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Articles 621 through 720 of 21907:
- Collapse Of Ecosystems Likely If Plunder Continues (Hindu, John Vidal, Oct 26, 2006)
A WWF report warns that we are threatening ourselves with extinction.
- Polavaram: Wall To Protect Villages From Submersion (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
44 km-long flood bank to be built at a cost of Rs. 307 cr.
- Jammu And Kashmir Autonomy Working Group Proves Stillborn (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 26, 2006)
Manmohan's Srinagar promise paralysed by problems
- Nc Pulls Out Of Working Groups (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 26, 2006)
Renewed contact with secessionists behind decision?
- Niger Delta Bears Brunt After 50 Years Of Oil Spills (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
Up to 1.5 million tons of oil, 50 times the pollution unleashed in the Exxon Valdez tanker disaster, has been spilt in the ecologically precious Niger Delta over the past 50 years, it was revealed yesterday.
- Austerity Overdrive (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 26, 2006)
Still the hidden or disguised leakages in spends occurring under the aegis of Plan programmes remain unaddressed.
- Clarity On Policy, Please (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 26, 2006)
Open letter to the Governor, Reserve Bank of India
- It's All Conditioned By Your Mind (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 26, 2006)
all your thinking is association. If you see a dog in the street, you start thinking about all the dogs you have seen from childhood. Then you remember your childhood, you remember a teacher when you were a child. There is no logical connection.
- Mohammad Yunus Concerns (Frontline, Jayati Ghosh, Oct 26, 2006)
Economist Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh win the Nobel Peace Prize for 2006.
- Small Steps, Big Goal (Frontline, SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY, Oct 26, 2006)
Interview with Raman Singh, Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh.
- Missing Balochis (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
IT was like a nightmare when 15 to 20 men stormed into our flat at midnight on March 25, 2005," recalls Imadad Baloch, 25, former chairman of the Baloch Students' Organisation (BSO).
- Syrian Strength (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Oct 26, 2006)
Lasting peace in West Asia will be achieved only if Israel opens a dialogue with Syria.
- Yunnan Model (Frontline, PALLAVI AIYAR, Oct 26, 2006)
The Yunnan region has evolved its own development strategy, which appears to be ideal for northeastern India too.
- Rss In Civil Service (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Oct 26, 2006)
The Madhya Pradesh government's removing the ban on RSS membership for its employees violates the Constitution.
- Kiran Desai's Inheritance (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
At 35, Kiran Desai becomes the youngest woman to win the Man Booker Prize.
- Orhan Pamuk's Battles (Frontline, PARTHA CHATTERJEE , Oct 26, 2006)
Orhan Pamuk, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, is a master at mixing known genres and styles.
- Kanshi Ram (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Oct 26, 2006)
Kanshi Ram leaves behind a legacy of social struggle that has changed the politics of Uttar Pradesh.
- Bush Vs Chavez & The Lesson For India (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
On Monday, October 16, President Bush spoke to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The Indian side was expecting reassurances about the fate of the nuclear deal, still stuck in the mire of the American legislative system.
- Libyans Send Aids Victims To Europe (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
Rome In the past month, nearly 400 Libyan children infected with the AIDS virus have quietly come for treatment at some of the premier pediatric hospitals in Italy and France, sent to Europe at the expense of the Libyan government.
- Reviving A Thai Art One Stitch At A Time (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
Bangkok The dancer bent and spread his knees in a classical pose but it was Peeramon Chomdhavat and his assistant who were in busy motion around him, tucking, twisting, smoothing, knotting and folding as they fitted him into his elaborate costume.
- How North Korea Fulfilled Its Nuclear Dream (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
For two years in the mid- 1980s, Kim Dae Ho produced propaganda on North Korea's efforts to become a nuclear power.
- 2 Ministers In S. Korea Quit Over Bomb Test (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
Two top South Korean security ministers have resigned amid intense debate over the policies of President Roh Moo Hyun on how to manage the nuclear threat from North Korea and the South's alliance with the United States, government officials . . .
- Beauty Of Alhambra (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
Built by Moorish rulers of Granada between the 13th and 15th centuries, Alhambra in southern Spain is breathtaking in its beauty.
- How The Green Shoots Of Change Are Sprouting Around Britain (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
Mark Stent sat brooding yesterday as he factored in the extra expense his sleek Mercedes four-wheel drive would incur on top of the house he had just agreed to buy in the south-west London borough of Richmond.
- Speeding Shinkansen Kills Man On Tracks (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
Nagoya (Kyodo) A speeding bullet train on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line struck and killed a man standing on the tracks Wednesday morning at Shizuoka Station, sustaining a huge hole in its nose cone.
- Lessons Not Learnt (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Oct 26, 2006)
If you’re an imperial power, your troops often end up in places that most of your citizens cannot even find on the map: Mesopotamia for Roman soldiers or Afghanistan for the British.
- Don’T Push Korea Into Corner: Putin (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
North Korea should not be backed into a corner over its nuclear test if the global community wants to resolve the crisis over the North’s atomic ambitions, Russian President Vladimir Putin said today.
- Allies At Odds On Iran Terms (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
The United States and its European allies split Wednesday over the terms of a U.N. resolution calling for a ban on Iranian trade in ballistic missiles and nuclear materials, according to Security Council diplomats.
- Voters Seek Action On Issue Of Immigration (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
Much of America hit the pause button this fall on the flaming debate over illegal immigration, once it became clear Congress would not act before the election. But not Arizona.
- Los Alamos Secrets Are Found In Drug Factory (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
A drug bust at a trailer park in New Mexico has turned up what appear to be classified documents from the Los Alamos nuclear weapons laboratory, the latest in a series of embarrassing security leaks from the home of the atom bomb.
- Report: S.Korea To Ban Entry From North (US News & World Report, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
South Korea said Thursday it will ban the entry of North Korean officials who fall under a U.N. travel restriction - Seoul's first concrete move to enforce sanctions imposed after the North's nuclear test.
- Some Schools Sliding On Required Courses To Graduate (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
Morioka, Iwate Pref. (Kyodo) Seniors at 65 high schools in 10 prefectures may not be able to graduate next March and some past graduates may not have qualified for their diplomas as the schools have not been teaching all the compulsory subjects, the . . .
- Crisis In Civics Ed? Revival Is Under Way. (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
By Stacy A. Teicher | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
If Todd Letimore ever thought the founding documents of the United States of America were simply pieces of history, he's long since left that notion behind.
- Pranab May Meet Kasuri At Wedding In November (Asian Age, Ramesh Ramachandran, Oct 26, 2006)
The newly-appointed minister for external affairs, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, will get an opportunity to exchange notes and possibly ideas for moving forward the stalled India-Pakistan peace process when he meets his Pakistani counterpart Khurshed . . .
- Enemy Within (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 25, 2006)
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee’s expression of concern about Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) trying to “infiltrate and subvert” our armed forces comes ahead of the secretary-level talks with Pakistan on . . .
- Costly ‘Mistake’ (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 25, 2006)
When the DIG of Police in a Naxalite-infested region of Orissa dies of a gunshot injury in broad daylight, the obvious inference is that he has been shot dead by extremists.
- Great Game In Afghanistan (Tribune, Major-Gen Ashok K. Mehta (retd), Oct 25, 2006)
George Bush’s dinner diplomacy between feuding Presidents Karzai and Musharraf did not work. But on the ground, Nato commanders are claiming success.
- Speed Of Change (Tribune, J.L. Gupta, Oct 25, 2006)
IT was almost the last leg of the “European Extravaganza”. We were going from Paris to London.
- No Indefinite Carry Forward Of Quota Backlog, Rules Sc (Tribune, S.S. Negi , Oct 25, 2006)
In a historic judgement on SC and ST reservation with the exclusion of creamy layer, the Supreme Court has laid down a comprehensive mechanism for filling up the backlog of quota vacancies under the provisions of Article 16(4B) of the Constitution.
- Reason And Religion At Harvard (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 25, 2006)
What should a properly educated college graduate of the early 21st century know? A Harvard curriculum committee proposed an answer to that question this month, stating that, among other things, such a graduate should know “the role of religion in . . .
- Pranab Will Restore Balance (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Oct 25, 2006)
Pranab Mukherjee‘s appointment as Foreign Minister — a job he held for 15 months in the mid-nineties — could help once again restore the balance in policy making between the Prime Minister's Office and the Foreign Ministry.
- Pranab Mukherjee Is Eam, Antony Defence Minister (Hindustan Times, Vinod Sharma, Oct 25, 2006)
The year-long suspense over the choice of a new foreign minister is over. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assigned his senior most colleague Pranab Mukherjee, the coveted job.
- Accident Leads To Protest (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Oct 25, 2006)
Their two-wheeler was hit by a police vehicle; mob indulges in stone-pelting
- Cnn Chastised For Sniper Shot (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2006)
A Republican lawmaker has asked the Pentagon to bar CNN reporters from traveling with U.S. military units in Iraq because the network showed insurgent snipers shooting at U.S. troops.
- Salute To Briton, ‘Insult’ To India (Telegraph, CHARU SUDAN KASTURI, Oct 25, 2006)
An island of peace and serenity amid the noise and rush of frenetic traffic, a British cemetery in the heart of Delhi has become the symbol of continuing differences in perception between India and Britain over an historic event, more than half a . . .
- Widescreen India (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 25, 2006)
Finland is wooing Bollywood producers. Finnish Tourism Board is arranging for familiarisation trips for our film-makers to igloos, Santa country, Lapland, Northern Lights and the Midnight Sun.
- Taliban In Command? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 25, 2006)
Emboldened, it seems, by the September 5 accord with the government, militants in North Waziristan are now institutionalising their authority over the tribal agency.
- China - Angry Friend (Frontline, PALLAVI AIYAR, Oct 25, 2006)
The nuclear test has shaken North Korea's ties with long-time ally China.
- Missile Matters (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Oct 25, 2006)
North Korea's missile development, which began in the early 1960s, benefited greatly from Soviet and Chinese assistance.
- The Disneyfication Of War (Dawn, George Monbiot, Oct 25, 2006)
Most of our memorials sentimentalise war. Few commemorate the horror. But now we have a new category whose purpose seems to be to trivialise it.
- Women In Journalism Honored For Courage (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2006)
For May Chidiac, host of Lebanon's popular "Good Day" TV program, it was a regular Sunday in September.
- Killing Of Palestinians (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 25, 2006)
The killing of seven Palestinians in Gaza on Monday is Israel’s ‘gift’ to all Muslims on the occasion of Eidul Fitr.
- Indian Police Fire Teargas To Quell Kashmir Protests (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2006)
Indian security forces fired teargas shells in Kashmir’s main city on Tuesday to quell violent protests by hundreds of demonstrators after a speeding police car killed a man and his son, according to officials and witnesses said.
- The Golden Rules Of Edmund S. Phelps (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 25, 2006)
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has posted on www.nobelprize.org a four-page document, as `information for public' about `the Prize in Economic Sciences 2006'. The winner, as you know, is Edmund S. Phelps.
- Unrest In Budapest, Then And Now (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Oct 25, 2006)
Last month, protests erupted in Budapest after an extraordinary speech by Hungary’s prime minister, Ferenc Gyurcsany, was leaked to the press some four months after it was delivered.
- Be Righteous Always And Win (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Oct 25, 2006)
It sounds like a war going on outside: flashes of fire and ear-splitting bangs, in sudden singles and stuttering staccatos, lighting up the night.
- Orissa Dig Shot Accidentally (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2006)
The death of DIG Jaswinder Singh turned out to be a case of accidental killing by his personal security officer (PSO) as revealed by the driver of the vehicle in which he was travelling yesterday.
- Veteran Returns To Assignment More Demanding Now (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Oct 25, 2006)
India will have a stand-alone External Affairs Minister after nearly 11 months
Also worked as Finance, Commerce Ministers
Has headed many Groups of Ministers.
- Image And Justice (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 25, 2006)
Narendra Modi’s attempted make-over may have appeared persuasive.
- Bullying In A Revolution (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Oct 25, 2006)
The Nepalese Maoist worldview sees India, except on rare occasions, as a big bully, a ‘hegemonic’ power and a strategic ally of the ‘imperialist’ United States.
- The Celebratory Mood Is Elusive (Indian Express, Humra Quraishi, Oct 25, 2006)
Having grown up within the folds of a traditional Muslim family, the celebrations marking both the Ids — Id-al-Fitr and Id-al-Adha — are rather well etched in my mind.
- Spreading The Broadband Revolution (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 25, 2006)
Television programmes are becoming monotonous. Broadband has made interactive television popular.
- Ctbt A Decade Ago To Nepal This Year, He Blends Politics, Strategy (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Oct 25, 2006)
Six months ago, when the Nepal crisis took an unpredictable turn with the Seven Party Alliance rejecting King Gyanendra’s offer to nominate a Prime Minister, India was staring at a possible diplomatic embarrassment having welcomed the King’s offer . . .
- Preserving Ancient Heritage Trees (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 25, 2006)
I had proposed to retain avenue trees on the 32 roads proposed to be widened under the chief minister’s directions and thereby provide feeder roads on either side of the roads for use of pedestrians, cyclists, two-wheelers and autorickshaws (Green . . .
- Partnering Development (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 25, 2006)
The development agencies will have to evolve with the changing needs and priorities of India.
- Tremors In The East (Frontline, P.S. Suryanarayana, Oct 25, 2006)
The nuclear test has unleashed a sense of unease across East Asia as the region tries to come to terms with an evolving reality.
- Rs 50 Crore For Celebrations (Deccan Herald, Vijesh Kamath, Oct 25, 2006)
The state government has earmarked Rs 50 crore for the Kannada and Culture Department for the year-long celebrations to mark the golden jubilee of the state’s unification.
- Ambareesh Sworn In, Gets I&b (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2006)
Ending weeks of speculation over filling the vacancy created by K Natwar Singh’s exit, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh shifted on Tuesday veteran Pranab Mukherjee to the Ministry of External Affairs and threw a surprise by inducting into his . . .
- Win Or Lose, Cardinals Fans Stay True (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2006)
Aaron Goldsmith spent weeks in April with maps, planning his mission to be the first to buy a hot dog at the new stadium of his beloved St. Louis Cardinals.
- Bush Vs Chavez & The Lesson For India (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2006)
On Monday, October 16, President Bush spoke to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The Indian side was expecting reassurances about the fate of the nuclear deal, still stuck in the mire of the American legislative system.
- The South's Big Race (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2006)
In a normal election year, Bob Corker would be the favorite to win the Tennessee Senate seat being vacated by the retiring Republican leader, Bill Frist. Mr. Corker is successful in business, experienced in government - most recently as mayor of . . .
- Divisive Decision (Frontline, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 25, 2006)
The Supreme Court order dividing the North-East into two provinces has serious implications for the peace process.
- Islamic Veil And Democracy (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, Oct 24, 2006)
Two recent events in Britain pertaining to head scarves has once again revived the debate, not so much on how women ought to clothe themselves, but on the reluctance of sections of Islamic society to weave themselves into the fabric of modern, secular . .
- Saving The Whales, Again (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 24, 2006)
The Icelandic word hvalreki means both “beached whale” and “jackpot.” This gives you a sense of how dearly the island country views its cetaceans.
- How North Korea Fulfilled Its Dream (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
In his artwork and short morality plays, the research going on in secrecy at the Yongbyon nuclear complex where he worked and at dozens of other facilities and laboratories was portrayed as a valiant and noble mission to reunite the Korean people.
- Beyond Asian Century (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Oct 24, 2006)
The rapid economic growth of China and India is not merely about the prospects of an Asian century but also the transformation of other regions in the world.
- Pranab Reasons Why He Should Deny Fm Post (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Oct 24, 2006)
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who would have been external affairs minister by now by all reckoning, is believed to have introduced yet another dimension to a prolonged internal debate in the ruling Congress, about his candidacy for the job.
- Temple Vandals Get Diwali ‘Mercy’ Gift (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Oct 24, 2006)
Two American vandals who desecrated the largest Hindu temple in the US State of Minnesota have received what amounts to a Diwali gift from compassionate elders in charge of the building.
- Ode To The Sun In Stone (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
NANDINI NAIR takes a look at a fine architectural example on the outskirts of Ahmedabad
- A Charter For Christian, Muslim Harmony (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 24, 2006)
In a recent lecture in Germany, Pope Benedict angered the already seething Muslim population of the world by his remarks when he quoted a Byzantine emperor in a 1391 dialogue who said that “show me just what Mohammad brought that was new, and there . . .
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