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Editorials
More at stake than cricket
The government’s decision to cancel the January 2009 Indian cricket tour of Pakistan may have been unavoidable given the security concerns and political sensitivity following last month’s terrorist attacks in Mumbai. However, care ...

Looking beyond Kyoto
Climate change would appear to be a less important question during an economic downturn, but as United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has observed, a well thought-out fiscal stimulus can address both the problems through green growth. ...

Leader Page Articles
Defensive measures alone won’t suffice
By Brahma Chellaney

Defensive measures can be meaningful only if they are accompanied by a proactive component that entails going after the terrorists before they strike.

News Analysis
Rosy rewriting of the Iraq debacle will fuel worse disaster in Afghanistan
By Simon Jenkins

An inquest into Blair’s support for the invasion could fit on a postcard. Eager inquirers should turn their gaze to Kabul.

‘U.S. needs international partnerships in space’
By N. Gopal Raj

The U.S. should invite international and commercial partners to build a truly global exploration effort with significant cost-sharing, says an MIT experts panel.

The perfect Christmas gift for the space buff
By Richard Luscombe

Three space shuttles, slightly worn, 20m miles on the clock between them, one not-so-careful owner. Yours at a knockdown price of $42m each, post and packing not included. At last, the perfect Christmas gift for the space buff who has ...

Brits now poorer than Italians
By John Hooper

It was a hammer blow to British pride so devastating that some have credited the so-called sorpasso — overtaking — with starting the slide that led to Thatcher’s removal from power three years later. In 1987 the ...

Corrections and clarifications
* * Clue 12 Down in The Hindu Crossword 9406 (December 17, 2008) was “Sweetheart to cover the Joint Entrance Exam in the tea-producing state (10)”. The solution (December 18, 2008) was “Darjeeling”. A reader felt ...

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