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A Challenge Before Europe
The 27 member European Union,
stretching from the shores of the
Atlantic to the Baltic republics,
encompasses a region where economic
integration and a growing consensus on
foreign and security challenges are
replacing old animosities and
prejudices.
China Throws Open Its Doors To Africa
China is hosting the leaders of more than 40 African
nations in
Beijing
from November 3 to 5. This underscores
its attempts to increase economic and
diplomatic clout with a continent
often ignored by the rest of the
world.
Blair Survives Vote On Iraq Probe
British Prime Minister Tony Blair
survived a close vote on Iraq in the
Commons on Tuesday night, but suffered
the humiliation of seeing as many as
24 of his own MPs not voting for the
Government despite a party whip.
China Tightens Law On Death Sentence
In what is being called the most
important reform of capital punishment
in China in over two decades, the
legislature has passed an amendment to
the law requiring all death sentences
to be approved by the Supreme People's
Court.
Fata On Fire
Pakistan
smoulders as80 people are killed in a
missile attack on a madrasa in Bajaur
agency by, what is being seen as, a
joint operation of the Pakistan Army
and the US forces based in
Afghanistan.
The Fata Fallout
Unease mounts in
Pakistan
army over the Bajaur strikes that
killed 80 madrasa students in face of
eye-witness accounts that 15 were
children below 10 years of age and
that the majority of the rest were
between 10 and 20 years of age.
Will Hu Or Will Hu Not?
Will Chinese President Hu Jintao visit
Gwadar in Balochistan to formally
inaugurate the Chinese-aided Gwadar
port and the Northern Areas (Gilgit
and Baltistan) to inaugurate a project
for the upgradation of the Karakoram
Highway?
Europe Unites To Fight Jihad
The twenty-seven member European
Union, stretching from the Atlantic to
the Baltic Republics, encompasses a
region where economic integration and
a growing consensus on foreign and
security challenges are replacing old
animosities and prejudices.
U.K. Mulls Ban On Flag-Burning
Hooded protesters burning the Union
Jack or the flag of any other country
may become a rare sight in Britain if
the Government accepts a Scotland Yard
proposal to ban flag-burning on
grounds that it amounts to inciting
violence.
Saran: If Deal Fails, We Have Our Own
Programme
Also, it would imply loosening of
international nuclear market for India
. . . . .
Interest In Hindi Growing In China
Five years ago, Jiang Jingkui of the
Centre for India Studies at Peking
University had trouble filling up his
classes. Today, he finds courses
oversubscribed.
British Sikhs And Multiculturalism
Are there any lessons that Muslims can
learn from the Sikh experience? The
`war on terror' may have complicated
matters.
Al Badr In Mysore
Karnataka Police claims the arrest of
two Pakistani terrorists belonging to
Al Badr—the oldest of the existing
jihadi terrorist organisations of
Pakistan, considered as close to
Pakistan's ISI as the LET.
Blair May Be Quizzed In Row
British Prime Minister Tony Blair is
likely to be questioned by police over
allegations that he was the "key''
figure behind Labour Party's
controversial decision to raise funds
by promising peerages to potential
donors.
Al Badr Resurfaces
The arrest of two terrorists in Mysore
proves that the ISI is using Al Badr,
one of the oldest jihadi outfits, to
spread mayhem in south India, says B
Raman . . . .
Needed: A South Asian Economic Union
Bangladesh
is rowdy, boisterous and drenched in
fundamentalism. But it is a democracy
all right. Liberals are divided but
they speak out against fanaticism in
one voice.
A Case For Guidelines
Intelligence- The thrust should be on
gathering information to tackle
threats. . . .
Rising Speculation Grips Commodities
Market
The National Commodity and Derivatives
Exchange (NCDEX) shut down twice on
Saturday, causing several commodity
prices to plummet to their lower
circuit breaker.
Now Coming To India: A Muslim Woman
Comic
A controversial stand-up Muslim woman
comedian, criticised by her community
for her jokes about hijab and Muslim
fundamentalism, is to make her
first-ever visit to India next month
at the invitation of the British
Council.
A Strategic Impasse?
India will soon have to fight its own war against a force
oozing with confidence.
Carter Wants U.S. Troops Out Of Iraq
In One Year
The former U.S. President, Jimmy
Carter, who has consistently opposed
the invasion of
Iraq,
said on Friday that American troops
should be pulled out of the West Asian
nation in one year.
From An Unknown Name To An Emerging
Nightmare
Al-Badr has for long harboured
ambitions of taking its terror
campaign to major cities across India
Al-Badr traces its origins to a
quasi-fascist militia set up by
Pakistan's
armed forces in 1970 Fought against
the Soviet Union's forces in . . .
Mysore Terror Threads Were Spun In
Kashmir
Commander of Al-Badr cell was shot
dead in Srinagar on October 20 Over Rs.
3,00,000 given to finance a Srinagar-based
terror cell Several Al-Badr operatives
despatched to execute terror strikes
outside J&K . . . . .
Questions, No Answers
It happens that when the Soviet
Union’s war in Afghanistan was winding
down I was among those journalists who
travelled to Peshawer from time to
time to see what the Mujahideen were
up to.
Delhi Talks May Focus On Anti-Terror
Mechanism
Priority to be given to
Havana
agenda. . . . .
The Pilgrim’S Progress
One of the most ancient and
significant pilgrim centres in the
country, Varanasi on the banks of the
Ganges, is famous for its temples and
ghats.
What’s Nectar For Secular Us Is Toxin
For Secular India!
Just a century ago, Max Weber,
declared that the Hindus and Buddhists
remain backward because they believed
in their ancient, faulty faiths!
'A Multitude Of Dangers'
I am extremely delighted to be with
you today at this Passing Out Parade
of the 58th Batch of IPS Probationers.
Nuke Walmart Blues
Nervousness mounts in Pakistan that
fresh enquiries by the US might bring
out hitherto unknown (to the
international community) information
relating to co-operation between
Pakistan and North Korea in the
nuclear and missile fields.
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