Tuesday, 22 February 2005, 1300 hrs

TOP STORIES
Avalanches kill over 100
More than 100 people, including 26 children and 18 women, are feared killed in the avalanches that swept a number of villages in the south Kashmir district of Anantnag on Sunday night

BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Private firms set to anchor
maritime sector revamp
With the Indian aviation industry progressively expanding, airline companies are encountering a new problem — shortage of experienced pilots to operate the proposed flights

Seattle Times
India sees Bush as good for peace
If President Bush finds the reception too
frosty on his visit to Europe this week, he might look to India for his next overseas jaunt. In a recent 21-nation poll, the land of Mohandas
Gandhi and the Taj Mahal was one of two countries in which a clear majority thought Bush's re-election made the world safer. Germany, France and Britain, among
others, thought otherwise — by a wide margin. 

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Indian Express
‘How little India and Pak 
know about each other'
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has been described as the man who first tried to prevent the Iraq war and then went through all sorts of policy contortions to justify it. Nonetheless Straw has always maintained that he’s committed to a peaceful democratic world and tells SHEKHAR GUPTA how impressed he is with the strides that India and Pakistan have taken towards peace

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Outlook
The Mother Tongue Day
The one day in the year, Ekushey February (February 21), designated by the UNESCO to celebrate mother tongues is spent more in the anxiety of losing them, rues SUGATA SRINIVASARAJU



Indian Express
Napster of old is just a few tweaks away 
The old Napster, circa 1999, was a vast jukebox with no controls over the illegal copying of music files. The new Napster, which sells legal downloads, is also a vast jukebox, but it was clear last week that the company still has less-than-perfect controls over illegal copying

EDITORIAL PICKS

Sense and sensex (Hindu)
Spain's lack lustre 'yes' (Hindu)
From the barrel of a gun (Pioneer)
Scramble for Indian air show  (Pioneer)
Destination peace (Tribune)
Taj corridor case (Tribune)