■The world this week
Politics this week
Business this week
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■Leaders
The German election
One woman to rule them all (10)
Internet snooping
Backdoor dealings
Syria’s chemical weapons
Distrust and verify (1)
Women in India
Ending the shame
The Federal Reserve
How to taper safely (1)
Biodiversity
Hang on (7)

■Letters
Letters
On Syria, chemical weapons, high-speed rail, Azerbaijan, Italy, burials

■Briefing
Angela Merkel
A safe pair of hands

■United States
Trade unions
New labour, alt-labour
New York politics
Populism pays
North Carolina politics
Months of Mondays
Education
In at the deep end
Reproducing America
Macro mating
Online gambling
Know when to fold
Lexington
A superpower on strike

■The Americas
Policing and politics in Brazil
From hero to villain in Rio
Correction
Brazil's current account deficit
Quebec’s identity politics
When is a crucifix not religious? (2)
Fiscal reform in Mexico
It’s a dog’s life
Chile’s anniversary
Divided by a coup

■Asia
China in Central Asia
Rising China, sinking Russia
Women in India
Death and the maiden
Rape in Asia
Too much of bad thing
The army in Indonesia
A special force
Japan and the 2020 Olympics
Party like it’s ’64
Banyan
Enter the mad monk (1)

■China
Business confidence
Freaking out
Driving in the capital
Spin the wheel
Debating
This house believes

■Middle East and Africa
Libya
Must it get worse before it gets better?
Fashion in Iran
Keep your eyes off those legs (2)
Saudi Arabia
Get stuck in again
Kidnapping in Nigeria
A holy mess
Swaziland’s election
Royal revelations

■Europe
France and reform
Rosier scenarios
Russian politics
Through the looking glass
Norway’s election
Enter Erna
Turkey and its Kurds
Inch by inch
Catalonia’s separatism
Nothing to lose but their chains (7)
Charlemagne
A post-war continent

■Britain
Governing the BBC
Lights, action, meltdown (1)
British banks
Cracking the oligopoly
British cities
Bigmouth strikes again
High speed rail
One direction (1)
New banknotes
Plastic pounds
Wildlife management
Estate of nature (1)
Social attitudes
Generation gap
Bagehot
In thrall to the brothers (2)
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■International
The NSA and cryptography
Cracked credibility
Spying securely
Knock knock

■Business
Smartphones in China
Taking a bite out of Apple (1)
EU telecoms regulation
Kroes control (1)
Multinationals in emerging markets
Must try harder
Netflix
Making friends
Business in Israel
Turning against the tycoons
Social entrepreneurship in India
Cut from a different cloth
Schumpeter
More money than Thor (2)

■Briefing
The Syria crisis
Going another round (1)
The rebellion
Ground truths

■Finance and economics
Wells Fargo
Riding high (2)
The Lehman anniversary
Five years in charts
Bond markets
A big number from Verizon
Electronic payments in Africa
Cash be cowed
Buttonwood
Back to normal (1)
Poultry markets
Henmania
Indonesia’s banks
The good times end
Free exchange
Capital punishment

■Schools brief
The dangers of debt
Lending weight (2)

■Science and technology
Obesity
Wider understanding
Heart failure
Progress at last
Bioengineering
Panda poop power
Animal mechanics
A bug with a gearbox

■Books and arts
Nuclear proliferation
How to cope with an Iranian bomb
Patrick Leigh Fermor
Pure Paddy
The war on cancer
Hard pounding, gentlemen
German economic history
Where the angst comes from
Sport in America
The not-so-great game
New cinema
We, the people

■Obituary
Narendra Dabholkar (2)

■Economic and financial indicators
Output, prices and jobs
Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates
The Economist commodity-price index
Global foreign-exchange turnover
Markets