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Rajasthan redux
There is a depressing familiarity to the cycle of violence that has consumed Rajasthan over the past few days. Like it did a year ago, the agitation by Gujjars for Scheduled Tribe status has turned bloody, resulted in police firing, caused a ...

Talking about the Golan
While no one expects Syria and Israel to reach a peace accord by an early date, the initiation of talks between them has been widely welcomed. Representatives of the two countries set up separate camps in Istanbul and Turkish officials shuttled ...

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Terrorism: tilting at windmills
By Praveen Swami

Does India’s struggle against Islamist terrorism really need special laws or a new federal police?

News Analysis
Crisis talks next week on global food prices
By Julian Borger

Summit in Rome follows record spikes in cost of rice, wheat and dairy products — Calls for urgent action to tackle serious threat to international stability.

Corrections and clarifications
The strapline of an article “Multi-pronged strategy comes in handy for BJP [in Karnataka]” (May 26, 2008) was “ With two members in 1985 , it has grown by leaps and bounds”. The BJP opened its account ...

Colombia after Marulanda
By Jorge Heine

Will the final exit of the ‘last guerilla’ mark a watershed in the revolutionary fortunes of the South American giant?

Time for action on the civilian nuclear deal
By M.R. Srinivasan

123 agreement specifically recognises the continuing existence of India’s strategic programme.

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