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Voices of reason
If India and Pakistan are to walk away from the current crisis with a joint victory against the scourge of terrorism, especially of the cross-border kind, they would do well to heed the voices of reason and sanity being raised on both sides of ...

Falling short of expectations
The government’s second stimulus package has failed to live up to expectations. The first package, announced in early December, was estimated to cost Rs.30,000 crore including an additional plan expenditure of Rs.20,000 crore to be ...

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Future of Medvedev-Putin tandem
By Vladimir Radyuhin

Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin have so far displayed unity of views on all issues but there are signs that their relationship may not be as smooth as they proclaim.

News Analysis
Gaza: this is no way to advance peace
By Sami Abdel-ShafiGuardian Newspapers Limited, 2009

On Sunday morning, I hurried up to the rooftop of my home to catch a glimpse of the sun rising. Columns of black smoke stretched sideways over Gaza’s horizon, eerily symbolising how Israel’s ground assault has already inflicted ...

Corrections and clarifications
* * “An investment made in the stocks covered by the benchmark index, Sensex, in January 2007 would be worth 54 per cent less now,” said the Editorial, “Traumatic Times” (January 5, 2009). It should ...

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Of a crisis and an opportunity
The key message from years of experience of excessive state intervention and the recent experience of minimalist intervention would be that it is extremely important to have both, saysVinod Thomas, senior World Bank official.

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