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Articles 9321 through 9420 of 31829:
- Palestinian Crisis And Pakistan (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 04, 2006)
A duck once walked into a bar and asked: "Got any bread?" The barman said: "No." The duck asked: "Got any bread?" The barman said: "No." The duck again asked: "Got any bread?" The barman responded: "No, we have no bread." When the duck again asked . . .
- Israel Says No Deal Blames Syria For Soldier’S Abduction (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
Fugitive terrorist leader Osama bin Laden is apparently still alive and spreading his message.
- A Good First Step (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 04, 2006)
Finally, there is something positive to comment on.
- India-Us Deal: On Track With Reservations (News International, Nasim Zehra, Jul 04, 2006)
The writer is an Islamabad-based security analyst and adjunct professor at SAIS Johns Hopkins University, Washington DC
- Bill Gates, Ngos And The Role Of The State (News International, Ethan Casey, Jul 04, 2006)
In mid-June, Bill Gates announced that over the next two years he will be handing over many of his duties at Microsoft Corporation to two other executives and moving into a part-time role with the company, in order to devote most of his attention . . .
- The Eu: The Power Of Weakness (Business Standard, Ajai Shukla, Jul 04, 2006)
Among the elegant architectural delights of Brussels, the glass and steel headquarters of the European Parliament jars the senses.
- Anything But Negotiation (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 04, 2006)
By using vastly disproportionate force against Gaza, Israel has once again demonstrated its contempt for international law and its indifference to human suffering.
- Large Asteroid Whizzes Past, Earth Unharmed (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
A huge asteroid whizzed closely and harmlessly by Earth. The asteroid, known as 2004 XP14, skimmed about 269,000 miles (432,820 kilometers) from the planet late Sunday and early on Monday. That's slightly farther away than the moon.
- Unequal Allies, Uneasy Questions (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 04, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear deal has less to do with energy requirements of the country and more to do with its FDI needs, says CP Bhambhri.
- Rescuing The Doha Round (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Jul 04, 2006)
In the last week’s column, I suggested that time may be running out for the Doha round of trade discussions to be concluded with an agreement that would satisfy the developing world.
- Govt Cuts Duties On Safta Imports (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
380 tariff lines covered under trade liberalisation programme
Level of duty ranges from five per cent to 117.5 per cent
Move expected to give boost to intra-SAARC trade
Many items remain in sensitive list to protect domestic industry/farmers
- Cheney, Cheney, Cheney (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 04, 2006)
This column was written by Art Buchwald from his hospice in Washington, D.C., where he is undergoing care. Buchwald has resumed writing his regular column.
- Passports For Health Care (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 04, 2006)
Under a new federal law that took effect on Saturday, poor Americans are required to produce proof of citizenship to be eligible for Medicaid.
- New Russia’S New Rich Class (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Jul 04, 2006)
Moscow seems shamefaced about summer. Thirty degrees centigrade in the forenoon of last Wednesday is 40 degrees higher than during my last visit in December. Moscow then was a grey world flecked with snow white. The wind screamed at the fur hat and . . .
- All The Greatest Missions Have Crept Spectacularly. This Is No Exception (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
For the past decade or so, whenever there has been any substantial British military deployment, a moment comes when pundits and former generals are invited to worry about the danger of something called “mission creep”.
- Uk May Send More Troops To Afghanistan (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
Britain said on Monday that it would send extra troops and aircraft to southern Afghanistan if military chiefs asked for help, after clashes with Taliban left five soldiers of the country dead in three weeks.
- Jessica Splits Up (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey, who let America pry into their marriage with their MTV reality show, Newlyweds, have finalised their divorce, a spokesman for the singer-actress said.
- Haniyeh Says Attack Will Not Break People’S Will (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Gaza City–Israeli aircraft sent missiles tearing through the office of Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Sunday in an unmistakable message to his ruling Hamas group to free an Israeli soldier.
- Indo-Us Nuclear Deal & Its Dark Shadows (Pakistan Observer, Rizwan Ghani, Jul 03, 2006)
Within 24 hours of US Foreign Relations Committee’s backing for the deal which now awaits voting from full Senate and House of Representatives, reportedly Indian PM had to dash to Maharashtra to have firsthand view of debt crisis that has resulted . . .
- Nuclear Deal: Bill's Smooth Passage Virtually Assured (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
US authorities on Friday confirmed the authenticity of a latest audiotape released by Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
The Central Intelligence Agency said in a statement that technical analysis had determined that the speaker in the tape was bin . .
- Farewell To Arms (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 03, 2006)
Arms and democracy do not go together. An end to the cult of arms is, therefore, the first prerequisite for a political settlement in Nepal.
- Us Spoke In Nepal Peace: Maoists (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
The US is undermining Nepal’s peace process by warning it could cut aid if Maoist guerrillas join an interim government without giving up their weapons first, the rebels’ chief said.
- Coal Barrier To Nuclear Plants Falls (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Jul 03, 2006)
Changes in nuclear economics have fuelled a search for virgin sites for nuclear power plants across India and demolished a decades-old perception that nuclear plants are not viable near coal deposits.
- The Pacific And The Indian Monsoon (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Jul 03, 2006)
The warming that has been occurring in the western and central Pacific, even if it does not develop into a full-fledged El Nino, is still cause for worry.
- Transforming The Art Of Giving Productively (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jul 03, 2006)
The Gates-Buffet twin decisions to walk away from wealth have lessons beyond the money.
- Iran Rejects Deadline For Nuclear Response (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Iran on Sunday again rejected a deadline to respond to an international offer aimed at resolving a nuclear standoff, saying it would answer during the next Iranian month which begins on July 23.
- Western Geopolitics: An Infantile Disorder (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 03, 2006)
The mindless enlargement of the NATO alliance threatens to create new arcs of instability.
- For Environment’S Sake (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 03, 2006)
That the Chief Justice of Pakistan has taken suo motu notice of the Punjab government’s plan to fell thousands of trees along the Lahore canal to widen the road — which citizens’ groups, citing environmental concerns have opposed — is welcome.
- Of A Boss And Her Able Aide (OutLook, Khushwant Singh, Jul 03, 2006)
A tale of two Gujarati women who made it their mission to rescue women abducted during Partition.
- Congo's Jungle Terrorists Disband (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 03, 2006)
One of Africa's most-feared militias has crumbled and now faces the wrath of the population it terrorised. The mayi-mayi, warrior-mystics who have ravaged the Democratic Republic of Congo for 10 years, are surrendering in droves.
- Strengthening A Valuable Scheme (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 03, 2006)
The decision of the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) to recommend raising of the monthly wage ceiling for coverage under the ESI scheme from Rs.7,500 to Rs.10,000, though welcome, is also an occasion to ponder over the serious problems . . .
- Dirty Game (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 03, 2006)
Conventional wisdom in international relations is to “talk talk”, rather than “fight fight”. Even if the talks don’t bear any fruit, at least there is no bloodshed.
- Stay Home (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 03, 2006)
The path-breaking nuclear deal between India and the United States of America seems to be on the verge of being translated into reality.
- Us House Panel To Review F-16 Offer To Pakistan (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
BSP supremo Mayawati on Sunday predicted a fall of the UPA government over the price rise and office of profit issues in the Monsoon Session of Parliament.
"Massive rise in prices of essential commodities and the office of profit bill may put UPA . .
- Bin Laden Endorses Zarqawi’S Successor (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Osama bin Laden endorsed the successor to slain militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in an Internet posting on Saturday and warned Shi’ites in Iraq against collaborating with the United States in its fight against Sunni insurgents.
- New Osama Tape Genuine: Us (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
A team of 14 educators, including 11 from North Jersey, is bound for southern India this weekend to begin a month-long study of the region and its interactions with the rest of the world.
Funded by a Fulbright-Hays Group Study Abroad Grant, the team me
- In Private Space (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 03, 2006)
The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro)’s indigenisation programme that began over a decade ago looks set to pick up some steam, going by the space agency’s decision to outsource the manufacture of satellite launch vehicles.
- Slums Are Cities Of The Future (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Jul 03, 2006)
Even if income poverty is not so acute in urban slums as in some rural areas in India, everyone living in a slum suffers acute deprivation of water and sanitation. Then there is the fear of being forced to move at any time.
- Indo-Us Deal | 'Govt Has Time To Re-Think' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Watching a demonstration of visionary software ideas that can transform health care at his Redmond headquarters, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates was sufficiently impressed by the concept of a sonic map presented by an Indian student team to help the blind,
- Win-Win Nuclear Deal (Times of India, K SUBRAHMANYAM, Jul 03, 2006)
It is futile to look for explanations from prophets of gloom who predicted that the Indo-US nuclear cooperation agreement would fail to overcome US legislative hurdles.
- Don’T Keep Your Head Out Of The Way (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 03, 2006)
Despite heroic efforts of soccer moms, suburban liberals, and World Cup hype, soccer will never catch on as a big time sport in America.
- Hizbul Orders Hurriyat Factions To Merge (Times of India, Pradeep Thakur, Jul 03, 2006)
A harsh warning to leader of the "moderate" Hurriyat grouping Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, purportedly from the Hizbul Mujahideen, to merge his outfit with the hardline pro-Pakistan Syed Ali Shah Geelani faction, has sent the Mirwaiz group into a tizzy.
- Narayanan-Vajpayee Correspondence Sparks Row (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
The row over the PMO's refusal to divulge to the Nanavati Commission some correspondence between Rashtrapati Bhawan and the then Prime Minister A B Vajpayee on the Gujarat riots has reached the Central Information Commission with a citizen invoking . . .
- Palestinian Officials To Be Prosecuted: Peres (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres said on Sunday that his country would prosecute Palestinian government officials captured in connection with the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier.
- Bush Administration Says More Work To Be Done On N-Bill (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
The Bush administration has said a bill to implement the historic Indo-US civilian nuclear deal that has been cleared by two key congressional panels has to go through "some more work" and pledged to work with Congress to . . .
- Pro-Quota Parties For Bill In Monsoon Session (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Stepping up their campaign, pro-reservation political parties today asked the Government to bring the enabling legislation to implement 27 per cent OBC quota in elite educational institutions and private sector, including media and judiciary in the . . .
- Team To Visit Kabul Soon, Says Sherpao: Detainees In Afghan Jails (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Federal Interior Minister and president of Pakistan People’s Party (Sherpao group) Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao has said that an official delegation will soon visit Kabul to secure the release of Pakistanis still languishing in Afghan jails.
- Sethna Prefers Npt To N-Deal (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
India would be better off signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which permits the exit of any signatory nation, rather than the nuclear deal with the US that will bind the country for "perpetuity", top nuclear scientist Homi Sethna has said.
- Insurance Association Plans Golden Jubilee Conference (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
To launch three-day publicity campaign in the city from today "Too much of US interference in Indian economic policies"
- Privacy, In Bits And Bytes (Indian Express, Subimal Bhattacharjee, Jul 03, 2006)
Three incidents have happened in the recent past involving cyberspace. An HSBC call centre employee in Bangalore had passed on banking details of some 20 UK based customers to accomplices who siphoned off almost Rs 2 crore.
- The Crown Prince (Business Standard, John Satish K, Jul 03, 2006)
It must be some head that has the fertility of imagination to conceive an idea as audacious as acquiring the second-largest steel-maker in the world for a whopping $32.3 billion, marking the culmination of the courtship of two of the biggest . . .
- Beijing As Bada Bhai? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 03, 2006)
From a historical perspective, the inauguration of a train service from mainland China to Lhasa over the weekend is as significant as the Francis Younghusband mission that opened up Tibet in 1904.
- Saddam's Wife And Daughter Wanted (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Iraq on Sunday named Saddam Hussein's eldest daughter and his first wife on a list of 41 'most wanted' in connection with terrorism.
- Saddam Daughter, Wife On Wanted List (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Iraq on Sunday named Saddam Hussein’s eldest daughter and his first wife on a list of 41 “most wanted” in connection with terrorism.
- Bin Laden Can Offer Only War, Says Us (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
The White House shot back on Saturday at Osama bin Laden’s warning of retaliation against Shi’ites in Iraq by condemning the al-Qaeda leader as a man of dark vision who offers only chaos, war and misery.
- First Step (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 03, 2006)
Govt must go to underlying cause of farmers’ suicides
- Will India-China Border Talks Ever End? (Japan Times, Brahma Chellaney , Jul 03, 2006)
For 25 years, India has been seeking to settle by negotiation with China the disputed Indo-Tibetan frontier.
- Kin Dismisses Zarqawi Burial In Iraq (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Slain terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has been buried in an undisclosed location, the US military and Iraqi government officials said today. But a brother of slain al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi today rejected news of his burial in Iraq,
- Experts Express Concern Over Nuclear Deal With U.S. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Attention not paid to "pitfalls and weaknesses"
The U.S. President will have to certify every year that he is satisfied India's nuclear programme
Integrated national security should be given the highest priority
Under the deal, India will . . .
- Iran Again Rejects Deadline On Nuclear Plan (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Iran on Sunday again rejected a deadline to respond to an international proposal to end the standoff over its nuclear program, saying it would respond in a month.
- Israel Steps Up Raids In Bid To Free Soldier (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Israeli aircraft intensified their attacks on Palestinian targets in Gaza early Monday, a day after Israel's prime minister ordered his military to do whatever necessary to pressure militants to free an Israeli soldier captured a week ago.
- Just A Bit Of Security (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jul 03, 2006)
Every Government has a midlife crisis as well as a sell-by date. The trick is to ensure that the latter does not precede the former.
- F-16s For Pakistan (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 03, 2006)
Whatever the US explanation, the sale of F-16 fighter planes to Pakistan makes one believe that the Americans say something and do something else, at least in the India-Pakistan context.
- Israel's Aircraft Hit Gaza, Pm Warns Hamas Leaders (Reuters, Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Jul 03, 2006)
Israeli helicopter gunships struck targets inside Gaza and tanks probed its northern border on Monday after Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ordered the army to step up operations to free an abducted soldier.
- Iran Rejects Deadline For N-Response (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Iran again rejected a deadline today to respond to an international offer aimed at resolving a nuclear standoff, saying it would answer during the next Iranian month which begins July 23.
- Death Of A Toddler (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 03, 2006)
Viral disorders and ministerial posturing
One of the more surprising features of the seventh Left Front ministry has been the retention of Dr Surya Kanta Mishra ~ maybe a good doctor, maybe a party heavyweight, but a pathetic failure as health minister.
- On And Off The Campus (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 03, 2006)
The universities owe an explanation
It is a collective shame on the part of four universities, led by the one now in its 150th year, that Calcutta High Court (coram: VS Sirpurkar, CJ, and Aniruddha Basu, J) has cancelled the admission of . . .
- Law, Justice And J&k~ii (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Jul 03, 2006)
The invaders failed to take Srinagar solely because they lost their military purpose while indulging in the Rape of Baramula.
- Maoists Told To Stop Extortion, Scrap Courts (Tribune, Shirish B Pradhan, Jul 03, 2006)
Maoists in Nepal should immediately halt extorting money and scrap their “people’s courts” to maintain the rule of law, the country's Deputy Prime Minister said today.
- Two Us Execs In Chennai Probed By Police (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
An American couple, both of them top executives of a US-based payroll processing and HR outsourcing company, have been restrained by the Chennai police from leaving the city following a complaint accusing them of stealing high-value business process . . .
- Naco Defends Hiv Estimation Process (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Ever since the Global Report on HIV was released by UNAIDS earlier this month, there has been much controversy on the NACO versus UNAIDS HIV/AIDS estimation figures for 2005.
- Hamas Rejects Deal To End Crisis (The Economic Times, Atul Aneja , Jul 03, 2006)
Israeli jets bomb Palestinian Prime Minister's office in Gaza.
- Window On The World (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2006)
Hameeda shows rare insight in recounting events as they were.
- Haryana Must Rein In Khap Panchayats (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 02, 2006)
The Supreme Court has come down heavily against fatwas issued by Muslim clerics. In a landmark ruling, it directed the Orissa government to give full protection to Nizama Bibi who was forced to live separately from her husband following a fatwa . . .
- Tipu's Heir Apparent (Hindu, Anita Joshua, Jul 02, 2006)
The Life of Noor Inayat Khan, Shrabani Basu, Roli, Rs. 395. AS stereotypes go, Noor Inayat Khan was an unlikely candidate for the shadowy world of the Special Operatives Executive (SOE) — an organisation set up in 1940 by Britain's Prime Minister . . .
- Three To Die For Akshardham Attack (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2006)
The POTA court today awarded death sentence to three persons for terror attack on Akshardham temple in 2002.
- F-16s To Pakistan Won’T Clip India’S Military Wings: Usa (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2006)
The US defence department has assured the Congress that the weapons systems requested by Pakistan for F-16 jets would not reduce India’s quantitative or qualitiative military advantage as the capability already exists in the region.
- China Opens Train Service To Tibet On World's Highest Rly (Press Trust of India, Anil K Joseph, Jul 02, 2006)
China today launched the first train service to Tibet on the world's highest railway, which President Hu Jintao hailed as a "miracle" and a part of the communist nation's historic efforts to modernize the country.
- Law, Justice And J&k~i (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Jul 02, 2006)
For a solution to J&K to be universally acceptable it must be seen by all as being lawful and just. Political opinion in Pakistan and India as well as all people and parties . . .
- What Rule Of Law? (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 02, 2006)
In theory, the modern liberal-constitutional state has three autonomous arms, all of which ideally reinforce its inherently democratic character.
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