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◆On the cover
India's achievement is at risk because it has failed to reform its public sector



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

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◆Leaders
India's economy
What's holding India back?
Latin America
The war behind the insults
Conservation
Use them or lose them
The credit crunch
Mark it and weep
After Texas and Ohio
The Democrats' nightmare

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◆Letters
On deforestation, technology and government, malaria, Fidel Castro

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◆Special Report
India's civil service
Battling the babu raj

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◆United States
The primaries
Never say die
Fraud
Trials and tribulations
The Republicans
Ready for round two
Ethics in Louisiana
Taco Bell time
Oregon's forests
The wood and the trees
Cities
Rise of the super-mayor
Ferries
The rusting armada
Lexington
Obamaworld versus Hillaryland

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◆The Americas
Colombia and its neighbours
On the warpath
NAFTA
An unreliable ally
Entrepreneurs in Brazil
Betting the fazenda

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◆Asia
China's parliament
You have permission to think freely
India's budget
Write-offs as high as an elephant's eye
Japan's regions
The puzzle of power
Nepal
Ballot box takes wing
The Philippines
Up the creek

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◆Middle East & Africa
Israel and the Palestinians
The bloody conundrum of Gaza
Arab diplomacy
The pro-Westerners feel stumped too
Iraq and Iran
Big brother comes to town
South Africa
Skin-deep
Somalia's fighting
Hitting the right target?
Correction: Kenyan peace deal

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◆Europe
Spanish elections
The coming pain in Spain
Regional politics in Spain
Power in their hands
Russia's new president
A Putin-shaped throne
Armenia
Troubling news from the Caucasus
Northern France
Not so grim up north
American visas
Stand in line
Charlemagne
Don't play politics with the euro

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◆Britain
Britain and Europe
Rebels with a cause
Northern Ireland
The big man leaves the stage
Coming of age
You'll be a man, my son
Carbon capture and storage
Filling it all back up again

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◆International
Global Muslim networks
How far they have travelled
Fethullah Gulen
A farm boy on the world stage
The internet and government
Leaks and lawsuits
Anti-terrorist spending
Feel safer now?
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◆Business
Japan's Mittelstand
Under pressure
Porsche and VW
In the driving seat
Cars
Ford's European arm lends a hand
European trademarks
A money mountain
European energy
Neelie's deal
Business in Turkey
Mixed signals
Shipping
Heavy weather
Face value
Stopping the rot

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◆Special Report
Trade bans and conservation
Call of the wild

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◆Finance & Economics
Emerging markets
The decoupling debate
Brazil's stockmarket
Food, fuel and froth
Buttonwood
Bling fling
The credit crisis
Crunch numbers
Valuing securities
Don't mark to Markit
Australia's economy
Hawks in the outback
Fidelity Investments
Lynched
Economics focus
When the rivers run dry
Internship

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◆Science & Technology
Physics
Wanted: Einstein Jr
Websites
Hold the front page
Flooding the Grand Canyon
Wiping the slate dirty
Forestry
Protected by bars

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◆Books & Arts
The credit crunch
The pendulum swings
India's economy
Open wide
Terrorism
The evil that men do
Amazon worldwide bestsellers
Win-win-Winfrey
Physics
Facts from fiction
Titian's late period
Worth waiting for
Correction: Roman love affair

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◆Obituary
The Creature from the Black Lagoon

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