Gaza: the rights and wrongs
Israel was provoked, but as in Lebanon in 2006
it may find this war a hard one to end, or to justify: leader

-The world this week-
The world this week
KAL's cartoon

-Leaders-
Israel's war in Gaza
　Gaza: the rights and wrongs
The euro at ten
　Testing times
Fifty years of the Castro regime
　Time for a (long overdue) change
The oceans
　A sea of troubles
Business
　Managing the Facebookers

-Letters-
On Sudan, Rwanda, socialism, Muslims, mobile phones, Ecuador,
Bernard Madoff, Ginger Rogers

-Briefing-
The Cuban revolution at 50
　Heroic myth and prosaic failure
Cuba's economy
　Ill winds

-United States-
Re-training America's workers
　The people puzzle
Barack Obama's BlackBerry
　Subject: Wall Street
Unemployment insurance
　A safety net in need of repair
The Christmas bird count
　Hunting without guns
Charleston
　A turn in the South
Re-naming America
　Obamaville
Lexington
　Huntington's clash

-The Americas-
Venezuela
　Socialism with cheap oil
The Caribbean
　Hanging them high

-Asia-
Bangladesh's election
　The tenacity of hope
India, Pakistan and Kashmir
　A good vote in the angry valley
Turkmenistan
　Shadow movement
Horse racing in China
　Go for big chests and slim waists
Japanese immigration
　Don't bring me your huddled masses

-Middle East & Africa-
Israel and Gaza
　Pummelling the Palestinians
Gaza and Hamas
　What can we do?
The laws of war
　Proportional to what?
Guinea
　After the dictator, the deluge

-Europe-
Russia
　Uncle Volodya's flagging Christmas spirit
Ukraine's government
　From heroic to farcical
Turkey and the Kurds
　Television diplomacy
Spain's unemployment
　Longer dole queues
Kosovo and Serbia
　Deployment days
Christians in Kosovo
　Conversion rate

-Britain-
Retailing gloom
　Shopped out
Election speculation
　Will he, won't he?
High-speed rail
　A surprising conversion
Crime statistics
　The unkindest cut
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-International-
Higher education
　The future is another country
Internationalising American universities
　The Americans are coming

-A special report on the sea-
Troubled waters

Scramble for the seabed

The curse of carbon

More abused than used

Plenty more fish in the sea?

Come, friends, and plough the sea

Grabbing it all

An Icelandic success

Saline solutions

Sources and acknowledgments

Offer to readers

-Business-
European bankruptcy laws
　Out of pocket
America's car industry
　No end to the nightmare
Research and development
　Rising in the East
Management
　Generation Y goes to work
Performance management
　The Rypple effect
Face value
　The other transition

-Briefing-
The euro at ten
　Demonstrably durable
Emerging economists
　International bright young things

-Finance and economics-
Banking in China
　Needed: a strategy
Buttonwood
　Ready for a rally?
Fixing finance
　A slice of Danish
The Madoff scandal
　Follow the feeders
Bank strategy
　Return to wealth
Economics focus
　Diagnosing depression

-Science & Technology-
Numbers
　Easy as 1, 2, 3
More numbers
　When 1, 2, 3... is not enough

-Books & Arts-
America and the Middle East
　How to learn from history
Memoir of Iran
　Reading Lolita again
Oliver Cromwell
　Headless story
Demographics
　Greying globe
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
　Kid in a candy store
Hedgehogs
　Prickly charmers

-Obituary-
Harold Pinter

-Economic and Financial Indicators-
Overview

Output, prices and jobs

The Economist commodity-price index

Unemployment rates

Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates
Markets

South Korea