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ULFA should see reason
In June, when the People's Consultative Group (PCG) concluded the third round of talks with the Union Government on behalf of the United Liberation Front of Asom, the assumption naturally was that at long last direct talks between the Government ...

Being open with regional trade
The approval by the World Trade Organisation's (WTO's) Negotiating Committee on Rules of a new transparency mechanism for regional trade agreements (RTAs) is a development that is inevitable in the context of the proliferation of RTAs. It is ...

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Did wild birds bring avian flu to India?
By N. Gopal Raj

A "smoking gun" that could convincingly pin the blame on wild birds is lacking. Even at the global level, unravelling the role of wild birds in the spread of H5N1 is not proving easy.

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"Battle of Brick Lane" fizzles out
By Hasan Suroor

Out ofLondon The campaign against British-Asian writer Monica Ali's bookappears to be down to just two businessmen.

On the runway and ready for take-off
By Pallavi Aiyar

Given China's current airport infrastructure and its expansion plans, India's task of catching up becomes formidable.

Bush fundamentalism is courting disaster
By Karen Armstrong

Affinity with the Christian Right has led to banning stem cell research and turning a blind eye to civilian deaths in Lebanon.

Rwanda striving for a high-tech future
By Xan Rice

Corrections and Clarifications
In "Beware the `new order' Israel is imposing" (Editorial page, July 29, 2006), it was stated that a Lebanese businessman, Mustafa al-Dirani, had been kidnapped by Israel, and held in prison for a decade; tortured and abused while in ...

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