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De-escalate the Iran crisis
With the expiry on Wednesday of the 60-day deadline for Iran to suspend its fuel cycle operations, the crisis over that country's peaceful nuclear energy programme is all set to escalate. In December 2006, the United States and its allies ...

Australian cricket in decline?
Australia's dramatic slump in the limited overs format is, perversely, good news for international cricket, which in a matter of weeks has become a lot more competitive at the top. Cracks have appeared in the world champion's aura of ...

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France awaits a presidential election
By Vaiju Naravane

Nicolas Sarkozy and Segolene Royal are the frontrunners but a third candidate could yet emerge. For now, with eight opinion polls published each week, the country's political pundits are thoroughly confused.

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Iran is a force for peace
By Rasoul Movahedian

The U.S. must accept that Tehran has every right to a civil nuclear programme.

Level playing field at Wimbledon
By Mark Lawson

Now that women are to get equal pay at the tournament at last, how about some matches between them and men?

New history book planned for EU
By Ian Traynor

EUROPE IS more likely to be agonising about its future, but now it is the past that is proving contentious. On Thursday, it emerged that Germany was hoping to exploit its EU presidency to promote a new school history book for the European ...

Corrections and Clarifications
In "Peace and the burning train" (Editorial, February 20, 2007), it was stated that the Samjhauta (meaning Understanding) Express was started in 1976 following the Shimla accord. In the same edition, a report "Evoking horrors of Partition ...

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