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｡ﾟOn the cover
What a way to run the world
Global institutions are an outdated muddle; the rise of Asia makes their reform a priority for the West




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｡ﾟThe world this week
Politics this week
Business this week
KAL's cartoon

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｡ﾟLeaders
International government
What a way to run the world
The credit crunch
Britain｡ｯs sinking economy
Colombia
Gracias and good night
The oil price
Don｡ｯt blame the speculators
Malaysia
South-East Asia｡ｯs Gorbachev?
The presidential campaign
Return to centre


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｡ﾟLetters
On the Lisbon treaty, American politics, the Roma, biofuels, green taxes, Poland and Russia, circumcision


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｡ﾟSpecial Report
On the Lisbon treaty, American politics, the Roma, biofuels, green taxes, Poland and Russia, circumcision


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｡ﾟUnited States
The presidential election
White men can vote
Economic policy
What next?
Gun control
Showdown
The death of yearbooks
Valete
The Green Congress
Could do better
Farming
Needles in a haystack
Lexington
Michelle Obama's America

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｡ﾟThe Americas
Colombia
Uribe's hostage triumph
Canada
Green gambit
Jamaica
Sick transit
Canada's forests
Beetle attack


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｡ﾟAsia
Sri Lanka
The war president
Kashmir
Land and blood
Homosexuality in India
Glad to be gay (but a bit shy about it)
Malaysia
Here we go again
Australia｡ｯs aborigines
Tough love
Mongolia
Steppe change
Japan｡ｯs bureaucrats
A movable feast


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｡ﾟMiddle East & Africa
Zimbabwe
Africa｡ｯs shame
Somalia
Continuing to fail
Africa and Coca-Cola
Index of happiness?
Israel｡ｯs prisoner swaps
A dubious trade
Iran｡ｯs confrontation with the West
Dangerous games
Clarification: Morgan Tsvangirai


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｡ﾟEurope
Spain
｢ｯCrisis? ｢ｯWhat crisis?
France｡ｯs Socialists
Left and ultra-left
Corruption in Romania
In denial
Nordic defence
Pooling resources
Georgia, Abkhazia and Russia
Tales from the Black Sea
Charlemagne
The French connection


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｡ﾟBritain
Housing slump
Collateral damage
Homebuilders
Throwing in the keys
Health-care reform
Keyhole operation
Royalties on art
Sharing the wealth


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｡ﾟInternational
Conflict resolution
The discreet charms of the international go-between
Mediation and faith
Not a sword, but peace

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｡ﾟBusiness
America｡ｯs carmakers
That shrinking feeling
TNK-BP
At war with itself
Starbucks
Grounds zero
Gambling in Macau
Playing a poor hand
Opera companies
Music for the masses
Business in France
Revolution, of sorts
Ambush marketing
Playing the game
Face value
Virtual competition

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｡ﾟSpecial Report
Swiss banks
Snowed under

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｡ﾟFinance & Economics
Global markets
Bearish battalions
Buttonwood
A gap in the hedge
Regulating Wall Street
A window to a new world
The Bank for International Settlements
Settling scores
Debt relief
Waiving, not drowning
Leveraged buy-outs
Private investigations
Economics focus
The domino effect


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｡ﾟScience & Technology
Regulating pesticides
A balance of risk
Wine and health
Of sommeliers and stomachs
Sudden infant death syndrome
The cradle, not the grave
The Phoenix Mars probe
Up the garden path


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｡ﾟBooks & Arts
Family history
Mount Lebanon｡ｯs children
India and its literature
Back to modernity
Communist jokes
Funny bones
Amazon worldwide bestsellers
Fearless
Lewis Carroll
Shoes and ships and sealing wax
Family stories
They mess you up
19th-century Scandinavian art
The lightness of being


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｡ﾟObituary
Sam Manekshaw

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｡ﾟEconomic and Financial Indicators
Overview
Output, prices and jobs
The Economist commodity-price index
The Economist poll of forecasters, July averages
Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates
Markets
Foreign direct investment