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Poor, suffering Lebanon
While Israel's response to the abduction of two of its soldiers by Hizbollah has been outrageously disproportionate and indeed terroristic, the militant outfit shares the blame for jeopardising the safety of Lebanese civilians through its ...

A disquieting prospect
Preventing death and injury on the road is a policy objective that is becoming more and more critical universally. The World Health Organisation database of death and disability caused by traffic accidents indicates that over the past quarter ...

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Russia stands firm ahead of G8 summit
By Vladimir Radyuhin

Moscow's message to the West is that resurgent Russia will no longer tolerate being treated as the Cold War loser.

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Primary education for the poor
By V.R. Krishna Iyer

Primary education should be a right of the have-nots, not a purchase of the rich.

Corrections and Clarifications
The sentence in "Trilateral talks being upgraded" (July 14, 2006) was: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will attend the G-8 summit along with the leaders of four outreach countries — China, South Asia, Brazil and Mexico." A reader points out ...

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I have no interest in becoming Prime Minister: V.P. Singh
In politics, yet out of it. That isV.P. Singhat 75. In an interview, he talks about his newest baby, the Jan Dal, and sketches out the ideal situation at the Centre — two coalitions, led by the Congress and the Left respectively, occupying both ruling and Opposition spaces. Excerpts:

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