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Foreigners in Assam
The Supreme Court's ruling on Tuesday striking down the Foreigners (Tribunals for Assam) Order, 2006, could not have come at a worse time to the United Progressive Alliance Government which is already beset with other, even graver, embarrassments ...

Democracy damaged
The coup staged by Fiji's military commander, Frank Bainimarama, against the elected government led by Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase cannot be justified on any ground. There might be an element of truth in the allegation that the Government was ...

Leader Page Articles
A return to the cold war rhetoric?
By Vladimir Radyuhin

Litvinenko's death has conveniently supplied new firepower to the anti-Putin campaign whipped up in the West in reaction to the resurgence of Russia and its increasingly assertive global posture.

News Analysis
Devolution proposal in Sri Lanka
By B. Muralidhar Reddy

Multi-ethnic edperts panel for the province as unit of devolution.

Corrections and Clarifications
The names of two former Union Finance Ministers were misspelt in the report "Centre committed to unlocking PSU potential" (December 6, 2006). "John Mathai and Chintamani Deshmukh" should have been John Maththai and Chintaman (Dwarakanath) ...

Inclusiveness in higher education
By Sukhdeo Thorat

A combination of a compensatory policy for particular social groups and a pro-poor policy, which must cover all the poor irrespective of caste, religion or gender background, is necessary for inclusiveness in higher education.

Horrors of a closet civil war
By Jonathan Steele

Diyala has become a microcosm of Iraq's two inter-connecting wars.

Richest one per cent owns 40 per cent of world's wealth
By James Randerson

Report by U.N. institute finds the richest 10 per cent of adults account for 85 per cent of global assets. Half the world's adult population, however, owns barely one per cent of global wealth.

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