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Balancing imperatives
That the two-day “non-cooperation movement” by employees of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has been called off after assurances that their concerns would be met, has brought a sense of relief to all concerned — the Civil ...

Well-earned endorsement
Garnering a share of 43 per cent of a turnout of 75 per cent, the Spanish socialist party, the PSOE, has won 169 seats in Spain’s lower house, seven short of an absolute majority, although it leads the largest opposition party, the ...

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Parliamentary government trumps presidential
By Ramesh Thakur

Parliamentary regimes place a higher premium on the political skills of bargaining and consensus building.

News Analysis
British Asian women forced into marriages
By Emine Saner

Each year, it is believed, thousands of young women are forced into marriages against their will. Those who resist face ostracism — or far worse.

Corrections and clarifications
In a report “Third alternative need of the hour: [CPI(M) general secretary Prakash] Karat” (March 14, 2008), Subhashini Ali was incorrectly referred to as a CPI(M) Polit Bureau member. Ms. Ali continues to be a central ...

Italy: a tourist’s guide to the mafia on sale
By Tom Kington

A Sicilian tour guide who got fed up with answering the same questions about the mafia has written a pocket-sized book he thinks visitors will be unable to refuse. The Mafia Explained to Tourists , published in Italian, ...

New drumbeats in the Darjeeling hills
By Marcus Dam

Subash Ghising has let go of the reins of power after staying unchallenged in the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council since its formation two decades ago.

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