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End of a farce
What D.D. Lapang gained in the 10 days he was in office for a new term as Chief Minister of Meghalaya is not very clear, but the damage he caused to the political system by getting himself sworn in hurriedly without majority support in the ...

No time to lose
If globally containing tuberculosis, the incidence of which is estimated to be growing at one per cent a year, is proving to be a big challenge, the spread of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) — caused by a bacterial strain that ...

Leader Page Articles
Why the West loved Yeltsin and hates Putin
By Vladimir Radyuhin

News Analysis
President’s Rule and the Legislative Council: more clarity required
By B.K. Chandrashekar

Some signs of new politics in South-East Asia
By P.S. Suryanarayana

Corrections and clarifications
* * In a cricket report “West wins with a bonus point” (“Sport”, March 18, 2008), the second paragraph said, “West, which had lost badly to North in the first round in Bangalore, made amends with a professional ...

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