The Hindu : Saturday, February 21, 2004

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Saturday, February 21, 2004

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CHOOSING A CANDIDATE
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY in the United States had hoped to settle on its candidate for the November 2004 presidential election by the end of the primaries held in Wisconsin earlier this week. The front-runner, John F. Kerry, did maintain his winning ...

MANAGEABLE EXTERNAL DEBT
RECENT OFFICIAL STATUS reports on the country's external debt have generally been upbeat. Along with the better-publicised success stories about the rising foreign exchange, they have lent credence to perceptions that the external economy is ...

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LAW AND SOCIETY
Reinventing India for elections
By Rajeev Dhavan

Elections need issue-based campaigns on the things that matter to the least advantaged; and not the gimmicks of parties falling over one another to capture power.

Mahayudh in Maharashtra
By P. Sainath

Maharashtra could be the State from where the next Government of India draws its largest group of MPs.

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The great escape