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A NON-EXISTENT LINKAGE
A UNITED STATES Secretary of State can be expected to be more diplomatic than a U.S. Trade Representative, one of whom in the 1980s quite infamously said that she would wield a crowbar to pry open export markets. So it is not surprising that ...

ELECTIONS IN MALAYSIA
THE DECISION BY Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmed Badawi of Malaysia to dissolve Parliament and call elections nine months ahead of schedule reflects his determination to win his own mandate and emerge from the towering shadow of Mahathir Mohammed. ...

Leader Page Articles
Redefining secularism
By Subramanian Swamy

The real reason secularism as propounded by Nehru has floundered is that it lacked the positive content of providing a process for assimilation of the lower castes into the elite.

Haiti: this time we must get it right
By Kofi A. Annan

There can be no quick exit. Haiti will need our resources and our support for a long time.

News Analysis
WARSAW JOURNAL
After Spain, Poland fears it is next
By C. Raja Mohan

WARSAW, MARCH 17. As Europe braces for possible terrorist attacks in the aftermath of the Madrid massacre, Poland has many reasons to be concerned that it is high on the target list of the Al-Qaeda network. Poland is one of the most loyal new ...

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