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Dominion of Mulayam and Maya
That the `regional' parties have all but exiled the `national' parties in Uttar Pradesh was brought out by recent elections to the Lok Sabha and the State Assembly. The trend would appear to have been confirmed by the results of the Kshetriya and ...

Erosion of Blair's authority
The resignation of David Blunkett from Tony Blair's Cabinet in the face of charges of ministerial impropriety holds important lessons for those in public life everywhere. The Secretary for Works and Pensions had to step down for violating the ...

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Iran: building on the revolutionary agenda
By M.K. Bhadrakumar

By saying Israel should be wiped off the face of the earth, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has underscored the point that the national consolidation of opinion is his ultimate strength.

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The Aravali region under threat
By Sunny Sebastian

Uncontrolled mining for marble poses a grave danger to the Aravali region in Rajasthan — a barrier checking the spread of the Thar northwards.

A new concept gains ground
By Anand Parthasarathy

The U.K. experiment of creating technology clusters around education centres has seen quick results.

October Revolution Day scrapped
By Vladimir Radyuhin

President Vladimir Putin has decided to scrap the November 7 holiday in favour of a new one on November 4.

High and dry on vanishing rivers
By Tom Phillips

According to environmental groups, the drought in the Amazon region is a direct result of deforestation and global warming.

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"The struggle against King Gyanendra should be made bipolar"
Calling for the establishment of complete democracy, Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) general secretaryMadhav Nepalsays King Gyanendra's talk of elections is a trap. Excerpts from a recent interview:

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