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On the cover

America is probably turning left傭ut not in the way many foreigners (and some Americans) hope: leader



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The world this week

Politics this week
Business this week
KAL's cartoon



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Leaders

American politics
Is America turning left?
The Koreas
Mr Kim has the neighbours in
America, Israel and the Palestinians
A modest ambition
British airports
Hell on wings
Language
Plus 軋 change? Not quite


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Letters

On Iran, Sarbanes-Oxley, the Royal Navy, English, 典he Simpsons・


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Briefing

The American right
Under the weather


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United States

America's creaking infrastructure
A bridge too far gone
The boom in roundabouts
Merry-go-round
Energy policy
A flurry of good intentions
Political campaigning
Grown up and buttoned-down
Professional sport
Curb your enthusiasm
Hurricane insurance
Wishing the wind not to blow
Lexington
Partners and power



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The Americas

Venezuela
The rise of the 釘oligarchs・
Argentina and Venezuela
Business partners
Canada
The politics of war


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Asia

The Beijing Olympics
On your marks (and Lenin)
Pakistan
The emergency ward
The Philippines
Treasure hunt
Bangladesh
Up to their necks
Timor-Leste
Buffalo blues
An Indian scam
Citizen Malhotra
Asia's rich and poor
For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more



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Middle East & Africa

Zimbabweans in South Africa
No welcome, no let-up
Darfur
A dream writ in water
Congo-Brazzaville
Oil, votes and Ninjas
The Gaza Strip
Staying alive
Egypt
A summer of discontents
Iran
Culture and Islamic guidance


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Europe

France and Germany
Disillusion across the Rhine
Bulgaria and the European Union
EUphoria, for now
Denmark's bridges
Crossing the waters
Russia's new assertiveness
Ships, subs and missiles
Charlemagne
For your eyes only



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Britain

Agriculture
Life on the land
Foot-and-mouth disease
Own goal
Heathrow hell
Britain's Awful Airports
Britain, Iraq and America
Blowback



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International

Globalisation and health
The maladies of affluence


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Business

America's car industry
The road to recovery
Corporate crime in America
Collared
Glue and paint
Unsticking ICI
European energy
The Hungarian defence
Telecoms in Africa
Not so EASSy
Indian retailing
Gently does it
Face value
To hell and back


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Briefing

Procter & Gamble
Will she, won't she?


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Finance & Economics

Monetary policy
It ain't easy
Asset-backed securities
Sold down the river Rhine
Investment banking
Faith healing
Buttonwood
Prime movers
Chinese lenders
Black-market banking
Personal finance
The boomers' babies
Economics focus
The mandarins of money
Correction: The dollar



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Science & Technology

Neuroscience
Blossoming brains
Medicine
Skeleton keys
Astrophysics
Hitch-hiking to the moon
Evolutionary biology
Tit for tat



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Books & Arts

Pugin
Gothic's moral superiority
Communism and Nazism
Compare and contrast
Religion
Rules of the game
New poetry
Kestrels on the wind's edge
New play
The muddiness of right and wrong
Locarno film festival
Outdoor movies



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Obituary
Tommy Makem


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Economic and Financial Indicators

Overview
Output, prices and jobs
The Economist commodity-price index
The Economist poll of forecasters, August averages
Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates
Markets
Exchange rates against the dollar