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World politics
The whiff of contagion
Eastern Europe’s woes are not unmanageable. But they are not being managed. The result could be catastropheFeb 26th 2009
United States
Brave rhetoric, grim reality
The biggest threat to Barack Obama’s good fiscal intentions is the economyFeb 26th 2009
Erasing race
Californian and Texan universities struggle with admissions policiesFeb 26th 2009
Gilded age
NIMBYs and old people make excellent defences against recessionFeb 26th 2009
The Americas
Preventing pillage in the rainforest
A scheme to regularise land holdings in the Amazon forest faces many obstaclesFeb 26th 2009
An $8 billion scandal goes a long way
The allegation of an $8 billion fraud against Sir Allen Stanford is causing financial worries across the region, not least in Antigua, home to his main bankFeb 26th 2009
Correction: Brazil
Feb 26th 2009
Asia
Not much of a celebration
The new year arrives in Tibet with the region under armed guardFeb 26th 2009
Politically incorrect tourism
A pilgrimage to the birthplace of a jackal in monk’s clothingFeb 26th 2009
Stoking the flames
The politics of ethnic-Tamil solidarity and the Sri Lankan warFeb 26th 2009
Just like the bad old days
The two big mainstream parties are at each other’s throats againFeb 26th 2009
International
United in defiance
The proliferation chain that links North Korea and IranFeb 26th 2009
Guilty as charged
A flawed project in Albania has highlighted some broader concernsFeb 26th 2009
Middle East and Africa
Just a glimmer of hope
After 18 years of strife, there is a small chance that a new Somali president and a new American one could make a fresh startFeb 26th 2009
Little-known, dispersed and dying
No wonder no one knows for certain what should be doneFeb 26th 2009
Bishop's move
Will a new opposition candidate for the presidency dent the ruling party?Feb 26th 2009
Trouble at home
President Abdoulaye Wade will ignore domestic discontent at his perilFeb 26th 2009
Grumbling and rumbling
Shia unhappiness is rattling regimes in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere in the GulfFeb 26th 2009
The right has the first shot
Many variations are possible, but the right is first to try to form a governmentFeb 26th 2009
Europe
Europe's reluctant paymaster
The German government may have to concede, through gritted teeth, that it cannot avoid helping financially strapped governments in EuropeFeb 26th 2009
Allons, enfants!
French fears that protests will spread from the Caribbean to the mainlandFeb 26th 2009
Time for a change?
The forthcoming election looks like being a close contestFeb 26th 2009
Europe's family squabbles
The sharp divisions that exist within the European Union familyFeb 26th 2009
Britain
How the government lost the plot
A desperate search for a new policy towards Islam has yet to produce resultsFeb 26th 2009
For their eyes only
No, you can’t know why the cabinet decided to invade IraqFeb 26th 2009
Blame the messenger
Part-privatisation of an ailing business will test an ailing government’s strengthFeb 26th 2009
Yes to heroin, insulin no
Britain is a pioneer in needle exchange—but only for lawbreakersFeb 26th 2009
Uplift from downturn
The last severe recession left a lasting legacy. Will this one?Feb 26th 2009
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