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Reality check on Myanmar
Aung San Suu Kyi is finally free. Around the world, there is relief that Myanmar's repressive military junta has released this courageous woman whose sacrifices in pursuit of her mission to bring democracy to her country have few parallels. ...

Assessing development
Twenty years is a good enough time to assess how countries of the world, irrespective of the economic or political system they follow, have performed in promoting human development. Successive Human Development Reports (HDR), since 1990, have ...

Leader Page Articles
Commonwealth Games: a citizen's memoir
By Krishna Kumar

The opening and closing ceremonies received wide acclaim but left many citizens like me a bit terrified and confused.

News Analysis

The U.S. is walking the walk
By Jeff M. Smith

President Obama's Asian trip has affirmed his commitment to move India-U.S. relationship forward. The ball is now in New Delhi's court.

Myanmar's lonely battle
By Victoria Brittain

Despite the parallels with South Africa, westerners have kept their distance.

The European Union's ugly resource grab
By Mark Curtis

Europe's dependence on cheap raw materials is threatening the progress of developing nations.

Corrections and clarifications
The Tirunelveli datelined news report, “Meat to poor families” (November 16, 2010, some editions), wrongly gave the date of distribution of 15 tonnes of meat to 15,000 poor families by the Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamaath on the ...

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