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Games LTTE plays
Every election in Sri Lanka has a non-contesting candidate, you know who. The November 17 presidential contest between Mahinda Rajapakse of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and the United National Party's Ranil Wickremesinghe will be no different. The ...

The rupee remains overvalued
Although there are many explanations for the rupee's recent slide against the dollar, none except those that look at it in a structural sense is fully convincing. Of the latter, issues relating to India's balance of payments or the changes ...

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American occupation and the rise of Al-Qaeda
By Atul Aneja

Two-and-a half years of U.S. rule has converted Iraq into an Al-Qaeda hub, which has now begun to radiate violence and extremism in the region.

News Analysis
SAARC at 20: will the future be different?
By Amit Baruah

It is time for the grouping to move ahead with real economic integration.

Compassion at the top
By P. Sainath

K.R. Narayanan could always see the point of view of those disagreeing with him. He never lost his good humour either.

Insight into the person
By Mari Marcel Thekaekara

The stories of K.R. Narayanan's childhood struggles are deeply moving, inspiring.

Labour must not make it worse
By Polly Toynbee

Baying for the Prime Minister's blood over Wednesday night's House of Commons defeat plays into the Opposition's hands.

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