Into World Of Terrorists (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
It now seems almost impossible to imagine a world without terror lurking in the background. Bringing home this bitter truth is Discovery Channel's new series, "Terror Strikes", that goes on the air this coming Friday.
- Cpi (M) To Review Government Performance (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Not fully satisfactory, but no threat to UPA regime: Karat .
- The Other Questions (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Aug 30, 2006)
The parliamentary and public debate on the Indo-US nuclear deal has, predictably, focussed on two questions.
- 3 Lashker Militants Nabbed In Kashmir (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Troops today apprehended three Pakistan-based Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) militants in Baramula district today, a defence spokesman said.
- Fighting Terrorism (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 30, 2006)
Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran must have been driven by circumstances to state publicly that India is not receiving the necessary cooperation from the countries like the US and Britain to fight terrorism.
- Consensus Is The Way (Tribune, H. K. Dua, Aug 30, 2006)
No democracy can be run without providing plenty of space for dissent and debate on vital issues of the day.
- Pak’S Double Game (Tribune, Pamela Constable, Aug 30, 2006)
ISLAMABAD – For the past five years, Pakistan has pursued a risky, two-sided policy toward Islamic militancy, positioning itself as a major ally in the Western-led war against global terrorism while reportedly allowing homegrown Muslim insurgent . . .
- Ecological Havoc In The Kasauli Hills (Tribune, Baljit Malik, Aug 30, 2006)
The Kasauli hills are at present threatened with ecological havoc. Big ticket colonisers and property developers, alongwith a network of real-estate agents, are acquiring thousands of bighas of land from peasants and farmers to put up multistorey . . .
- Mind Over Marshals (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 30, 2006)
On December 5, I was traveling to Bucharest via Frankfurt to take up an assignment as our country’s Ambassador in Romania. The Air India flight to Frankfurt from Delhi was delayed; I was to connect with a Lufthansa flight to Bucharest but missed it . . .
- More Securitymen Killed By Naxals Than By J&k Militants: Centre, States Discuss Today (Indian Express, Raman Kirpal, Aug 30, 2006)
Chief Secretaries and Director Generals of Police of 13 Naxalite-affected states are reaching New Delhi tomorrow for a meeting with Union Home Secretary V K Duggal to assess how states have fared in pooling intelligence on Naxal movement and the . . .
- Chavez Bound For Syria As America Looks On (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez left for Syria on Tuesday on a trip likely to rile Washington, which charges the Arab nation with sponsoring terrorism.
- From Bullets To Ballots In Kashmir? (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 30, 2006)
Is the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen contemplating turning to politics? If he takes the peace road, Syed Salahuddin could face opposition from within his own organisation too.
- Ayodhya: Centre For Consensus On Bulletproof Structure (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Court adjourns proceedings by six weeks
- Massacre And Dispute (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
The distinction between a terrorist and a freedom fighter is getting thinner with every passing day. However, what if someone killed as a terrorist or a potential killer does not even get the benefit of being owned up as a freedom fighter by anyone?
- I Say, Three Cheers For Ayaan (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Muslim by birth, is a daring woman. She has dared to raise questions despite knowing that a Mussalman is prohibited from raising any question on Islam.
- Speaking Of Urdu (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Excluded from school curricula, Urdu’s growth as a functional language ceased.
- Musharraf For Cooperation With China On ‘Bro (Pakistan Observer, Mariana Baabar, Aug 30, 2006)
Brisk preparations are being made by both Pakistan and China ahead of the visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao to Pakistan.
- ``Enforced Disappearances On The Rise In South Asia'' (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Aug 30, 2006)
Amnesty International has expressed concern over the growing incidence of "enforced disappearances'' of people in South Asia as Governments in the region step up their campaign against terrorism.
- A Disappointing Judgment (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 30, 2006)
It is a disappointing judgment, although the Supreme Court has taken five months to finalise it. Probably, the word ‘perverse’ is more apt because the five-judge bench has opposed what is wanted, reasonable or required.
- Vagaries Of Security (Tribune, B. K. Karkra, Aug 29, 2006)
My battalion was then deployed for operations against the Naxalites in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh.
- Pak Should Sternly Deal With Cross Border Terrorism: Pm (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the peace process with Pakistan could not go forward unless Islamabad sternly dealt with cross-border terrorism.
- Projects Worth Rs. 62,864 Cr. Cleared (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
They will provide employment to 6.31 lakh people in the State
- Meeting With Musharraf Not Ruled Out (Hindu, PRAFULLA DAS, Aug 29, 2006)
"Peace process cannot move forward unless Pakistan acts against terrorism"
- Comrade In Trouble (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , Aug 29, 2006)
Kerala has a history of charges claiming harassment of women; the latest one to surface taints PJ Joseph, giving VS Achuthanandan much to worry about
- Bugti: Making Of A Martyr (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 29, 2006)
By meeting a violent end Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti may now become a martyr for the Baloch nationalist movement.
- Cbi Arrests 2 For Posing As Gavit, His Aide (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
The CBI has arrested two persons for posing as Union minister Manikrao Gavit, after the CBI gave him and his personal assistant a clean chit for allegedly chatting with an underworld don, Surinder Bhati, who is lodged in a UP jail.
- Pakistan Won't Stop Terror (Pioneer, Hari Om, Aug 29, 2006)
The UPA Government is insisting on "strengthening relations across the Line of Control".
- Talks After Pak Tackles Terror: Pm (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said peace talks between India and Pakistan can’t proceed unless Islamabad shows its commitment to dismantling terrorist camps on its soil.
- Balochi Uprising (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 29, 2006)
The targeted killing of 79-year-old Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, Balochistan's most prominent and charismatic leader since Pakistan came into being in 1947, along with two grandsons and associates by Gen Pervez . . .
- Racial Profiling (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 29, 2006)
The treatment meted out to 12 Indians smacks of prejudice.
- India Must Not Lose Interest (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Aug 29, 2006)
India’s disinterest has created fear in Pakistan. Peace process must continue even if it is limping.
- War’S Reckoning (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 29, 2006)
The Israeli war against Hezbollah was reckoned a failure as soon as the fighting stopped, and so is the American war against Iraq, though the fighting continues.
- Flyers Under Watch: India Too Conducts Passenger Profiling (Times of India, Vishwa Mohan, Aug 29, 2006)
Unknown to most, the airport security in India has started to conduct passenger profiling. Even before the trans-Atlantic air terror plot prompted UK to introduce its new security measure of seeking in advance the profiles of all air passengers . . .
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