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Shining in the global arena
It is not often that a company is able to buy another that is four times as large, but the largest ever overseas acquisition by an Indian company seems all set to succeed with the board of the Anglo-Dutch company, Corus Group, responding ...

Taking on trans fat
Trend-setting New York is set to become the first city in the United States to limit the amount of trans fatty acids in all items on restaurant menus. The radical move, proposed by the city's health officials, is a reflection of growing concern ...

Leader Page Articles
A high-stakes game on in Georgia
By Vladimir Radyuhin

The United States is encouraging Georgia's adventurism in a bid to erode Russia's position among the former Soviet States.

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Conceptualising special economic zones
By M. Veerappa Moily

SEZs have to be integrated with the world of our peasants and artisans. They should serve as a bridge between rural and urban economies.

Corrections and Clarifications
Indonesia, Italy, South Africa and Belgium have been elected non-permanent members of the U.N. Security Council. Instead of Indonesia, The Guardian article "U.N. set for the long haul" (Op-Ed, October 19, 2006), lists Nepal, as a reader ...

English lessons
FOREIGNERS WON'T have to worry about missing their stop on Beijing's buses any more, because conductors are being trained to announce the English equivalents of bus stop names. In the first half of the year, 1,455 drivers and bus conductors ...

INTERVIEW
A new partner for India in Europe
By Siddharth Varadarajan

On January 1, 2007, Romania will join the European Union along with Bulgaria. Very much part of `New Europe,' Romania is also one of Washington's closest allies, with troops in both Iraq and Afghanistan. In an interview toThe Hinduin Bucharest on the eve of an official visit to India, PresidentTraian Basescudiscusses how India can benefit from his country's accession to the EU. Excerpts:

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