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No short cuts in Uttar Pradesh
Not for nothing is Uttar Pradesh known in local parlance as `ulta Pradesh', the turbulent State. Consider the psychological warfare currently on between Mulayam Singh and his adversaries — now a jeering crowd with the formal exit from the ...

Bush blunders on
One of the cardinal tenets of military theory is that commanders should not reinforce failure. With United States President George W. Bush deciding to add 20,000 soldiers to the occupation army in Iraq, he is clearly ignorant of this principle. ...

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Whither national consensus on foreign policy?
By H.D. Deve Gowda

Let us display moral courage and determination as an independent, non-aligned nation by passing a fresh unanimous resolution in Parliament on the situation in Iraq, in the wake of the shameful execution of Saddam Hussein.

News Analysis
Uniforms in the Raj Bhavans
By Harish Khare

The inclination to appoint security hands as Governors is very much at odds with the democratic spirit as also with the dynamics of reconciliation in insurgency-affected States.

Amartya Sen on identity and violence: a comment
By Ramaswamy R. Iyer

The distinction between conservatism and modernity cannot be simplistically identified with that between authoritarianism and free choice.

Corrections and Clarifications
In a report "Karnataka gets its fourth `Project Tiger' sanctuary" (Early editions, January 17, 2007), it was stated that the Dandeli wildlife sanctuary and the adjoining Anshi National Park are to be the fourth "Project Tiger" reserve for ...

Rise in carbon levels fuels fears of runaway warming
By David Adam

Scientists warn the earth may be absorbing less gas.

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