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Nepal's interim constitution
With a deal struck over the interim constitution, the last remaining theoretical wrinkle in the set of agreements governing the process of Nepal's political transition has effectively been smoothed out. Instead of providing a ceremonial role for ...

Ashes where they belong
Australia's fifth day victory at Perth to regain the Ashes had an air of inevitability to it. Since outplaying England in the first Test at Brisbane, and sparking a breathtaking final-day triumph at Adelaide, the world champion's progress towards ...

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LTTE and Sri Lanka after Balasingham
By V.S. Sambandan

The current phase of Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict is marked by clearly discernible changes in the terms of engagement at both the domestic and international levels. In the post-Balasingham phase, the LTTE will find it more difficult to explain away it s actions to the international community.

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We all live in the same imperfect universe
By Martin Kettle

It is smug and dishonest to expect politicians to inhabit a different moral universe to the imperfect one the rest of us live in.

Time to welcome bats in the belfry?
By Jonathan Glancey

Modern buildings _ even `green' ones _ are built to keep wildlife out. It's time we opened our doors to animals.

Corrections and Clarifications
The heading of a report (Tuticorin dateline) was "Hotel owner murdered" (Madurai, December 18, 2006, page 3). "Restaurant owner murdered" would have been better. "Hotel" is widely used in India referring to a place where one pays and eats. ...

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