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A commendable balance
The Supreme Court's judgment upholding the right of Parliament to expel members found guilty of misconduct is notable for the constitutional balance it strikes, combining judicial restraint and respect for the powers of the legislative body even ...

Leader Page Articles
Globalisation and trade for development
By Ramesh Thakur

With the failure of the Doha Round, we risk a proliferation of bilateral and regional preferential trading arrangements and a retreat into protectionism.

News Analysis

ULFA and the liberal dilemma
By Harish Khare

The latest dose of terror administered by the United Liberation Front of Asom is based on realpolitik calculations. The Centre should be in no hurry to dignify violence and death by indulging the outfit in any kind of dialogue.

OUT OF LONDON
A battle royal over media intrusion
By Hasan Suroor

Out ofLondon Prince William's girlfriend Kate Middleton is the latest target of the paparazzi.

Davos report: threats to world economy intensify
By Larry Elliott

A global study has called for urgent action to mitigate the potentially devastating impact of global warming, international terrorism, and pandemics.

India and Asean set to focus on East Asia
By V. Jayanth

AS PRIME MINISTER Manmohan Singh prepares to attend another summit of leaders of Asean+, there appears to be a convergence of interests between India and South East Asia. At the start more than a decade ago, India was looking at just Singapore. ...

A new Eldorado
By Tom Phillips

THOUSANDS OF impoverished Brazilian workers are flocking to a tiny Amazon outpost after rumours of the discovery of a "new Eldorado," sparking a desperate rush for gold and fears for the environment. Reports in local newspapers claim that at ...

Corrections and Clarifications
The dateline "Muktsar" in a report "Amarinder Singh orders probe" (January 11, 2007) led to queries as there was no mention of where it is. Muktsar is a city in the state of Punjab. Amarinder Singh has been mentioned as the Chief Minister, ...

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