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The new thrust on education
The full Planning Commission meeting last Thursday focussing on education, and the decision of the Union Cabinet to step up Central funding for the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) augur well for progress in this critical sphere. After the drive for ...

Coveting the Arctic resources
The intensifying scramble, among countries proximate to the Arctic seabed, for navigational rights and control of oil resources should be viewed in the context of credible reports that the ice cover in this region is melting three times faster ...

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U.S. ramps up confrontation with Iran
By M.K. Bhadrakumar

The latest IAEA report comes as a huge setback to Washington’s case seeking further U.N. sanctions against Iran. In recent speeches, therefore, George Bush has shifted the focus to Iran’s influence in Iraq.

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Concerns and complaints beyond the routine
The last two columns in “Online and Off line” set out what key journalist staff of The Hindu felt about the functioning of the Readers’ Editor for the last 18 months and its impact. In general, there was ...

What I saw in Darfur
By Ban Ki-moon

For a solution to the crisis we must deal with all the causes — security, politics, resources, water, humanitarian, and development issues.

123 Agreement: a response to Brahma Chellaney
By Kapil Sibal

To contend that India has somehow allowed itself to be denied the rights conferred by the U.S. to other contracting parties is misleading.

An ‘expert’ unmasked
By Suzanne Goldenberg

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