■The world this week
Politics this week
Business this week
KAL's cartoon (3)

■Leaders
Britain's future
Goodbye Europe (245)
The Leveson inquiry
Hacked to pieces (1)
Brazil’s economy
A breakdown of trust (21)
Israel and Palestine
Barriers to peace (190)
Italy’s next prime minister
Life after Mario? (3)

■Letters
Letters
On virtual war, UKIP, Canada, the Commonwealth, tobacco smuggling, Twinkies, France

■Briefing
Britain and Europe
Making the break (13)

■United States
The Democrats and the fiscal cliff
Not much on the table (18)
The “dairy cliff”
Crying over nearly spilt milk
Cities and pensions
Breaking a Californian taboo (12)
Labour unrest
The precursor? (3)
Murder rates
There will be less blood (5)
Political co-operation in Georgia
The dealmakers
Lexington
Mitt Romney’s legacy (45)

■The Americas
Mexico’s new government
With a little help from my friends (7)
Brazil’s economy
Stalled (27)
Oil royalties in Brazil
Roll out the barrels (2)
Boundary disputes in Latin America
An islet for a sea (4)
Correction: Panama

■Asia
Japanese politics
Mutton dressed as lamb
Thailand’s politics
Whatever happened to Thaksin? (1)
Saving Indonesia’s trees
REDDY at last
Pakistan’s economy
Plugging leaks, poking holes (2)
Preserving Afghanistan’s heritage
Paper work
Banyan
Old habits die hard

■China
The fight against corruption
Life and death struggle (3)
Aircraft-carrier style
Taking off online (16)
Mao Zedong’s body
Cremating the chairman (7)

■Middle East and Africa
Israel and the world
Cocking a snook at the world (53)
The Palestinians
Reconciliation at last? (1)
Tunisia
Democracy and riots
Turmoil in Egypt
A presidential grab? (5)
Eastern Congo
Power vacuum (4)

■Europe
Germany and the euro crisis
Slow, but popular (5)
Greek taxation
Doubts over competence (2)
Ireland’s budget
Light at the end of the tunnel
France’s industry minister
Enfant terrible (1)
Anti-Semitism in Hungary
United against Jobbik (8)
Russia and Turkey
Cool pragmatism (5)
Charlemagne
The euro hokey cokey (9)

■Britain
The autumn statement
Where are the songs of spring?
The politics of press regulation
Pressing ahead (1)
Shale gas
Shale and hearty welcome (5)
Open data and health care
Beggar thy neighbour (5)
Theatre in prison
Reaching for the stars
Bagehot
The stuck society (4)
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■International
Cyber-warfare
Hype and fear (3)

■Business
The newspaper industry
News adventures (4)
German newspapers
So farewell then, FTD
Business development
Windy cluster (1)
Business in Mexico
Fashion invasion
India’s top business school
Sleepless in Ahmedabad (4)
Job-review sites
Honestly unvarnished (2)
Digital education in Kenya
Tablet teachers (4)
Smartphones in Nigeria
BlackBerry babes (5)
Shopping in Greece
Bearing no gifts (1)
Wine vandalism
Draining mystery
Schumpeter
The great mismatch (3)

■Finance and economics
Italy’s economy
Monti’s medicine (2)
India’s battle with inflation
Just a phase I was going through (1)
The Big Four auditors
Accountable (4)
Risk-weighted assets
DIY capital (2)
Debt markets
Happy now?
Kenya’s biggest bank
The cult of Equity
Free exchange
Heated debate (19)
Correction: Spanish banks

■Science and technology
Psychosomatic medicine
Think yourself well (9)
Money and science
To he that hath (3)
Male fertility
Countdown (1)
The rise of Genghis Khan
A horde of data (6)

■Books and arts
Books of the year
Page turners (2)
Books by Economist writers in 2012
Pen-pushers

■Obituary
Maria Santos Gorrostieta (1)

■Economic and financial indicators
Output, prices and jobs
Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates
The Economist commodity-price index
The Economist poll of forecasters, December averages
Markets