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Malaise too deep
It is raining scandal in the Bharatiya Janata Party's backyard — sleaze, murder, and now a suspected case of liquor-and-drug overdose. And who should the latest ignominy involve but the friend and family of Pramod Mahajan, murdered by his ...

Montenegro breaks away
With Montenegro proclaiming independence and separating from Serbia in the process, the disintegration of the former federation of Yugoslavia is almost complete. The last act of this sordid 15-year-old drama might be played out by the end of this ...

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Sakhalin energy and the Russian roulette
By Sudha Mahalingam

For India that has its largest overseas investment ever in Sakhalin 1, the growing clout of gas giant Gazprom within Russia may not yet be a cause for alarm but it could be a cause for concern.

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For a fulfilling partnership
By V. Jayanth

Industry must give back to education what it is taking away, for the mutual good.

India-China ties and a Buddhist resonance
By Pallavi Aiyar

For the first time, an Indian stupa-style Buddhist temple is coming up in China near the Bai Ma Si temple, rekindling the ancient ties between the two countries.

Corrections and clarifications
*In "Newscan" (Young World, June 2, 2006, page 3), under the item "On a diet", the photograph of the fish was not that of a Piranha but of an Oscar fish, as a reader says. Like the Piranha, the Oscar fish is a native of South America. An ...

If we understood Ireland, we may not have invaded Iraq
By George Monbiot

U.K. the fall guy for the West's Afghan adventure
By Simon Jenkins

The attempt to assert Kabul's control over the country is in British hands, but the keys to success are not.

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