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Honourable exit
Sometimes there is greater wisdom in losing than in winning. In Jharkhand, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance has decided to play for bigger stakes by letting the Arjun Munda Government go. There was only one way the ...

A promising forum
For all the talk over many decades of the need for enhanced South-South cooperation, the interaction among the countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America has been nothing to write home about. With the India-Brazil-South Africa forum — ...

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NAM more relevant than ever before
By Nagesh Kumar & Ramgopal Agarwala

In a unipolar world, checks and balances can only be provided by a large grouping of countries like the Non-Aligned Movement. It can also help developing countries pursue an independent development strategy.

News Analysis
Corrections and clarifications
What is the expansion of Ifra, asks a reader, referring to the report "Role seen for citizen journalists in newspapers" (September 14, 2006). Ifra had its beginnings in 1961 as INCA or the International Newspaper Colour Association by three ...

Can science bring China and India closer?
By Pallavi Aiyar

For meaningful cooperation aimed at the realisation of both countries' scientific aspirations, a change in mindset will be necessary.

Sri Lanka — seeking a tryst with peace
By B. Muralidhar Reddy

Will the Government in Colombo and the Tigers heed the advice of the international community and return to the negotiating table soon?

Curb the arms trade
By Bianca Jagger

A proposed treaty before the U.N. offers a chance to save millions of lives.

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