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Brinkmanship in Pakistan
When Pakistan ushered in a democratic government in February 2008, there was widespread expectation that it would bring some political stability to the country after a period of popular agitation against a military ruler. The promising moves ...

Mitigating pain in export sectors
The review of Foreign Trade Policy unveiled by Commerce Minister Kamal Nath on Thursday is in the nature a short-term supplement to the five-year framework (2004-09) that ran concurrently with the tenure of the United Progressive Alliance ...

Leader Page Articles
Ambition and power play in the time of elections
By Vidya Subrahmaniam

The Congress and the BJP must understand that old rules of engagement will not work in a polity defined by soaring underclass ambition and diversity.

News Analysis
ONLINE AND OFF LINE

Readers’ right to a complete picture
Work in the Readers’ Editor’s office has a placid even tenor about it, unlike that in a newsroom. The regulars point out typos, factual errors, language slips; there are information seekers, and there are those who need some help ...

Crisis forces them to choose low-cost meals
The deepening global financial crisis has forced more and more French people to choose low-priced fast food shops instead of traditional restaurants, local media reported recently. A survey conducted among 10,000 French showed the ...

Reconstructing Gaza – and the peace process
By Ban Ki-moon

The Gaza crisis underscores the urgent need to achieve comprehensive peace in the Middle East.

Row over radioactive steel exports erupts again
By Vaiju Naravane

Indian steel exporters are worried about its adverse consequences.

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