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Sultan at bay (78)
Ending a war
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■United States
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Politics in Kentucky
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The value of university
Where’s best? (18)
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■The Americas
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Guatemala’s new president
No joke (6)
Bello
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■Asia
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Banyan
Hot water (15)

■China
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If China’s provinces were countries...
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Uneasy lies the head (1)
Student protests in South Africa
Boiling over (3)
Reclaiming Nigeria
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The International Criminal Court
The battle against impunity goes on (2)

■Europe
Turkey’s election
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Poland turns right
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Portugal’s doomed government
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The 2006 football World Cup
Fair play or foul? (5)
Bavaria and migration
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Charlemagne
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■International
The future of nuclear energy
Half-death (4)

■Special report: Colombia
Colombia
The promise of peace(1)
The road to peace
This time is different
The aftermath
A nation of victims
The urban-rural divide
A tale of three countries(1)
The economy and business
Time to branch out(2)
The future
Halfway to success(1)

■Business
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The big-box game (1)
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Hitting the bottom
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A multi-speed Europe (24)
Theranos
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Multinationals in China
A harder road ahead (1)
Recruitment
No names, no bias? (10)
Schumpeter
The story and the numbers

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Buttonwood
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Bank regulation in China
Letting go
Robo-advisers
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Cashpoints
The eyes have it
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Keeping up with the Karumes (7)

■Science and technology
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Greater than the sum of its parts (29)
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Malaria
One more punch (2)
Dentistry
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