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Ending the humanitarian crisis
In seeking to address the humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka without in any way easing the situation on the ground for the beleaguered terrorist organisation, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi and ...

Talking to the Taliban
When Saudi Arabia hosted a meeting between representatives of the Afghanistan government and the Taliban in September 2008, the significance of the event was far from clear. No result could of course have been expected from this initial contact ...

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U.K.: recession fuels anti-immigrant mood
By Hasan Suroor

There are fears that as recession starts to bite and unemployment soars, hostility towards immigrants is likely to increase not just in Britain but across Europe.

News Analysis
On the brink of bankruptcy, Pakistan looks to IMF
By Nirupama Subramanian

Going to IMF will bring in money, but it may turn into a political hot potato.

U.S. presidential elections: bad diagnosis for McCain
By Andrei Fedyashin

John McCain’s only hope now is for the Bradley effect, when the inaccurate polls are skewed by the phenomenon of social desirability bias.

Corrections and Clarifications
A sentence in the second paragraph of a report “Manmohan pushes convergence of per capita emissions” (October 26, 2008) was “‘We cannot do so by perpetuating the poverty of the developing ...

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“I myself will take charge of the political process and see it through politically”
A military solution is for the terrorists, a political solution is for the people living in this country, says President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

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