On the cover
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The world this week



Politics this week
Business this week
Kal's cartoon
Leaders
America and Iran
Next stop Iran?
Digital music
Music wants to be free
Private equity
Caveat investor
Bird flu and public health
Under the influence
Bangladesh
Not uniformly bad



Letters

On Israel and the Jewish diaspora



Briefing

Dealing with Iran
A countdown to confrontation
Israel and Iran
How MAD can they be?



United States

The budget
Fiscal frustrations
The politics of the Iraq war
Showcasing disunity
Los Angeles' homeless
On the skids
Reviving Newark
The phoenix of New Jersey?
Shooting wolves
In danger again
Environment awareness
No child left inside
Health care
God, sex, drugs and politics
Visa policy
Keeping out more than terrorists
Lexington
Rudy rising



The Americas

Haiti
Building a reluctant nation
Brazil
Parliament or pigsty?
Argentina
Cooking the books
Peru
Sweet times
Paraguay
The next Ch疱ez?



Asia

Bangladesh
Everybody but the politicians is happy
Japanese justice
Confess and be done with it
South-East Asia
Let's all bash Singapore
Australia's culture wars
To flag or not to flag
Chinese babies
The golden pig cohort



Middle East & Africa

Russia and the Middle East
The bear is happy to be back
The Gulf states
Buying up art and culture
Somalia
It isn't nearly over
South Africa
Looking in the mirror
Congo
Keep the United Nations engaged




Europe

The Caucasus
Hanging together
Germany's nuclear power
A policy of denial
Europe's car emissions
Setting the target
Albania's energy problem
Switching on the lights
Italian football
An unflattering reflection
Turkey's Kurds
Let justice be done
Charlemagne
Berlin Minus



Britain

Parliamentary reform
What the Lords are for
A soldier's death
Mistaken identity
Sainsbury's
A trolley too far
Bird flu
Unruffled
Public-sector efficiency drive
Flaky figures
The attorney-general
In the firing line
Regenerating Blackpool
The last resort
Bagehot
The real Labour funding crisis
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A special report on European business

Who are the champions?
Tomorrow the world
Home and abroad
Driving east
Buy, buy, buy
In the steps of Adidas
The chic and the cheerless
Not what it was
Funny business
Acknowledgments
Offer to readers



Business

The future of television
What's on next
Electronic Arts
Looking forward to the next level
Alstom v Bombardier
Train wars
German wine
Better Sp舩lese than never
Aviation in China
Lofty ambitions
Qantas Airways
Fasten your seat belts
Managing the military
Back to school for the admirals
Face value
Digging deep



Briefing

Private equity
The uneasy crown



Finance & Economics

Japan's currency
Carry on living dangerously
Weather risk
Come rain or come shine
Buttonwood
Mutiny in the ranks
American property
Quite a performance
Pensions for musicians
When they're 64
China's stockmarket
Hot and cold
Cash-handling in Germany
We were Heros



Economics focus

A fluid concept



Science & Technology

Biotechnology
Roses are blue, violets are red
Children's medicine
The ideal versus the best
Economics and anthropology
Patient capital
Climate change
Heating up
The Richard Casement internship



Books & Arts

A critic of Islam
Dark secrets
American politics
My life as an insider
British political history
First among equals
Amazon worldwide bestsellers
The history boys (and one girl)
Jacopo Tintoretto
A tribute well earned
Obituary
David Rattray
Economic and Financial Indicators



Overview

Output, prices and jobs
The Economist commodity-price index
The Economist poll of forecasters
Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates
Markets
Trade and output