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◆On the cover

Globalisation's offspring: how the new multinationals are remaking the old ones: leader


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◆The world this week
Politics this week
Business this week
KAL's cartoon

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◆Leaders
Multinationals
Globalisation's offspring
Iran and the West
All at sea over Iran Requires subscription
Trade
Pyrrhic victory Requires subscription
Ethanol
Castro was right Requires subscription
Kashmir
Time to go Requires subscription

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◆Letters
On Amnesty International and human rights, Iraq, tax breaks

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◆Special Report
Iran and the West
Sailing into troubled waters
Britain's military power
From the Falklands to the Gulf

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◆United States
Trade policy
The trade two-step
Global warming
Air pressure
Campaign funding
The money primary
Texas politics
Brooking no DeLay
Kentucky
Under starter's orders
Recovering from tornadoes
Self-sufficient Arkansas
Subprime lending
Live now, pay later
Lexington
Looking for Mr Right

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◆The Americas
Politics in Mexico
An early harvest for Calderｨｮn
Brazil
Lula opts for a quiet life
Canada's seal hunt
On thin ice
Argentina and the Falklands
Their island story

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◆Asia
Japan and China
Peace breaking out
Cambodia's local elections
Hun Sen wins again
Kashmir
Troops out?
China
I'd rather be a hammer
Bangladesh
Digging in
Thailand
Southern discomfort
Pakistan
Teacher, don't leave them kids alone

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◆Middle East & Africa
Somalia
A failed state that threatens the region
Zimbabwe
The hogwash of quiet diplomacy
Syria
Has he got away with it?
Iraq and the Kurds
The other Jerusalem
Libya
Still bizarre, in a bad way

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◆Europe
Russia's Muslims
A benign growth
Ukraine's messy politics
Tragedy and farce
Spain
Media wars
Poland and its past
Heavy vetting
France's presidential race
The banlieue effect
Greece's government
School for scandal
Greek myths revisited
Testing Homer
Charlemagne
Transatlantic tensions

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◆Britain
Crowded airports
Landing flap
Fertility treatment
Quality, not quantity
Victorian public baths
Reincarnation

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◆International
Foreign aid
The non-aligned movement
Marine research
Deep waters
Human rights
Bad counsel
Climate change
All washed up

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◆Business
Transatlantic aviation
Chocks away
Telecom Italia
Plot twist
Online music
A change of tune
Social networking
Joined-up thinking
European energy
How not to block a takeover
Counterfeit cars in China
The sincerest form of flattery
Marketing
Building buzz
Chocolate
Thinking out of the box
Face value
Green revolutionary

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◆Special Report
IBM and globalisation
Hungry tiger, dancing elephant

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◆Finance & Economics
Political-risk insurance
Of coups and coverage
Buttonwood
Soros on the cheap
Payment cards
Cashiered
United Commercial Bank
Diaspora finance
Brazil's stock exchange
A second look
Economics focus
Smaller shares, bigger slices

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◆Science & Technology
Computer vision
Easy on the eyes
Anaesthesia
You won't feel a thing
Bacteria and depression
Bad is good
Bacteria and antibiotics
Weakness is strength
Correction: Antarctic science

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◆Books & Arts
France's next president
The fire in their veins
English history
An interim time of great confusion Requires subscription
Russia
A slice of death Requires subscription
Memoirs of adoption
The bittersweet taste of discovery Requires subscription
Surgeons at work
Are they human? Requires subscription
Amazon worldwide bestsellers
The Child is father of the Man Requires subscription

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◆Obituary
Paul Lauterbur

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◆Economic and Financial Indicators
Overview
The Economist poll of forecasters, April averages
Output, prices and jobs
The Economist commodity-price index
Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates
Information technology
Markets