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Justice and judicial delay
The Indian legal system measures up rather well if assessed by the yardsticks of fairness and independence. Where it fails — and by a long shot — is in terms of speed and efficiency, attributes that are vital for the health and ...

Public issues on a fast track
The new guidelines announced by the Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to speed up the public issue of shares by eligible companies that are already listed on either the BSE or the NSE are to be welcomed. At present companies will have to ...

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Britain and U.S. on a collision course
By Hasan Suroor

Iraq lies at the heart of a simmering tension between the two countries with American officials publicly accusing the British army of failing to pull its full weight in Basra.

News Analysis

China-Australia links and a resonance
By Pallavi Aiyar

The new reality for Australia is that while its military security remains linked to the U.S., its economic security is increasingly tied to China.

The patchy Indian judicial record
By V.R. Krishna Iyer

A look at the state of affairs 60 years after Independence.

APEC summit, global warming, and coal use
By Jeremy Leggett

The fate of our warming planet hinges on six nations, and five of them meet in Sydney this week.

Palestinian villagers celebrate barrier victory
By Rory McCarthy

A result of joint, non-violent action between Israelis and Palestinians.

Corrections and clarifications
A report “Another momentum shift in the series” (“Sport”, September 4, 2007), said “Nayan Mongia with five dismissals held the Indian record previously.” The Sports Desk clarifies that S.M.H. Kirmani, S. Viswanath, K.S. More, N.R. Mongia, M.S.K. Prasad and M.S. Dhoni too had a five-dismissal record each, as pointed out by the reader.

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