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Editorials
Rationalising arrest laws
Lost in the flurry of the Bills hastily passed by Parliament last fortnight was a piece of legislation that deserved more attention than it got. It was the Bill amending the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). The omnibus amendment Bill touches on ...

Bangladesh can do much more
Four years ago Sheikh Hasina watched in horror as grenades went off as she was addressing supporters in Sylhet. The terror strike killed 24 people and injured more than 200. Now Sheikh Hasina, who will be sworn in Prime Minister on Monday, has ...

Leader Page Articles
Towards a zero-nuclear weapon world
By R. Rajaraman

By coming down to a jointly announced three-figure range, the U.S. and Russia will gain the credibility and the moral right to ask other nuclear powers to cut their own arsenals and move towards global disarmament.

News Analysis
A price for everything, and anything for a price
By Dexter Filkins

The state built on the ruins of the Taliban regime now often seems to exist for little more than the enrichment of those who run it.

3 million customers for bank for the poor
By Xan Rice

The home-grown lender in Kenya that welcomes customers shunned by multinationals.

‘Green’ cement may help cut CO{-2}
By Alok Jha

Engineers believe cement, a vast source of planet-warming carbon dioxide, could be transformed into a means of stripping the greenhouse gas from the atmosphere. A new environmentally friendly formulation means the cement industry could ...

Corrections and Clarifications
>>The last paragraph of a report “‘Centre should intervene diplomatically’” (January 2, 2009) mentioned Mr. Prakash Karat to be the Communist Party of India General Secretary. Mr. Karat is the General Secretary

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