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Articles 4121 through 4220 of 20249:
- Calling For Trouble (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 22, 2006)
A US federal judge’s ruling calling for an immediate end to the Bush administration’s practice of eavesdropping, without a warrant, on the phone calls and e-mails of US residents suspected of links with Al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups is . . .
- Wrong To Blame Particular Community For Terrorism: Pm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Seeking to allay apprehensions of the Muslim community, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said it was wrong to blame any particular community for terror acts and action against terrorists should be based on concrete evidence.
- Rescued From The Abyss (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Aug 22, 2006)
In the first of a three-part analysis of the Indo-US nuclear deal, Arun Shourie argues that credibility has passed from the political class to professionals and entrepreneurs. And that the prime minister was wise to engage with the scientists’ misgivings
- Australia Warns Of Terror Attacks Against Pakistan Hotels (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Terrorists may be planning an attack on hotels in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, the Australian Foreign Affairs Department warned on Monday. But Pakistani officials and several hotels said they had no information on such a plot.
- Musharraf's Remark Brings Up Awkward Question (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 22, 2006)
"Our Intelligence agencies obviously have been operating against each other"
- Bjp's Stand Vindicated (Pioneer, Vivek Gumaste, Aug 22, 2006)
The assertion that the BJP's strident agitation against the proposed India-US civil nuclear cooperation deal has fallen flat in the face of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's "feisty" rejoinder in Parliament is a simplistic conclusion to a complicated issue.
- Minority Wail Reaches Pm (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Drawing a parallel with the trauma of Sikhs in the eighties, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today told Muslims that he understands their “suffering” and asserted that there is “no need to equate terrorism and terrorists with any one community”.
- Dull Dogma Doesn’T A Syllabus Make (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Aug 22, 2006)
It would be a shame if the parliamentary furore over NCERT textbooks provides yet another occasion for a display of anti-intellectualism and partisan crossfire.
- No Quick Troop Pullout From Iraq: Bush (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Aug 22, 2006)
President George Bush has repeatedly declared there will be no quick US exit from Iraq while he remains in office, despite repeated concerns among leading analysts that the country is in a state of civil war.
- 11 Charged For `Plot' Under Britain's Terror Laws (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Aug 22, 2006)
Scale of investigations `immense' and it will take months to sift through material, says Metropolitan Police official
- Wrong Signals (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 22, 2006)
His visit to the war shrine has again provoked neighbours.
- 59 Years: A Sense Of Insecurity (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 22, 2006)
If you look at the list of people arrested after the train bombings in Mumbai you will see the names of doctors, teachers and software engineers. What further proof do we need of radicalisation of our own Muslims?
- Pm To Ulemas: Help Us Help You Become Stakeholders In Progress (Indian Express, Seema Chisti, Aug 22, 2006)
In a nuanced address to nearly 150 Muslim religious scholars (Ulema) this evening, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made it clear that, in his opinion, the road ahead for 15 crore Indian Muslims lay only in empowerment through education, . . .
- Vande Mataram Not Must: Arjun (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Aug 22, 2006)
Human resource development minister Arjun Singh today said singing Vande Mataram is not mandatory and those who don’t want to sing it are not “unpatriotic or anti-national”, but there is no need to make a song and dance about it.
- Indian Boy Charged In Plot (Telegraph, Amit Roy, Aug 22, 2006)
The 17-year-old youth, said to be the son of Muslim parents from India, was among 11 people charged today over the plot to blow up trans-Atlantic aircraft.
- Manmohan's Assurance To Muslims (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Aug 22, 2006)
``Chief Ministers' meeting to address their concerns of being targeted''
- Take Steps To Revive Peace Talks In Sri Lanka: Cpi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Sri Lanka conflict heading towards war: D.Raja
Sri Lankan Government, LTTE should adhere to 2002 ceasefire agreement
"Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi will handle the situation in a mature manner."
Party will take steps to bring out commemorative . . .
- Terror Plot: 11 People Charged In Uk (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Eleven people were charged in Britain on Monday with involvement in an alleged plot to blow up transatlantic flights, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.
- ‘Terrorists May Attack Pakistan’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Terrorists may be plotting an attack on Western hotels in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, the Australian foreign affairs department warned today.
- Breakthrough In Uk Plot, 23 To Be Booked (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
More than half of the 23 suspects arrested for their alleged involvement in the plot to blow up ten US-bound airliners are expected to be charged with terrorist offences, police sources said on Sunday.
- Spain Train Derails (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
A train travelling between Spain and France with 426 passengers crashed in the northwest Spanish region of Palencia today, killing five people and injuring 64, officials said.
- Israeli Troops Kill Three Hizbollah Men (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Three Hizbollah fighters were killed and four Israeli soldiers were wounded in a clash in south Lebanon on Monday, Al Arabiya television reported. The station did not give further details in its news flash.
- ‘So Long As The Shehnai Is With Me, What Need Do I Have For Anything Else?’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 22, 2006)
Bharat Ratna Ustad Bismillah Khan passed away in Benaras on Monday. He was our greatest exponent of the shehnai. Just over a year ago, on August 6, 2005, the maestro had spoken to The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta on NDTV 24x7’s Walk . . .
- Manmohan Reassures Muslims (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
In a firm move aimed at reassuring the Muslim community, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday stated that it was wrong to blame any particular community for acts of terrorism and that action against terrorists should be based on concrete evidence.
- Us Destroying Two Nations For Twin Towers (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 22, 2006)
About 90 people including 70 suspected rebels and four US soldiers were killed in clashes between coalition troops and Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan.
- Memoirs Of A Diplomat (Hindu, R. K. Raghavan , Aug 22, 2006)
A British ambassador's candid and controversial account laying bare the underside of the `war on terror'
- Pakistanis Find Us An Easier Fit Than Britain (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
The stretch of Devon Avenue in North Chicago also named for Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, seems as if it has been transplanted directly from that country. The shops are packed with traditional wedding finery, and the spice mix in . . .
- Politics Of A War Shrine (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 22, 2006)
When he was running for office in 2001, Junichiro Koizumi, Japan’s prime minister, promised to visit Tokyo’s Yasukuni shrine every year and to do so on August 15th, the anniversary of the emperor’s admission that Japan had lost the war.
- Congressional Rebuke (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 22, 2006)
The latest congressional report should provide food for thought for those who are running America’s war on terror.
- 2 Al Qaeda Suspects Arrested (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
The car used in the attack on the US consulate on March 2 had come fitted with explosives from Waziristan. This was disclosed by the Sindh police chief, Jahangir Mirza, at a press conference on Monday.
- India’S ‘Coldness’ Could Court Insurgency In Kashmir: Issi (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Participants at a seminar on Monday called for revival of the dialogue process between India and Pakistan for resolution of all disputes including the “core issue” of Kashmir, pressing India to do more in this regard.
- Economic Policy: Mid-Term Report (Business Standard, Shankar Acharya, Aug 22, 2006)
In a few weeks the UPA government will reach the mid-point of its five-year term.
- Their Man In Islamabad (OutLook, B. Raman , Aug 22, 2006)
It is difficult not to be reminded of the MI-6's Man in Havana as one watches with amazement the encomiums being showered on Gen Musharraf as a stalwart ally in the war against terrorism by Bush and Blair.
- Bringing Back Gitmo Prisoners (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 22, 2006)
Hundred of hapless souls have been languishing at the notorious American prison camp Guantanamo Bay. These unfortunate people included a number of Pakistanis as well.
- Take It From The Super Cop (OutLook, B. Raman , Aug 22, 2006)
KPS Gill was in Chennai recently, interacting with a group of serving and retired police officers on counter-terrorism management. Some of the salient points made by him.
- Quality, Equality (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 22, 2006)
Now that the cabinet has cleared the quota bills, the politics will presumably will be worked out and the fiscal commitment will hopefully be fully understood.
- Bush: Lebanon, Iraq Fragile Democracies (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Iraq and Lebanon remain fragile democracies, and security in the US depends on democracy taking hold in the West Asia, President George W Bush said.
- Tel Aviv Vows To Kill Hezbollah Leader (Times of India, STEVEN ERLANGER, Aug 21, 2006)
Despite a cease-fire pact, Israel intends to do its best to keep Iran and Syria from rearming Hezbollah and to kill the militia's leader, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, says a senior Israeli commander.
- The Jaish Connection (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 21, 2006)
The revelation about the link between Rashid Rauf, a key suspect in the conspiracy to blow up passenger planes taking . . .
- 59 Years: A Sense Of Insecurity (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 21, 2006)
If you look at the list of people arrested after the train bombings in Mumbai you will see the names of doctors, teachers and software engineers. What further proof do we need of radicalisation of our own Muslims?
- Colombo Claims 100 Tigers Killed In Latest Jaffna Battle (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 21, 2006)
Civilians reeling under shortage of food and medical supplies
- Pakistan Given ‘Dossiers’ On Terrorist Camps: India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
New Delhi has given Islamabad “full dossiers” on terrorist camps and organisations operating in Pakistani territory, but Pakistan is in denial about their presence, India’s Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma has said.
- A Conventional Approach Still (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Aug 21, 2006)
The Eleventh Plan Approach Paper has been accused of departing from conventional wisdom. But it has not departed enough. The critical issues it lists are all chronic sores that innovation, not conventional wisdom, can solve. But the Approach has no . . .
- Providing Ulfa Some Tailwind (Pioneer, Anil Bhat, Aug 21, 2006)
Government may think talks with ULFA will lead to a fruitful outcome, but the outfit, given its history, is buying time to regroup, says Anil Bhat
- Terror Agents Plot Mayhem In Punjab (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Aug 21, 2006)
In June, at a secret rendezvous in Chandigarh, key operatives of Pakistan sponsored terrorist groups mulled reviving the ugly spectre of terrorism in poll-bound Punjab. Lending their weight were some militants from Northeast States as well as the Maoists.
- Politician-Officer-Builder Mafia In Limelight Again (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Many cases pending against Rohini DC who drew the Court's ire
- The Unending War In Sri Lanka (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 21, 2006)
A political initiative to resolve the grievances of all ethnic groups along with an effective strategy to take on the LTTE is the best way out.
- America’S Orwellian Talk (News International, Nasim Zehra, Aug 21, 2006)
The unanimously adopted UN Security Council Resolution 1701 will at best reduce the fighting in Lebanon. In the immediate context it will wind down both the Israeli aggression and the retaliatory Hizbollah attacks.
- ‘I Am With Terrorism’ (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 21, 2006)
The legendary Arab poet, Nizar Qabbani, like many Arab radicals spent his exile years in Beirut. One day, his beloved wife, Balqis al-Rawi, was killed by a bomb planted at the Iraqi embassy in Beirut. Balqis was an Iraqi and the bomb was planted by . . .
- 90 Killed In Afghan Bloody Clashes (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Around 90 people died in a series of weekend clashes between troops and Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, including more than 70 rebels killed in a battle in the south and four US soldiers.
- British Confident To Bring Charges Against Plot Suspects (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
British police investigating an alleged plot to blow up US-bound airliners are optimistic they will be able to soon charge many of the 23 suspects in custody here, reports said Sunday.
- Learning From Lebanon (Indian Express, Gurmeet Kanwal, Aug 21, 2006)
The Westphalian nation-state is fraying at the edges and Lebanon is a primary example of this. It has a regular army and it has the Hezbollah — a terrorist organisation that is officially tolerated if not recognised as the army of the south.
- Trivialising The War On Terror (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 21, 2006)
THE results of the alleged plot to bomb transatlantic airlines have varied from the serious to the ludicrous: while Britain and America have thanked Pakistan for unearthing the plot, flights have been delayed because a woman . . .
- Government’S Cultivated Ambivalence On Madrassa Reform . . . (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 21, 2006)
Pakistani officials say they have arrested “a top Al Qaeda commander”, Mati ur Rehman, who allegedly masterminded the London plot to down America-bound airliners earlier this month.
- Terrorism - Unfolding Genesis (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Aug 21, 2006)
Since the United States-led war against the Soviet entry into Afghanistan in the 1980s, terrorism in the name of Islam has grown into something like an industry.
- Pak Puts 400 Terror Group Members On Watchlist (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
With suspicion falling on Pakistan-based terrorist in a plot to blow up US-bound planes from UK, Islamabad has put over 400 members of banned terrorist groups on a 'watch list' and proceeded to detain them.
- Two Terrorists Killed In J&k Encounter (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Two unidentified terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces at their hideout in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir.
- Let And Al Qaeda (OutLook, B. Raman , Aug 21, 2006)
Now even the National Security Advisor is openly talking about the links between these two and how the LET has become as great a threat to regional and international peace and security as Al Qaeda...
- 2 Asians Who Spoke Arabic Are Taken Off Flight To Uk (Asian Age, PTI, Aug 21, 2006)
Two Britons of Asian appearance were forced off a Manchester-bound flight after fellow passengers did not allow the jet to take off from the Spanish town of Malaga until the duo, whom they feared to be terrorists, was disembarked.
- Celebration Amidst Fear (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Aug 21, 2006)
Dr Manmohan Singh addressed the nation from the Red Fort on 15th August, the 59th year of our Independence.
- "Terrorism Wrongly Linked To Muslims" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
They have no religion, say clerics
Conference on "Terrorism" attempted to initiate dialogue, sensitise media
Media should stop misinformation that mosques, `madrassas' were hotbeds of terrorist activity
- President To Dedicate Upper Krishna Project To The Nation Today (Hindu, Suresh Bhat , Aug 21, 2006)
Lal Bahadur Shastri laid the foundation stone for the project on May 22, 1964
- Musharraf Pops Out Of Box (Tribune, Pran Chopra , Aug 21, 2006)
Like an untiring jack in the box, President Pervez Musharraf pops out his head every time anyone lifts the lid for him, and when no one else does he is quite capable of doing it himself; and perhaps because someone has told him that “thinking out . . .
- Nirmala Deshpande Gets Sadbhavana Award (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Noted Gandhian and Rajya Sabha MP Nirmala Deshpande was today honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award for her contribution to the cause of national unity.
- Cbi To Investigate Gavit’S Links With Mafia (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
The CBI has registered a Preliminary Enquiry (PE) to ascertain the authenticity of a TV news channel's report about a purported conversation between Union Minister Manikrao Gavit and a gangster in Uttar Pradesh.
- Declare Pak A Terror State: Bjp (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
Claiming that the recent spurt in terrorist activities in the country was sponsored by Pakistan, BJP today said India should step up pressure on the international community to declare the neighbouring country a ‘Terrorist State’.
- Israel Seizes Top Hamas Official (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
Israel seized Palestinian Deputy Prime Minister Naser al-Shaer, a top official of the Hamas militant group, at his home in the occupied West Bank today.
- Nothing Islamic About Fascism (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Aug 20, 2006)
So, five years after 9/11 are we back to the beginning? Not quite. Complexity has been replaced by simplicity, but the magnitude of ambition remains steadfast.
- Mole In The Pmo? (Daily Excelsior, Joginder Singh, Aug 20, 2006)
In politics, truth is strictly optional. Former External and Finance Minister, Jaswant Singh first hinted that there was a mole in the Prime Minister's office during the tenure of PV Narasimha Rao.
- Mumbai Police May Seek Transit Remand Of Pak Terrorists (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
The two Pakistani terrorists arrested from Hingalganj in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district revealed some clues during interrogation and Mumbai police may seek their transit remand, police sources said here on Saturday night.
- Iraq War Key To Fight Terror: Bush (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
President George W Bush, today, said that his administration’s determination to remain in Iraq and its efforts to end violence in Lebanon are the key to protect the US from future terrorist attacks. Democrats countered that Americans will be . . .
- Uk Cops Find Bomb-Making Equipment (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
A suitcase filled with bomb-making material has been found by British police officers investigating an alleged terrorist plot to blow up US-bound passenger jets using liquid explosives.
- Mumbai On High Alert As Attacks Feared On Sunday (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
A high-alert has been sounded in Mumbai for Sunday following intelligence inputs that subversive elements may strike in the city, police said.
- 'Zawahiri Kin Behind Uk Terror Plot' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
A son-in-law of Al-Qaeda number two Ayman Al-Zawahiri is believed to be the mastermind of the terrorist plot to blow up US-bound flights from UK, according to Pakistani intelligence sources.
- Containing Dissidence In Karnataka (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
The plot behind the two arrested terrorists from Hingalganj thickened after revelations of their Mumbai mission at the behest of ISI.
- Don't Rejoice, Tackle Terror (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Aug 20, 2006)
For the past week, the Government and intelligentsia of India have been wallowing in an unseemly bout of self-congratulation.
- The Simi Story (Times of India, YOGINDER SIKAND, Aug 20, 2006)
The identity of those behind the bomb blasts that shook Mumbai remains unclear. Some suspect the Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba or the banned Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), or a combination of both. Police have already . . .
- Maoist Bombs Kill 3 Policemen In Andhra Pradesh (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
Maoist rebels bombed a rural police station in Andhra Pradesh, killing three policemen and wounding two, officials said on Saturday.
- Protests In Nepal Capital Over Fuel Price Rise (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, Aug 20, 2006)
Activists torched dozens of vehicles and attacked a senior politician in Kathmandu on Saturday in protest against an increase in prices of petroleum products, police and witnesses said.
- A New Word In The Lexicon, A New Line Of Attack (Indian Express, Kartyk Venkatraman, Aug 20, 2006)
Wednesday’s grenade attack on the ISKCON temple in Imphal, killing five people, spelt two significant changes for Manipur.
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