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Globalising Indian companies
The decision of the Aditya Vikram Birla group's flagship company Hindalco Industries to acquire the U.S.-based aluminum products maker, Novelis Inc at an estimated $6 billion is an enormously significant development. Coming less than a fortnight ...

The European Union's example
The European Parliament's overwhelming recent endorsement of a proposal to move a resolution in the United Nations General Assembly for a universal and unconditional moratorium on executions, in the wake of the hanging of Saddam Hussein and two ...

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British Jews take on Israeli lobby
By Hasan Suroor

Their campaign is meant to challenge the claim of the Israeli state and its proxy institutions abroad to represent the opinion of all Jews, especially on the Palestinian issue.

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It's hot in Beijing this February
By Pallavi Aiyar

Temperatures for the month have been the highest since records began to be compiled in 1840. The culprit: climate change.

Corrections and Clarifications
In an article "Beyond punishment" ( The Hindu -Magazine, February 11, 2007, page 4), the sentences were: "The Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children — endorsed by UNICEF, UNESCO and many other organisations and ...

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"University presses act as gatekeepers"
Henry Reece, Chief Executive of Oxford University Press, on the dynamics of scholarly publishing.

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