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    Editorials
    The new taxes and compliance questions
    Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has addressed the obvious glitches in the two controversial tax proposals of the latest budget — the Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) and the tax on `large' cash withdrawals from banks. However, their basic ...

    Romania & Bulgaria take the first steps
    Romania and Bulgaria recently signed an accession treaty that should pave the way — subject to ratification by their respective Parliaments and the 25 member states — to eventual admission to the European Union (EU) in 2007. The ...

    Leader Page Articles
    Yale, India, and the failure of the `global university'
    By Ajay Gandhi

    Yale, through its historical amnesia about its roots in colonialism and slavery, its unethical investment policies and demeaning work culture, abrogates the responsibility it claims to bear as a global university.

    News Analysis
    Iraq's deepening sectarianism
    By Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

    Two years ago Shia and Sunni lived happily alongside each other. Now they are divided by fear and hatred.

    Gaza dreams of life after the Israelis
    By Chris McGreal

    The fate of abandoned settler homes is undecided as Palestinians plan tourist paradise.

    From killing to killing
    By Nirupama Subramanian

    Sri Lankan Tamils must debate how to stop retributive killings in the community, not who's next.

    Himachal Pradesh shows the way
    By Gargi Parsai

    Women had to bear the brunt as men tried to beat the ban on those with more than two children contesting panchayat elections. Now the State has rescinded this norm.

    The problem of e-waste
    By Lucy Siegle

    e-waste, from toasters to TVs, is growing three times faster than other types of rubbish.

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