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Upholding the rule of law
In arresting Raj Thackeray, the leader of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, whose incendiary and chauvinist politics has unleashed violence against ordinary citizens on the streets of Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra, the ruling ...

The force is with Obama
While the marathon race between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton to win the Democratic Party’s nomination for the 2008 presidential election continues to be neck-and-neck in the delegate count, he has certainly gained momentum after ...

Leader Page Articles
Operationalising the “responsibility to protect”
By Ramesh Thakur

The Global Centre for R2P will be a catalyst for implementing the commitment of all countries to protect people around the world from genocide, crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing, and war crimes.

News Analysis

In Karachi, economy matters most
By Nirupama Subramanian

Ahead of next week’s parliamentary elections, the business community in Pakistan’s commercial nerve centre hopes the new government will continue the economic policies put in place by the previous one.

Walls closing in on Hillary Clinton?
By Michael Tomasky

What could comfort Senator Clinton is that rival Barack Obama will find it equally difficult to reach the 2,025-delegate mark.

We cannot impose our values on the world
By Simon Jenkins

There is no text in international law that justifies ramming a system of government down the throat of others.

Corrections and clarifications
The heading of a report (“International” page, February 14, 2008) was “Pakistan tests nuclear missile”, while the text said “Pakistan on Wednesday test-fired the short-range, nuclear-capable Ghaznavi ballistic ...

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