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◆On the cover
Nothing else has worked: it is time for the world's most dangerous place to try democracy



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

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◆Leaders
Pakistan
The world's most dangerous place
Kenya
A very African coup
Global migration
Keep the borders open
America's economy
Aspirin, not morphine
The oil price
Peak nationalism

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◆Letters
On urban populations, secularism, international law, cocaine, Macedonia, computers, Alaska

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◆Special Report
Pakistan
A country on the brink
Germany's Jews
Latkes and vodka

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◆United States
The presidency
George Bush's last year
Rudy Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg
A tale of two mayors
Chicago's public transport
Off track
On the campaign trail
Primary colour
Strip clubs
The Texas pole tax
Parks
American pastoral
Lexington
The 40-year itch

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◆The Americas
Brazil
If redemption fails, you can still use the free bathroom
Argentina, Venezuela and America
Slush and garbage
Colombia
Camera, no action

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◆Asia
Thailand
Counting Thaksin's blessings
Hong Kong
Democracy denied
Nuclear North Korea
Eerie silence
Taiwan
Vote, vote and vote again
Gujarat
A la Modi
Sri Lanka
Truce and fiction

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◆Middle East & Africa
Kenya's elections
Twilight robbery, daylight murder
Nigeria
The good, the bad and the president
America and the Middle East
Yo, anyone who fears Iran

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◆Europe
France
Sarkozy's testing year ahead
Italy's fiscal policy
Tax bonanza
Charlemagne
Shop-worn arguments

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◆Britain
Immigration controls
Guarding British soil
Victorian diseases
Still with us

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◆International
The United Nations
The rewards of beavering away

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◆Business
Mergers and acquisitions
Whither the great wave?
Business jets
Winging it
Advertising
How not to annoy your customers
Business in Norway
Girl power
Software as a service
A question of demand
Face value
The social technologist

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◆Special Report
Employment in Japan
Sayonara, salaryman

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◆Finance & Economics
The euro area
Déjà vu
Buttonwood
And God created alpha
Bond insurance
Testing the waters
Japan's property markets
Building wealth
Trade
The sun sets on Cotonou
Economics focus
An old Chinese myth

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◆Science & Technology
Abolishing ageing
How to live forever
The Methuselah mouse
Eyes on the prize
Correction: Human cloning

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◆Books & Arts
Pakistan's nuclear ambitions
The spider's stratagem
The importance of economics
A black and white case
German art
Expressionists at war
American social history
An outsider looking in
Amazon worldwide bestsellers
HP sauce
Corrections: Rush Limbaugh and Noël Coward

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◆Obituary
Benazir Bhutto

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◆Economic and Financial Indicators
Overview
Output, prices and jobs
The Economist commodity-price index
Global business barometer
Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates
Markets
Stockmarkets