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Labour in deep crisis
Judging from the events of the past two days, the Blair era in British politics is effectively all over bar the shouting. Tony Blair, of course, will linger on as Prime Minister for some more months to allow him to surpass former Conservative ...

Meghalaya political games
By ruling out another change of guard in Meghalaya, the central leadership of the Congress has sent a message of stability to the State and also a firm signal to potential dissidents elsewhere. The overall situation, however, reflects an ...

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REALITY CHECK
India and the quest for world order
By Siddharth Varadarajan

The Manmohan Singh Government's foreign policy may or may not be independent. What is certain is that it is not effective or imaginative.

News Analysis

Malegaon: the road to perdition
By Praveen Swami & Anupama Katakam

Islamist violence has scarred much of India, but the Malegaon bombings were preceded by a series of Hindutva terrorist attacks on mosques.

Seeking joint responses to global challenges
By Matti Vanhanen, José Manuel Barroso, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, & Roh Moo-hyun

Asia and Europe look to the future on ASEM's tenth anniversary.

Myanmar: junta blamed over tribes' poor health
By John Aglionby

THE TRIBES of eastern Myanmar (Burma) have some of the worst health conditions in the world as a result of persecution by the junta, a report published on Thursday reveals. Evictions, forced labour, destruction of crops, and constant fear of ...

Corrections and clarifications
The sentence in "VRS not a right: Supreme Court" (September 7, 2006) was: "In the instant case, T.S.N. Raju and R. Rama Rao, two employees of the Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT), rejected the request of two employees who sought retirement under ...

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