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SRI LANKA AND THE TSUNAMI
SRI LANKA IS no stranger to large-scale death and destruction. But the death and destruction caused by a 20-year-old internal conflict could not have prepared the country, often described as the "teardrop island," for the devastation of the ...

FUEL FOR THOUGHT
THE ROAD MAP for cleaner fuel — and, by implication, for cleaner air — will have to be redrawn with oil refiners declaring they are unable to meet the deadline for the supply of petrol and diesel that matches the required standards. ...

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Need for a universal EGS
By Prabhat Patnaik

Confining the Employment Guarantee Scheme to particular areas on the ground that they have "implementation capacity" while leaving out other areas like Bihar because they allegedly lack this capacity would mean cutting out the really poor.

War budget dwarfs aid spending
By George Monbiot

The victims of the tsunami pay the price of war on Iraq as U.S. and British aid is dwarfed by the billions both spend on slaughter.

News Analysis
J.N. Dixit - a tribute
By Gopal Gandhi

"I will come and call on you at Banga Bhavan, Gopal," he said when I spoke to J.N. Dixit a fortnight ago, "protocol is protocol." It was inconceivable that Mani should motor to where I was staying and not the other way round. In order to prevent ...

AN INSIDER'S VIEW
The tsunami relief effort
By Mari Marcel Thekaekara

NAGAPATTINAM, JAN. 4.A question many of us ask is: Does India need outside help in a disaster? Technically I would say no. We have the expertise, certainly. And with television bringing each devastating tragedy into the average living room, ...

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