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A capacity for self-correction
The conviction of Manu Sharma by the Delhi High Court in the Jessica Lal murder case redresses a gross miscarriage of justice. It will certainly reinforce public faith in the capacity of the criminal justice system for self-correction. The ...

Eradicating polio
A year ago India — one of the few countries in the world where polio stubbornly persists — stood at the threshold of eradicating the disease. There were just 66 cases of polio last year compared with tens of thousands of cases of ...

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It's time parties made themselves heard
By Harish Khare

It is the basic obligation of a political party to engage regularly with the public at large, educate and persuade it about the merits and demerits of what its government is doing or not doing. Otherwise, the debate gets hijacked by non-representativ e voices.

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Cashing in on Christmas
By Pallavi Aiyar

It is not only China's Christians who have cause to give thanks this Christmas but tens of thousands of workers. For, China manufactures some 70 per cent of the world's Christmas decorations.

Corrections and Clarifications
In "ASI begins reconstruction of northern `prakara' at Darasuram temple" (December 20, 2006), the reign of Chola king Raja Raja-II was wrongly given as 1146- 1073 A.D. It should have been 1146-1173 A.D. Singapore President S.R. ...

History will judge Blair as a political colossus
By Anthony Seldon

Despite everything, the British Prime Minister is fighting for his legacy in his last months - and that legacy has yet to be settled.

The Iraq war is already lost
By Tariq Ali

Ideological zealotry has helped destroy Iraq, revive the Taliban, and increase the terror threat.

Science may help avoid possible bleak future
By Ian Sample

An attempt to understand the threats and the new technologies is needed.

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