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｡n the cover
The Gulf countries are managing their wealth better during this oil boom than they did during the last one



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｡he world this week
Politics this week
Business this week
KAL's cartoon

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｡eaders
Gulf economies
The rise of the Gulf
Vietnam
Asia's other miracle
Chinese nationalism
Flame on
The Democrats
Swinging in the wind
Bank capital
Joseph and the amazing technicalities
Recovery at Fiat
The miracle of Turin


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｡etters
On Israel, Bertelsmann, Tibet, bitter politics

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｡pecial Report
Gulf economies
How to spend it

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｡nited States
The Democrats in Pennsylvania
No surrender
On the campaign trail
Primary colour
Campaign finance
Mammon, McCain and Obama
Death penalty
A pointless extinction
Immigration
Not very nICE
History in California
Fighting for a piece of Clio
Health
Eat, smoke and die early
Rural schools
Shrinking pains
Lexington
Only in America


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｡he Americas
A tale of two Mexicos
North and south
Cuba
Fins ain't wot they used to be
Colombia
Cousin Mario
Bolivia
Once more to the brink


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｡sia
India
Shovelling for their supper
China
Manage that anger
Indonesia
Bully pulpit
Australia
Green, no queen
Nauru
Dumped on again
The Philippines
Too many babies?
Correction: Myanmar


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｡iddle East & Africa
Iraq
Nuri al-Maliki, a dogged survivor
Saudi Arabia
Our women must be protected
The Palestinian territories
Chickens and eggs
Zimbabwe
The stalemate turns bloody


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｡urope
Cyprus
A glimmer of hope, with ice cream
Northern Italy and Alitalia
Good money after bad
Germany's generation gap
Oldies with muscle
Iceland's economy
Till debt us do part
The press in eastern Europe
Less free speech
Charlemagne
Europe's Marxist dilemma


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｡ritain
The Labour government
Beleaguered Mr Brown
London's election
Every vote counts｡ｪtwice
Credit markets
A lifeline for banks
Banks
Look Ma, no capital


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｡nternational
The UN and human rights
A screaming start
Olympic games
The ghosts of Mexico 1968

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｡usiness
Business and human rights
Beyond the ｡ｰgenocide Olympics｡ｱ
Samsung
Lee bows out
Carmaking in China
Collision ahead
Yahoo! and Microsoft
Still No
Computer security
Pain in the aaS
Lawyers in India
Legally barred
Antitrust in Europe
Race to confess
Face value
Fuld of experience
Correction: Oil and gas in Peru


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｡pecial Report
Fiat
Rebirth of a carmaker

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｡inance & Economics
UBS
Wealth mismanagement
Buttonwood
Swap shop
Interest rates
On second thoughts
Spanish housing
Counting the costa
Japanese finance
My bow is my bond
Economics focus
Bankers' trust


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｡cience & Technology
Human evolution
Before the exodus
Human reproduction
Sugar and spice...
Learning and longevity
Critical thinking
Thunder and lightning
Out of the clouds
The brain
Early warning system
Correction: Financial endocrinology


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｡ooks & Arts
Israeli documentary cinema
Belonging in Israel
The global ruling class
Billion-dollar babies
American history
Big bite
Egyptian life
An unorthodox insight
New fiction 1
Waves of pleasure
New fiction 2
The unremembered
Correction: Babylon


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｡bituary
Ollie Johnston


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｡conomic and Financial Indicators
Overview
Output, prices and jobs
The Economist commodity-price index
Ireland
Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates
Markets
Top exporters