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    Editorials
    A commendable act of self-correction
    In an unusual recognition of its own fallibility, the Supreme Court has withdrawn an order it passed hardly three weeks ago. That order specified which of the judges of the Patna High Court would constitute the bench to hear Union Railway ...

    Uniting politically against the King
    Nepal's political parties have taken a big step that could mark a breakthrough in the fight for the restoration of democracy. The seven political parties that have arrived at an understanding for a "common agreement and commitment" include the ...

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    Religion and politics in Central Asia
    By M.K. Bhadrakumar

    Any replication of the Taliban phenomenon in Central Asia could have far-reaching implications for the geopolitics of the region.

    News Analysis
    India, Japan shaping a new future?
    By P. S. Suryanarayana

    The new closeness in ties between India and Japan is a significant move away from the unstable equation in the aftermath of Pohkran-II.

    World trade talks and the environment
    By Tony Juniper and Ronnie Hall

    Negotiators at the WTO could seek to trade reductions in environmental standards in industrialised countries for corporate access to more and cheaper natural resources in developing countries.

    Dilemma of Blair's heir apparent
    By William Keegan

    As long as the British economy doesn't go into recession, the prospects of Finance Minister Gordon Brown as Tony Blair's heir apparent look good. But it may not do to leave things too long.

    Underwriting 60 years of war-making
    By Richard Drayton

    British and U.S. mythology about World War II legitimises Anglo-American war-making.

    Paranoid about 9/11
    By AL Kennedy

    "I worry that I'm turning into a conspiracy theorist."

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