The Hindu : Wednesday, December 31, 2003

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Wednesday, December 31, 2003

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Editorials
Catching Seshanitis
IT IS HARDLY a secret that the Chief Election Commissioner, J.M. Lyngdoh, is no admirer of the country's political class. His blunt manner and his plain-speaking ways have raised the hackles of politicians across the ideological divide. But Mr. ...

The year of the declining dollar
FOR THE CALENDAR year 2003, the big news in the foreign exchange markets, in many ways for the global economy, has been the steady decline in the value of the American dollar. It is true that the dollar, like any other currency, has moved up and ...

Leader Page Articles
U.S. eyes Russian turf
By Vladimir Radyuhin

Russia has sent a strong signal to the U.S. that it will fight attempts to erode its position in the former Soviet states.

An agenda for SAARC
By Kant K. Bhargava

India should adopt a cooperative and magnanimous approach to important matters on the agenda of the SAARC summit.

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