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CAN THE ARMY MAKE DO WITH LESS?
IN THE TROUBLED India-Pakistan relationship, symbols sometimes speak louder than substance. If facts were all that mattered, Pakistan's decision to slash its Army strength by 50,000 men — a tenth of its estimated military manpower — ...

NO INCENTIVES FOR NON-RESIDENTS
THE RECENT RESERVE Bank of India move to restrict non-resident investment to the banking system is significant in several ways. Hitherto many entities, including non-banking finance companies, could accept such deposits on practically the same ...

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LAW AND SOCIETY
Opinion polls sustain democracy
By Rajeev Dhavan

Opinion polls perform the social function of enabling citizens to communicate with and tell one another what they think.

Oil-for-food — a view from the U.N.
By Edward Mortimer

Whatever illicit gains Saddam Hussein may or may not have been able to skim off, the oil-for-food programme did provide a basic food ration for all 27 million residents of Iraq.

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