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Breakthrough on Baglihar?
The World Bank-appointed neutral expert, Raymond Lafitte, appears to have done a reasonably fair job of resolving the dispute over the 450 Megawatt-Baglihar project since both India and Pakistan have welcomed his report. Islamabad has reason to ...

Business jets set to take off
It was not just defence deals and the booming civil aviation market that figured in Bangalore's Aero-India 2007 show. The growing potential for business jets in India also was much in evidence. With the economy growing steadily and the trade in ...

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STATECRAFT
It is neither high nor commanding
By Harish Khare

It is time for the Congress and the BJP to restore the efficacy of the institution called high command if the polity is not to suffer further fragmentation.

News Analysis
Déjà vu on the Korean peninsula
By Siddharth Varadarajan

After first pushing North Korea to test a nuclear weapon, the Bush administration has settled for a deal it could have had in 2002 or 2005. Is the new policy merely a way of buying time with one part of the `axis of evil' to confront another?

The brain scan that can read people's intentions
By Ian Sample

Call for ethical debate over possible use of new technology in interrogation.

Corrections and Clarifications
In a report "Minor girl allowed to stay with husband" (February 10, 2007), the second paragraph was: "Closing a habeas corpus petition moved by her father, a Division Bench comprising Justices Dharma Rao Elipe and P.P.S. Janarthana Raja said: ...

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"We should work for a more visible Malaysia-India relationship"
Malaysia's Foreign MinisterSyed Hamid Albaron the prospects for better bilateral ties. Excerpts from an interview at his office in Putra Jaya, prior to his planned visit to India this week:

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