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Unwarranted fury
There is an air of unreality about the protests that have consumed some countries against Britain’s decision to confer a knighthood on Salman Rushdie. In countries such as Pakistan and Iran, the matter has gone beyond street-level ...

Israel and Fatah
As expected, Israel and the United States have taken steps to bolster the Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, and the emergency cabinet that he set up after losing control of the Gaza Strip. The U.S. is set to restart the programme of ...

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STATECRAFT
Rajnath Singh’s thirteen statecraft
By Harish Khare

The BJP resembles George Clooney’s cool gang inOcean’s Thirteen, which gives its best only when prompted by a burning desire to get even. A party that seeks to rule a country needs a better raison d’etre.

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We want consensus, not confrontation, on industrialisation: Buddhadeb
By Marcus Dam

The Left Front completes three decades in power in West Bengal today. Chief MinisterBuddhadeb Bhattacharjeespeaks of his hopes and plans for the future and of the somewhat difficult times gone through recently. Excerpts from an in terview in Kolkata:

Scenes of Fatahland vs. Hamastan wilt sheer fantasy
By Jonathan Freedland

There are huge dangers in offering Palestinians a choice of statelets — it will only push Hamas further into Iran’s orbit.

New way for individuals to save rainforests
By Guy Shrubsole

Saving the rainforests is an effective and cheap way of cutting carbon emissions - but is buying trees to stop deforestation the answer?

Corrections and clarifications
In a piece “When the numbers do not add up” (Editorial, June 20, 2007), it was stated that the United National Progressive Alliance is made up of seven regional parties. It should have been eight. >>In a report ...

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