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- Musharraf Sets Peace Accord Parameters: ‘Indian Pm Sincere’ (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Aug 18, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has set ‘doable’ parameters, short of independence, for resolving the Kashmir dispute, which, he says, can yield a friendship treaty with India and the withdrawal of the case from the United Nations Security Council, an . . .
- Purified By Opposition (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 18, 2006)
The only good news from Thursday’s nuclear debate in the Rajya Sabha is that the prime minister has finally stood up to defend the constitutional right of his government to conduct foreign policy.
- Mischief Afoot (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 18, 2006)
In the guise of "connecting knowledge with real life situations", propagandists of the Congress masquerading as academicians are planning to feed young, impressionable minds with monumental lies by including them in NCERT textbooks.
- Message From Imphal (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 18, 2006)
The bomb explosion in Imphal, Manipur, on Janmashtami at the ISKCON temple, which killed four people and injured 40 others including the international director of the religious society Damodar Swami, was the first of its kind and, therefore, holds . . .
- Us Reluctant To Release ‘Al Qaeda Financier’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
The US authorities are reluctant to release Saifullah Paracha, allegedly one of the financiers of Al Qaeda presently languishing in the US-controlled Guantanamo Bay prison camp, according to National Crisis Management Cell (NCMC) director Col Imran, . . .
- Changes To N-Deal With Us Unacceptable: India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
The Indian government said on Thursday it would not be cowed by the US into changing the terms of their civilian nuclear deal, amid concerns Washington was trying to cap India’s atomic weapons programme.
- India-Us Nuclear Deal: Bjp, Govt Allies’ Plea Turned Down (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Aug 18, 2006)
The government has turned down a plea for a resolution to set parameters for India’s negotiations with the US on a nuclear deal.
- Pakistan’S Frequent-Fall Problem (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 18, 2006)
Yesterday this newspaper quoted General Pervez Musharraf as saying that foreign terrorists would not be allowed to operate from Pakistan or train in Pakistan’s territory.
- India Breaks Cease-Fire (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
The two and a half year long cease-fire between Pakistan and India disrupted at the Line of Control (LoC) Tuesday when two people were injured after the Indian side opened fire at Bandi Abbas in district Poonch.
- Saudi Arabia’S Reaction To Islam Bashing (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 17, 2006)
In an apparent reference to President Bush’s recent assertion that the US is at war with ‘Islamic fascists’, Saudi Arab has said that terrorism has no religion or nationality.
- To Sri Lanka, Once More With Caution (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 17, 2006)
An enormous humanitarian tragedy is waiting to happen in South Asia. The ‘no war no peace’ syndrome in Sri Lanka is slowly escalating into a full-fledged undeclared war. For India the stakes are high; they lie at the intersection of India’s . . .
- Behind The Code Of Diplomatic Conduct (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Aug 17, 2006)
The relationship between India and Pakistan depends on its diplomats. If they are ill-treated, the result is ill-will and tension.
- Al Qaeda Leader Was Plot’S Mastermind: Pak Official (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
A senior Pakistani intelligence official told reporters here on Tuesday night that a leader of Al Qaeda based in Afghanistan was the mastermind of the reported plot in Britain to blow up American airliners.
- Disaster Management (News International, Kamran Shariff, Aug 17, 2006)
On Aug. 5 nearly one hundred lives were lost in Mardan in a freak accident. Most of the victims stood on or close to a bridge on the Kalpani river as it raged.
- Leadership For Change (Business Standard, Nitin Desai , Aug 17, 2006)
The PM must leverage the respect he has earned to persuade voters to embrace change.
- Warding Off Evil Designs (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 17, 2006)
Israel, and essentially the western powers' half-hearted response to the tragedy that unfolded in Lebanon has uncovered the plan to take over the Mediterranean coast of Lebanon -- a stretch of 200 kilometres.
- Shortcuts To Success (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 17, 2006)
Open any newspaper these days, and as likely or not the pictures of 'successful' O- and A-level candidates from various schools will peer out from the pages.
- Terrorists Not To Be Allowed To Use Pak Land (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf said on Wednesday that defence of the country is the foremost responsibility of the Armed Forces which are fully prepared, equipped and motivated to defend the frontiers of the motherland and will not let any one . . .
- Female Child Killing (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 17, 2006)
A private nursing home in Punjab - a state with a relatively high per capita income but low sex ratio - has been found to be conducting illegal sex-selection tests, aborting the female foetuses, and then disposing them of in wells situated . . .
- Change Their Life (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 17, 2006)
Few will agree with United States President George W. Bush's haughty intervention in Iraq. But only the cynic will disapprove of his definition of terrorism.
- Welcome To The Bihar Of China (Times of India, Ranjan Roy, Aug 17, 2006)
"Welcome to the Bihar of China," says a Chinese official as the Airbus touches down at Lanzhou airport. Visions of Patna airport race through the mind. Betel stains, a rickety bus to the terminal and baggage being thrown wildly on the conveyor belt.
- London-Washington Flight Diverted To Boston (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Fighter jets escorted a London-to-Washington, DC, flight to Boston's Logan airport today after the pilot declared an emergency because an apparently claustrophobic passenger caused a disturbance.
- After Doomsday (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 17, 2006)
In 1999 in an article for Ad Astra, an astronomy journal, Robert Shapiro and William E Burrows wrote that the most enduring pictures to come back from the Apollo missions to the Moon were not of astronauts cavorting on the Sea of . . .
- The Cynical Way (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Aug 17, 2006)
“I used to know when I was being deeply cynical and when I wasn’t,” said a friend who made it into London before they closed Heathrow airport for the terrorist scare. “Now, I don’t.”
- Scare On London-Washington Flight (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Fighter jets escorted a London-to-Washington, DC, flight to Boston's Logan airport on Wednesday after the pilot declared an emergency because an apparently claustrophobic passenger caused a disturbance, a federal official said.
- Economic Antidote (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 17, 2006)
In an otherwise predictable Independence Day address, the prime minister got one thing right: The relative emphasis on terror and development.
- Pakistan Cites Cooperation With U.S., Britain (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 17, 2006)
"We have not received any evidence whatsoever in any terrorist act in India"
- Sri Lankan Forces Not To Withdraw From Jaffna (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 17, 2006)
Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission to withdraw from north, east
- "Ltte, Colombo Must Observe Restraint" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
India must use diplomatic, political channels to prevent Sri Lanka from sliding into a full-scale civil war, says CPI (M)
- Pm Fails To Inspire Confidence On Foreign Policy: Cpi(m) (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Universal perception is, under U.S. pressure, it had shifted its positions
Rajya Sabha scheduled to discuss nuclear deal on Thursday
Asks how the Government will raise funds for major schemes
- More Of A Bane, Less Of A Boon (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Aug 17, 2006)
Employing children below the age of fourteen is not allowed.
- Maoists Vs Maoists (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 17, 2006)
IT was easy for Karl Marx to observe that philosophers have interpreted the world, but the point is to change it.
- We Shall Overcome (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 17, 2006)
The Independence Day special issue of Organiser is devoted to analysing ‘Terrorism: The Siege Within.’
- Parliament Below Par (Tribune, B.G.Verghese, Aug 17, 2006)
Independence Day is an occasion for nostalgia and rededication to the goals and values of freedom. Recallng Jawaharlal Nehru’s stirring words about a tryst with destiny brings a lump to many a throat.
- Sri Lanka: Deepening Conflict (Frontline, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 17, 2006)
The LTTE blockade of a waterway triggers a battle and a debate about the actions and intentions of the Tigers and the government.
- End Of 'Orange Revolution' (Frontline, Vladimir Radyuhin , Aug 17, 2006)
Ukraine's "Orange Revolution" comes to an end with the pro-Russia Viktor Yanukovich regaining the post of Prime Minister.
- Veils And Jails (Frontline, RAFIA ZAKARIA, Aug 17, 2006)
The Hudood Ordinances expose how Generals past and present have used the regulation of female sexuality to their strategic advantage.
- Us Refuses To Blame Al Qaeda (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
The United States has refused to blame Al Qaeda for a plot to explode US-bound airliners which Britain claimed it had thwarted last week.
- It's Not Safe To Be Free (Pioneer, Vinayshil Gautam, Aug 17, 2006)
I write this on the first dawn of the 60th year of Independence. As I work on this text, occasionally raising my head to look out of the window, it is the same sultry August morning as it was on 14th.
- Can Of Worms (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Aug 17, 2006)
If the Government of India is proposing to reinstate the pre-1953 status of Jammu & Kashmir, it should realise the corollaries.
- Communists Warn Government Over Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Aug 17, 2006)
Communists, who shore up the central coalition, could pull out of a key government coordination panel if New Delhi compromises on a nuclear deal with the United States, a top left leader said.
- The Mumbai Death Cells (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 17, 2006)
Investigations into the serial bombings in Mumbai might end in a replay of the 1993 terror strikes — with the perpetrators out of reach.
- Simi Funding: Alms To Arms (Pioneer, Sidharth Mishra, Aug 17, 2006)
With the Government ban on the Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) coming into force, the bank accounts of the organisation stand frozen at Rs 15 lakh.
- Olmert, Bush Lose (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 17, 2006)
Israel’s democracy speaks Israel, for all its faults, is a democracy, and a vigorous one at that which does not spare stupid governance.
- Hindu Forum In Uk Condemns Iskcon Temple Blast (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
The Hindu Forum of Britain has strongly condemned the bomb attack on the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) temple in Imphal which killed at least five and injured several others during the festival of Janmastami to . . .
- Maharashtra Speaker Speaks His Mind (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Mr Babasaheb Kupekar is disturbed by the fears of the state’s region wise disintegration since “the government has failed on all fronts “
- Foreign Fighters Swell Taleban's Ranks (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Pakistan has been accused of failing to prevent men and munitions slipping across its border.
- Oil Prices Have To Rise, Hints Pm (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Standing on the ramparts of the historic Red Fort, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday addressed the nation on the 60th Independence Day after unfurling the tricolour.
- Hizbul Militants On Security Duty At Pm's Residence: Tv (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Three Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists belonging to Barmullah in the Kashmir valley had joined CRPF and were put on duty Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's official residence in race course road here, India TV news channel claimed on Tuesday night.
- Life Behind The Bars (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 16, 2006)
IT should not surprise anyone that visual media presentations are increasingly becoming the primary source of information for many in our country. We naturally assume that everything we see on the . . .
- Vision And Concern (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 16, 2006)
Consolidation was the running theme of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Independence Day address to the nation. Instead of making grandiose announcements, he sought to reassure the nation about strengthening and extending some of the welfare . . .
- Us Tracing London Plot Links (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
US officials have declined comment on American media reports linking Pakistan with the foiled plot to blow up US bound planes, but indicated swift action against any outfit that may have helped the plotters.
- Ode To Fear (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 16, 2006)
There is some irony in celebrating Independence Day with the capital of the country under virtual siege.
- Islamist Flights Of Fancy (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Aug 16, 2006)
Alongside a hefty helping of fear, last week’s events in Britain have spawned a host of conspiracy theories.
- I-Day Function: People Ignore Boycott Call (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Defying the separatists’ call for boycott of the Independence Day celebrations, an unexpectedly large number of people reached the venue of the parade at Srinagar and other terrorism-infested districts of Poonch, Rajouri and Doda.
- Doubters Spoil Pakistan's Party (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 16, 2006)
Some are asking if Islamabad's role in the uncovering of the alleged terror plot in London was as crucial as is being made out.
- Colombo: Arms Deal Behind Attack On Envoy (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 16, 2006)
Sri Lanka on Tuesday said Pakistan's envoy Bashir Wali Mohamad was targeted by the LTTE due to the robust defence co-operation between the two countries.
- Israel’S Answer To Terror In The Air (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
After the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, a spokesman for El Al, the Israeli national airline, said: “One of the ways we maintain the security of our passengers is not to talk about how we maintain the security of our passengers.”
- Take Concrete Steps To Stop Terror: Pm To Pak (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
In a blunt message to those responsible for acts of terror, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today declared that "no one can make India kneel" and told Pakistan that the success of the peace initiatives depended on the concrete steps it took to stop . . .
- Pm Asks Pak To Take Concrete Steps To End Cross Border Terrorism (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday asked Pakistan to take concrete steps to end cross-border terrorism to enable the peace initiatives to succeed.
- Bombs And Bullets Can’T Queer Colombo’S Pitch (Indian Express, Trevor Chesterfield, Aug 16, 2006)
Seeing the Berlin Wall go up in 1961gave one an uncomfortable feeling. A year later the experience of a bus being strafed in Cyprus was decidedly scary; by mid-1965 they warned you in Saigon that a ride in a rickshaw could make you a target for . . .
- Envoy Escapes Tiger Attack (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers killed seven people in an attack on a Pakistan embassy convoy today, the military said, hours after a suspected rebel front threatened to bomb civilians in the capital and an air raid killed dozens.
- Terror Bred Of Terror (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Aug 16, 2006)
Having averted a possible disaster of unimaginable proportions, Britain and America continue to be threatened by ‘terrorism’.
- Advani Finds Pm’S I-Day Speech Wanting On Terror, Graft (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
The Opposition BJP, which has launched an offensive on the Government over the Pathak Authority report, today voiced dissatisfaction with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Indpendence Day speech, insisting it fell short of addressing corruption . . .
- India Should Take World Into Confidence On Terror (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
The BJP on Tuesday said India should take the international community into confidence for dismantling terrorist camps, being run in Pakistan.
- Attack On Pakistani Diplomat (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 16, 2006)
Monday's explosion in Colombo, ostensibly targeting Pakistan’s high commissioner in Sri Lanka, Bashir Wali Mohmand, is yet another sign that the Tamil Tigers are prepared to take their battle to new fronts.
- Hezbollah Comes Out Stronger (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 16, 2006)
For the second time in six years, Hezbollah has won a resounding victory. In 2000, Hezbollah forced a humiliating withdrawal on Israel from southern Lebanon after Tel Aviv suffered hundreds of casualties in the . . .
- Indian Allegation Rejected (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
The Foreign Office spokesperson on Tuesday rejected the Indian allegation that Pakistan was involved in cross-border terrorism.
- Black Day In Ihk (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 16, 2006)
India's Independence Day was observed as Black Day on the call of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference in occupied Kashmir on Tuesday by the people to focus their struggle for freedom from the Indian yoke.
- Pm Tells Pak To Take Steps To Prevent Terror (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today made a rare departure from unwritten protocol.
- 'Corruption, Terrorism Missing In Pm's Speech' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
The Opposition BJP, which has launched an offensive on the government over the Pathak Authority report, on Tuesday, voiced dissatisfaction with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Independence Day speech, insisting it fell short of addressing . . .
- West Alone Is Not Threatened (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Aug 16, 2006)
It's difficult to fault US President George Bush for being obnoxiously upfront and brutally honest while describing the jihadis and their cohorts who planned "mass murder on an unimaginable scale" by blowing up 10, probably more, trans-Atlantic . . .
- North Korea Nuclear Talks Need Patience: Seoul (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon on Monday urged patience in attempts to lure North Korea back to talks about its nuclear weapons ambitions rather than risk a "negative" response from the secretive state.
- Embryonic End (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 16, 2006)
The clock turns back in globalised India
- How Free Is India? (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 16, 2006)
Today independent India enters its sixtieth year.
- Nation Celebrates I-Day Amid High Alert (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
With the nation wrapped in an unprecedented security cover amid threats of terror strikes, Independence Day celebrations today passed off peacefully as leaders unveiled welfare schemes for people and rededicated themselves to national ideals.
- Futile Politeness (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 16, 2006)
The trend of speaking polite English may not work in many places.
- The Ugly Politics Behind War (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Aug 16, 2006)
Each party will have its own defence for a war. The vested interests will have their own version.
- A Study In Contrasts (Deccan Herald, ANIRUDHA DASGUPTA, Aug 16, 2006)
In Nepal Maoists have laid down their arms for peace, while in Lanka the obstinacy of the LTTE has brought war.
- Rhetoric Avoided (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 16, 2006)
Dr Singh resisted the temptation to do some tough talking.
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