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Bihar Assembly election, Mark II
Here is another record that will delight Bihar watchers: it is the first State in India's electoral history to go to the polls twice in the same year. Elections were held in three phases to the Bihar Assembly in February 2005. With the Election ...

Mubarak and his political shell game
There was never any doubt that Egypt's President, Hosni Mubarak, would handily win yet another six-year term in office. Mr. Mubarak did not belie expectations as he romped home with over 80 per cent of the votes cast in the September 7 election. ...

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France looks to firm up ties with India
By Vaiju Naravane

While there is elation at India's desire to re-invest in the bilateral relationship, Paris is worried that New Delhi's rapprochement with Washington could diminish its own importance.

News Analysis
America bids farewell to the rule of law
By Siddharth Varadarajan

A Federal Appeal Court's ruling in the Padilla case means President Bush now has the right to lock up anyone, forever, without charge.

Flat tax is economic nonsense
By Will Hutton

A new economic idea has seized U.S. neocons, and now British Conservatives. The trouble is it's batty.

Imaginary friends
By Oliver James

I KNOW a three-year-old girl whose best friend is her Bear and who shares her life with a warren-full of imaginary rabbits (`The Wabbits'). When this tranquillity was interrupted by the arrival of a baby brother, she registered no direct disgust ...

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"Science without conscience is worse than no science"
Jacques Diouf,Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation, has strong views on the issue of genetically modified organisms. In an interview, he says we need to put in place an internationally agreed regulatory framework.




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