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    Editorials
    Long-term friends, short-term tactics
    Although the Telugu Desam Party decided to end the boycott of Parliament ignoring the call of its ally, the Bharatiya Janata Party, this is not indicative of any serious rift in their seven-year-old alliance. The differences between the two ...

    Towards a better deal for customers
    Customer service in financial institutions gets its due in the recent credit policy statement for 2005-06. A specific proposal to create an institution to formulate and oversee a code of banking practices has since been approved in principle by ...

    Leader Page Articles
    A chance to take centre stage
    By Amit Baruah

    The proposed meeting in Vladivostok is an opportunity for India, Russia, and China to work towards a more equitable world order.

    News Analysis
    Pakistan's Afghan problem
    By B. Muralidhar Reddy

    The over three million Afghan refugees still in Pakistan pose a variety of challenges for the host nation.

    Higher education hits a low
    By V. Jayanth

    The recent examination fraud exposé in Chennai only underlines the need for a credible regulator.

    Extinct birds keep turning up again
    By Stephen Moss

    Recent sightings of the ivory-billed woodpecker, a breed long thought lost, remind us that extinction is not always a certainty.

    Guests who outstay their welcome
    By David McKie

    Few of us can never have felt at some time or other that pang of fear of a guest unduly prolonging a stay, or of ourselves overstaying a generous welcome.

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