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｡n the cover
The European Union has wobbled woefully, but Russia too will eventually lose from its Georgian adventure

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

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｡eaders
After Georgia
Europe stands up to Russia
Britain's economy
How bad is it?
Japanese politics
Another grey man bites the dust
Technology and global warming
The world in a test tube
Thailand
Worse than a coup
Regional trade agreements
A second-best choice


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｡etters
On airport hubs, religion, medical tourism housing, food and presidential candidates

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｡pecial Report
The West and Russia
Cold comfort
The north Caucasus
Murder as problem solver
Georgia after the war
Nervous interval


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｡nited States
The Republican convention
The maverick and the hockey mom
Ron Paul｡ｯs campaign
Another old Republican
Examining Alaska (1)
From pork to petrodollars
Examining Alaska (2)
The challenger
Hurricane Gustav
Could have been worse
The economy
In need of more Band-Aids
Swing states: Minnesota
A polka-dot place
Lexington
The woman from nowhere


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｡he Americas
Canada
An early appointment with electoral destiny
Mexico
Oh rose, thou art sick
Argentina
Satisfying the creditors
Wiretaps in Brazil
Spying on justice


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｡sia
Thailand
Samak pulls the emergency cord
Japan's politics
Aso braced; Fukuda into the sunset
New Zealand
Money-muddles
Monsoon floods in India
Bihar's annual sorrow
Sri Lanka's war
Closing in on the Tigers' lair
Xinjiang
Chinastan


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｡iddle East & Africa
Kenya
When not imploding is not enough
Somalia
Hunger and terror
Israel
Come and have a good time
Ramadan
Time for tall tales on television
The West Bank
The villagers hemmed in


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｡urope
The left in France
Bon appｨｦtit, comrades!
Germany｡ｯs Social Democrats
A party in disarray
Alitalia and the taxpayer
On a wing and a taxpayer｡ｯs prayer
The Markov case
Piccadilly circus
Charlemagne
The heretical Czechs


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｡ritain
The economy
Home's where the hurt is
The army in Afghanistan
Dam difficult
The City of London
Defying augury
Gordon Brown's Scotland
Backyard blues


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｡nternational
Repatriating refugees
Managing the right of return
Cyprus
Bargaining chips, anyone?
The future of aid
A scramble in Africa

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｡usiness
Cars
The road ahead
The world wide web
The second browser war
Alcatel-Lucent
Bring down the barriers
Dealing with the downturn
Accounts not receivable
Executive compensation in China
False options
Face value
Deflating IT
Correction
Correction: The business of sport


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｡pecial Report
Islamic finance
Savings and souls
A short introduction
Faith-based finance


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｡inance & Economics
Trade
Afta Doha
Buttonwood
A leaky pool
Japan's economy
Down but not out
South Korea and Wall Street
Deal or no deal?
German banking
The last laugh
Eastern European markets
Russian bears
Commodities
A petrodollar saved
Economics focus
Reserve army of underemployed
Corrections: Poverty and the European Central Bank

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｡cience & Technology
Global warming
A changing climate of opinion?

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｡ooks & Arts
Food and pet food
Not on the label
The physics of mass
A dialogue with nature
Israel and Iran
At each other's throats
Anthony Capella's gourmet fiction
Coffee without the grind
The assassination of Franz Ferdinand
One morning in Sarajevo
Amazon worldwide bestsellers
Facts made easy


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｡bituary
Yuri Nosenko

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｡conomic and Financial Indicators
Overview
Output, prices and jobs
The Economist commodity-price index
The Economist poll of forecasters, September averages
Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates
Markets
GDP growth forecasts