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Constitutionalism and morality
The Janata Dal (Secular) and the Bharatiya Janata Party have displayed rank opportunism in coming together to form a government in Karnataka just three weeks after they parted company with so much bitterness over the power-sharing arrangement. ...

A sitting duck for bird flu
Contrary to what was seen as a problem confined largely to South-East Asian countries, bird flu is expected to become endemic in some parts of Europe. When that happens, Europe will be the third continent, after Asia and Africa, to acquire that ...

Leader Page Articles
Turkey’s Kurdish problem: lessons for India
By M.K. Bhadrakumar

Turkey’s Kurdish dilemma offers salutary lessons for strategic thinkers. It enables them to take a rare peep into the actual world of politics and the pitiless ravines of international diplomacy.

News Analysis
Planning process and the marginalised
By D. Raja

Coping with a rapidly urbanising world
By N. Gopal Raj

A new study says good urban governance holds the key to tackling the unprecedented expansion in many developing countries.

Corrections and clarifications
A report “BJP, JD(S) parade legislators” (October 30, 2007, page 1) gave the name of the Karnataka BJP leader as B.S. Yeddyurappa A New Delhi report, “BJP, Congress trade charges” and the caption of the ...

Anger at plan to limit speeds on German autobahns
By Kate Connolly

A speed limit can reduce CO2 emissions and accident rate, say Social Democrats.

Has the end of civilisation begun?
By George Monbiot

A powerful novel’s vision of a dystopian future shines a cold light on the dreadful consequences of our universal apathy.

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