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STILL A LONG SHOT
HAD THE INDIA Meteorological Department been a bookmaker, it would have lost a packet. In April it predicted that rainfall in this year's southwest monsoon from June 1 to September 30 would be normal, in fact, 100 per cent of the long-term ...

MR. INDONESIA
SUSILO BAMBANG YUDHOYONO was confirmed the winner of Indonesia's long-drawn presidential election after the counting of votes was completed in all parts of the vast archipelago. Mr. Yudhoyono crossed the last hurdle on his way to becoming the ...

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Sorry, you're not part of the plan
By Siddharth Varadarajan

The debate over the composition of the Planning Commission panels was really a battle over the direction of the economy. And the outcome suggests the electorate's concerns do not count.

E.U.'s real problem with Turkey
By Richard Adams— © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2004

The real problem about Turkey joining the European Union is not religion but its size and economic weakness.

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