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Articles 821 through 920 of 21907:
- How India Can Lose China (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Oct 19, 2006)
India has never missed an opportunity to squander the big moments in its complex relationship with China.
- Self-Delusion Of Carbon-Trading (Hindu, George Monbiot, Oct 19, 2006)
Offsetting makes us feel better, allows us to consume more to the benefit of the polluters, deflects attention away from the real and present danger that is climate change and does little good.
- The End Of A Long Friendship? (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Oct 19, 2006)
North Korea's recent moves have pushed China into a corner.
- Chaman Lal Mattoo Up Close (Indian Express, Vipin Pubby, Oct 19, 2006)
The home we wished to rent was on the ground floor of a building in Jammu’s Talab Tillo locality.
- Focus On Media (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 19, 2006)
The Deepavali Special issue of the Organiser is devoted to just one theme — Is the media anti-Hindu? In the opening piece, editor R. Balashankar says, “This question is routinely asked at Hindu gatherings.
- 11th Plan: 10% Gdp Growth Targeted (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
A full meeting of the Planning Commission on Wednesday approved the Approach Paper for the Eleventh Plan (2007-2012), which sets a 10 per cent gross domestic product (GDP) growth target for India by...
- Detainee Torture? No. 'Coercion'? It Depends. (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
New detainee law gives the White House and the CIA most – but not all – of the authority they wanted for interrogations.
- Japan Rejects Notion Of Its 'Going Nuclear' (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
The government of Japan assured Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday that it had no intention of pursuing a nuclear weapons program, despite North Korea's detonation of a nuclear device.
- Nuclear Maneuvering (International Herald Tribune, DAVID E. SANGER, Oct 19, 2006)
After Libya gave up its nuclear weapons program in late 2003, President George W. Bush was emphatic about what had led Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi to sort out his relationship with Washington: The Libyan had looked down the large- caliber barrel of . . .
- Unanimous Outrage (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 19, 2006)
The United Nations Security Council has voted to impose sanctions on North Korea for conducting a nuclear test last week.
- Tiger Suicide Raid Sparks Looting (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Fifteen Tamil Tiger rebels were killed today when they attacked a naval base in southern Sri Lanka, triggering brief looting of minority Tamil shops in the area and dealing a fresh blow to a battered peace process.
- Jd(s) Gets A Lesson In Secularism (Tribune, Jangveer Singh, Oct 19, 2006)
Seven months back when he was about to take over the reins of Karnataka, H D Kumaraswamy said he did not understand what the word “secular” stood for.
- Rice Says U.S. Ready To Defend Japan (US News & World Report, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice planned to press South Korea on Thursday to enforce United Nations sanctions on North Korea for a nuclear test that rattled the world.
- Tourism Ministry For "Visa On Arrival" Scheme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
External Affairs Ministry agrees in principle to long-term visas with multiple entries
MEA considering outsourcing visa in some embassies
Fast track service of giving visas possible
Scheme launched to augment tourist accommodation.
- Venice’S Vanishing Population (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 19, 2006)
Over the past 50 years, thousands of Venetians have taken part in a collective disappearing act. The population of the historic centre of Venice has fallen from 171,000 residents in 1951 to fewer than 62,000.
- 11th Plan To Target 10 Per Cent Growth (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, Oct 19, 2006)
Even as the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pitched for a 10 per cent GDP growth, the Planning Commission in its 11th Plan Approach Paper today underlined the need for creating seven crore job opportunities in next five years for inclusive growth.
- Bogeys In Their Heads (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Oct 19, 2006)
Last week, I suggested in these columns that Jack Straw’s discomfort in the presence of burqa’d women was a provincial’s reaction to difference.
- Japan Debates The Nuke Option (Tribune, Bruce Wallace, Oct 19, 2006)
Tokyo The prospect of a nuclear-armed Japan is at once unimaginable and obvious.
- Fading Out Slowly (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Oct 19, 2006)
The People’s Daily had, two days back, a picture of President Hu Jintao visiting an exhibition in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the end of the Long March.
- A Leader In Medical Tourism, Almost (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
After living with pain for nearly 15 years, Russell Cole, 62, travelled from California to Mumbai last November to have three joints operated — knees and right hip — at the L H Hiranandani Hospital. Cole, who suffered from severe . . .
- Law And Order, Pakistan-Style (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 19, 2006)
The manner in which the Pakistani courts have dealt with the various arrests of Lashkar-e-Tayyeba founder Hafiz Mohammed Saeed look somewhat farcical.
- Farming In Crisis, Says Pm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Alluding to the link between high debt and farmers suicides, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today favoured a debate on regulating private money lenders, as he admitted that many parts of the country were facing an agricultural crisis.
- Rebuilding Bihar, Brick By Brick (Pioneer, Arun Srivastava, Oct 19, 2006)
Nitish Kumar has rightly made education the new engine of growth; but he must ensure that each project takes off, says Arun Srivastav.
- Kiss And Tell: And The Cheek Of It All (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 19, 2006)
Louis Armstrong presumably knew what he was warbling when he sang: You must remember this/ A kiss is just a kiss,/ A sigh is . . .
- Global Coffee Fest Can Help Growers’ (The Economic Times, Raghu Krishnan, Oct 19, 2006)
The biggest marketing event in the country’s coffee calendar will take place in exactly four months. The three-day India International Coffee Festival (IICF-2007) will be inaugurated on February 23 in the capital city of Karnataka, the state which . . .
- From Sin-Cities To Cities Of Joy (The Economic Times, Pothik Ghosh, Oct 19, 2006)
He who said Rome was not built in a day may not have been its first minstrel. But he did give the world a troublesome mythology of urbanisation. Cities, in order to become thriving, bustling places, must evolve.
- Tamil Tigers Strike At Tourism (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Tiger rebels struck at the heart of Sri Lanka’s tourist industry yesterday with a suicide boat attack that killed at least 16 people and sparked looting in the historic southern city of Galle.
- Rice N Korea Tour Heads To Seoul (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in South Korea on the second leg of an Asian tour to rally opposition to North Korea's nuclear testing.
- ‘Globalisation Has Changed From Being A Cost Game To A Business Strategy’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 19, 2006)
Thomas A Stewart, Editor and Managing Director of Harvard Business Review South Asia Edition, handles business thought and gastronomy with equal finesse.
- S.Korea To Bolster Inspections Of Cargo To N.Korea (Jerusalem Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
South Korea will bolster inspections of cargo heading to North Korea, a news report said, an apparent move toward meeting calls for Seoul to take more action in line with a UN resolution sanctioning the communist nation for it recent nuclear test.
- The Elusive Consensus (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 19, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s call for developing a broad national consensus on critical national issues comes against a political background characterised by a lack of agreement on some of the nation’s fundamental problems.
- Thailand’S Central Bank Appoints Its First Woman Governor (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Ms Tarisa Watanagase has been appointed as the governor of the country’s Central bank, the first woman to be given the post in the bank’s 64-year history, deputy transport minister Mr Sansern Wongcha-umister, said today.
- President Addresses Vietnam Comparison To Iraq (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
President Bush said Wednesday that the current surge of violence in Iraq "could be" comparable to the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War, a succession of battles that became a milestone because it helped turn the American public against the . . .
- Tamil Tigers Open New Front With Resort Attack (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Sri Lanka's civil war came to the tourist coast in dramatic fashion as Tamil Tiger rebels staged a sea-borne raid on one of the island's top holiday destinations, the port town of Galle.
- Space: America's New War Zone (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
The Bush administration has staked an aggressive new claim to dominate space - rejecting any new treaties that seek to limit the United States' extraterrestrial activities and warning that it will oppose any nations that try to get in its way.
- Isolating The Moderate Tamil In Sri Lanka (Indian Express, Shylashri Shankar, Oct 18, 2006)
The Sri Lankan Supreme Court’s opinion that the merger of the Tamil majority north and eastern provinces was invalid could not have come at a worse time for the fragile and almost non-existent peace process between the Liberation Tigers for Tamil . . .
- Between Crime And Punishment (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 18, 2006)
had travelled to Bhagwan (Siwan) and found the witness the CBI had said was “untraceable”. Excerpts from a story published on December 9 1999.
- Powers Of Separation (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Oct 18, 2006)
The Supreme Court’s order in the case concerning OBC reservations seems to yet again set the stage for serious awkwardness in the relationship between the judiciary and other branches of government.
- Facing East, But Going West (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 18, 2006)
East, we know, is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet. In fact, they do: at exactly the opposite side of the planet from Greenwich,
- Igp's Driver, Cop Killed In Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militants shot dead two Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel, including a driver of an Inspector General of Police (IGP) in separate incidents here today, official sources said.
- Tourism Could Rejuvenate Rural Economy Of North East: Minister ........ (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Tourism was the key sector which could rejuvenate the rural economy of north east by giving the people their economic empowerment, Meghalaya’s Art and Culture Minister R G Lyngdoh said here today.
- Go ‘Glocal’ (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 18, 2006)
Advanced communication devices today have made family just a click away.
- Bush Or Chavez? (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Oct 18, 2006)
On Monday, George W. Bush, America’s president, gave the prime minister, Manmohan Singh, a lesson in diplomacy, which Indian leaders — from every party — could benefit from.
- Lanka De-Merger Order Worries New Delhi (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
The Sri Lanka supreme court’s judgement calling for the de-merger of the north and east provinces has come at a highly sensitive time, when the government and LTTE have set a date for talks and the ruling and Opposition parties may finally be . . .
- N Korea Nuke Test: Implications For India (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
North Korea's Nuclear test has brought into sharp focus Pakistan's role as a Nuclear Proliferator.
- For German Filmmaker Cinema Brings Humanity To N Korean People............. (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
When German filmmaker Uli Gaulke travelled to the back blocks of North Korea, he found the magic of cinema was being kept alive by one very determined woman.
- A Tale Of Two Cities (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 18, 2006)
A comparison of Delhi and Beijing.
- Is Cuba Crumbling? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 18, 2006)
Cuba's economy is booming thanks to a thriving tourism industry, brisk nickel exports and cheap oil from ideologically aligned Venezuela, the social benefits are difficult to see at street level.
- India’S Growth Pangs (Deccan Herald, Alok Ray, Oct 18, 2006)
India has the potential to attain eight per cent plus growth but that is subject to many road blocs.
- Perverse Games And History Lessons (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 18, 2006)
In June 1942, the Czech village of Lidice was destroyed in a Nazi reprisal after the Deputy Reichsprotektor for Bohemia and Moravia, Reinhard Heydrich, succumbed to the injuries he had sustained in an assassination attempt on May 27.
- Facts, Fiction Or The Fog Of Drugs? (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 18, 2006)
Much of the Mumbai Police's account of the train bombings comes from narcoanalysis of suspects. How truthful is the truth that truth drugs have yielded?
- Back Channel Talks On To Resolve J&k Issue: Pak (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
India and Pakistan are discussing through back channel “something different” to resolve the Kashmir issue besides their formal standpoints on the dispute, Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri has said.
- Death Rides Bihar’S Railways (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
If you thought travelling in trains passing through Bihar was safe, think again. By the Government’s own admission, 51 per cent of all the train dacoities in India are reported from Bihar and UP, according to a report from the National Crime Records . . .
- Sezs: Bumpy Road To Economic Prosperity? (Business Line, Vipin Agarwal, Oct 18, 2006)
Certainly, SEZs are not the only route to achieving superlative economic growth. There are many risk factors relating to the business model and their success in the Indian context.
- A Diwali Bonanza For Cm, Ministers And Mlas (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Centre approves of request for massive increase in salary
A Bill in this regard will be introduced in the Delhi Assembly shortly
The hike comes with several sops for CM and ministers in the shape of free water and power
- Grenade Attack At Baramulla: 10 Hurt (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militants shot dead two Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel, including a driver of an Inspector General of Police (IGP) in separate incidents here today, official sources said.
- Dengue A Deadly Mosquito-Borne Disease (Daily Excelsior, G V Joshi, Oct 18, 2006)
India is struggling with the outbreak of a deadly disease spread by a mosquito. Dengue fever has killed a large number of people in and around the Indian capital Delhi, and the number is going up. Some 2900 dengue infections have been reported from . . .
- Pm For Consensus On National Issues (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday called for greater unity and consensus on fundamental national issues in the face of formidable challenges the country was facing.
- The Idea Of A Pmlq-Pppp Coalition (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 18, 2006)
The Pakistan Muslim League President, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, has hinted at “an alliance for a coalition government” after the next general elections.
- The Lonely Sports Star: And The Big Bad Media! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 18, 2006)
Sir Alex Ferguson is not the first high-profile football club manager to have a go at the media for focusing on a star player’s lack of form.
- Red Bull (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 18, 2006)
West Bengal’s transport minister Subhas Chakraborty has an uncanny habbit of popping up in all the wrong places.
- Drawing Lessons From Grameen Bank (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 18, 2006)
Not only did it provide credit to the poor, but also proved they are creditworthy.
- The Sad Realities (Daily Excelsior, Sweta Patwardhan, Oct 18, 2006)
Cutting across the party lines 35 women MPs have written to prime minister Manmohan Singh and the Congress President, Mrs. Sonia Gandhi that the 33 per cent reservations for them in Parliament and States assemblies should be passed during the . . .
- A Neutered Justice System (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 18, 2006)
Saqib Jan was accused, along with three other people, of attempting to steal a cab and threatening the driver with a knife in Rawalpindi. Saqib was 15 and a half years old at the time of the incident and another accused, Saghir Shah, was only 15.
- North Korea's Nuclear Test (News International, M B NAQVI, Oct 18, 2006)
On eighth October, North Korea conducted a nuclear test. From now on it should be treated as a nuclear capable power.
- The General's Book (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 18, 2006)
General Musharraf's much-trumpeted memoir grandly titled 'In the Line of Fire' reminded me of TV footage shown by the BBC when he staged a tit-for-tat coup in 1999.
- The West's Anti-Muslim Campaign (News International, Shireen M Mazari, Oct 18, 2006)
Since the Danish cartoon issue, a pattern seems to be emerging from the US and Europe where there appears to be a concerted two-pronged effort to harass and discriminate against Europe's Muslim population and undermine assertive/strong Muslim states.
- Budget Making For 2007-08 — Challenges Before Chidambaram (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 18, 2006)
The Budget has to be framed to reinforce positive trends and remove obstacles to marshalling and utilising resources and the full exploitation of India's competitive advantages.
- Nobel's Biggest Regret: We Missed Mahatma Gandhi (Times of India, Avijit Ghosh, Oct 17, 2006)
It’s a sort of confession that Mahatma Gandhi himself would have appreciated. What do you say when the secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Geir Lundestad, says, "The greatest omission in our 106 year history is undoubtedly that Mahatma Gandhi . .
- Medium Of Public Discourse (Hindu, Gowri Ramnarayan, Oct 17, 2006)
The Mythic and the Iconic in Indian Cinema: Vinay Lal and Ashis Nandy — Editors; Oxford University Press, YMCA Library Building, Jai Singh Road, New Delhi-110001. Rs. 495.
- The Godhra Fake-Believe (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Oct 17, 2006)
After the stinging High Court rebuke, the UPA Government should junk the Banerjee Committee report, and not even consider an appeal
- No Criminal Is 'Loveable' (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 17, 2006)
These days, the air is abuzz with stories of a hip gangster rescuing Mahatma Gandhi from oblivion. Munnabhai, with Mahatma Gandhi in tow, is being greeted with euphoria in snazzy multiplexes and animated social conversations.
- Wilting Lotus (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Oct 17, 2006)
If Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee reminded the BJP during its recent conclave about the wisdom and experience of its senior leaders, the reason was apparently the restiveness in the party on the leadership question.
- Emerging Global Power (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 17, 2006)
Paradoxes of a country undergoing transformation that will affect the rest of the world
- Let Good Taste, Not Censorship, Rule (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 17, 2006)
One of the first principles of liberty is to defend the right of people to say things
- Trajectory Of Growth (Hindu, S. L. Rao, Oct 17, 2006)
A retrospect and prospect of the Indian economy from Independence to date.
- 'N Korea Maybe Planning Second Nuclear Test' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
North Korea may be preparing a second nuclear test, Japan's foreign minister and media reports said on Tuesday, just days after the Stalinist regime was slapped with UN sanctions over its first trial.
- Decentralised Trade (Tribune, Mahendra P. Lama, Oct 17, 2006)
IN the reopening of the Nathu la trade route between Sikkim and the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) in July 2006, China’s local integration strategy has again come to the fore.
- Q&a: 'Afzal's Execution May Inspire Youth To Take Up Arms' (Times of India, Mohua Chatterjee, Oct 17, 2006)
Jklf chief Yasin Malik was in Delhi for two weeks to build a campaign against the execution of Mohammad Afzal slated for October 20.
- "Merger Of North And East Provinces Null And Void" (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 17, 2006)
Only Parliament can decide: Sri Lanka apex court
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