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A people's victory
The announcement by King Gyanendra restoring Nepal's Parliament that was dissolved in 2002 is a historic victory for the country's pro-democracy movement. It is a true measure of what a genuine people-based movement can achieve in the face of the ...

A challenge for democratic institutions
The victory of Italy's centre-left coalition in the recent general election, confirmed by the Interior Ministry after incumbent Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi alleged fraud in the counting of the ballot, has been validated further by the ...

Leader Page Articles
STATECRAFT
Who is afraid of peace with Pakistan?
By Harish Khare

There is no dishonour in exploring the flexibility and leeway provided in the Constitution to satisfy the demand for self-governance in Kashmir.

News Analysis
Can our brains think in the digital age?
By Jackie Ashley — © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2006

RECENTLY, NEUROBIOLOGIST Susan Greenfield asked a question in the House of Lords that affects all of us, yet which I have never heard discussed by mainstream politicians: is technology changing our brains? The context is the clicking, bleeping, ...

Corrections and clarifications
**A few readers have pointed out factual errors in the report "No new surgery on Pramod Mahajan for now" (April 25, 2006). The caption of the accompanying PTI picture read: "Steven Dean, vice-president of the Australian College of Surgery, comes ...

DATELINE KATHMANDU
Now for a Constituent Assembly
By Siddharth Varadarajan

Empowered through battle, a victorious people savour their moment.

OUT OF LONDON
A lethal mix of race and rage
By Hasan Suroor

The anti-immigrant British National Party is now being seen as a potential option by white working class voters disillusioned with mainstream parties.

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