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

■Leaders
Pensions
70 or bust!
The Republican budget
Praising Congressman Ryan
Portugal
The third bail-out
Gendercide in India
Add sugar and spice
Russia's unruly north Caucasus
Islam inflamed

■Letters
On shared value theory, Japanese leadership, intervention, AT&T, high-speed rail, immigration in Italy, Mormons, public utilities, Haiti, quiz shows

■Briefing
The north Caucasus
From Moscow to Mecca
Ingushetia
The peaceful exception

■United States
The budget
The real fight begins
Jobs figures
A gentle tailwind
California's Republicans
Dead, or just resting?
National Public Radio
Radio interference
Compensating the innocent
Small price to pay
Politics in Maine
Easy on the tea
Earthquake preparations
The curse of complacency
Lexington
The fiscal purists go mad

■The Americas
Regional integration in Latin America
The Pacific players go to market
Brazil's opposition
When toucans can't
Venezuela's militia
A Caribbean Tripoli?
Haiti's new president
Tet offensive

■Asia
India's skewed sex ratio
Seven brothers
UN attacked in Afghanistan
Burning passions
Kazakhstan's thumping election
Sensational
Malaysia's opposition leader
Lights, camera...Anwar?
Coping with Japan's nuclear disaster
Living with radiation
Banyan
On the defensive

■Middle East & Africa
The battle for Libya
Time is running out for Muammar Qaddafi
Libya's fledgling government
Early days, early rivalries
Yemen's president
Going, going…
Protests in Syria
A cycle of violence may take hold
Endgame in Côte d'Ivoire
Basement blues
Nigeria's elections
They may even be democratic

■Europe
Russia's presidency
The Putin v Medvedev tandem
Spain's prime minister
Exit plan
Germany's Free Democrats
Enter Rösler
Muslims in France
On a mat and a prayer
Turkish foreign policy
Erdogan's lament
Hungary's new constitution
Goulash soup
Italy's economy
The euro's Achilles heel
Silvio Berlusconi's trials
Opening the rubygates
Charlemagne
Choosing new friends

■Britain
The NHS mess
A very big headache
A new state pension
A simpler dotage
Murder in Northern Ireland
No going back
Social mobility
Not moving on up
The phone-hacking scandal
Red-faced all over
Interest rates and the economy
Careful now
Bagehot
The One Nation radical

■International
High-tech warfare
Something wrong with our **** chips today
Lethal injections
Toxic assets
Capitalism's waning popularity
Market of ideas

■A special report on pensions
Falling short
Too much, too young
Working longer
Hiring grandpa
Defined-contribution plans
Over to you
Behavioural economics
A nudge and a wink
Public-sector pensions
State of war
A storm in the windy city
Valuing pensions
Pick a number, any number
The outlook for pensions
Sharing the burden
Sources and acknowledgments
Offer to readers

■Business
Corporate governance
The shareholder awakens
The troubles of Saab
A phoenix struggles to fly
Germany's nuclear operators
Decaying faster
The oil industry
Refined tastes
E-commerce and data security
The phishers' big catch
Mobile telecoms in Africa
Digital revolution
Indonesia and monopolies
Last of the big-screen baddies
Legal disclaimers
Spare us the e-mail yada-yada
Schumpeter
Age shall not wither them

■Briefing
Media's ageing audiences
Peggy Sue got old

■Finance and Economics
Portugal seeks help
And then there were three
Greece's economic woes
The labours of austerity
Buttonwood
The foolishness of crowds
The Federal Reserve
Off message
European banks
Topping up
American stockmarkets
Reversal of fortune
Economics focus
The Reformation

■Science & Technology
Astrophysics and alien intelligence
Talking to the neighbours
Medical devices
Inhaling information
Stress and ageing
A question of attitude
Mimicry
The first sparrowhawk of spring

■Books & Arts
Pakistan
Post-uprisings depression
Men, women and babies
It just isn't fair
The life of Malcolm X
What he might have become
Islamic art
A connoisseur and his treasures
New Broadway musical
Saved by elders

■Obituary
Edward Stobart

■Economic and Financial Indicators
Overview
Output, prices and jobs
The Economist commodity-price index
The Economist poll of forecasters, April averages
Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates
Markets
Aid