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Voters teach Labour the Iraq lesson
As expected, fear of the Conservative Party trumped anger against the Iraq war in the British general election to give the Labour Party an unprecedented third term in office. The party won mainly on the back of its reasonable economic performance ...

Flight into controversy
A working visit or a sponsored holiday? An entitlement or an inducement? An independent inquiry or a supposedly high-minded exercise compromised? The country would not have had to debate these awkward questions had Justice S.N. Phukan remembered ...

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Mapping the earth from a new high
By N. Gopal Raj

With Cartosat-1 in orbit and the launch of Cartosat-2 also planned, the sky is the limit for Indian remote sensing.

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PAUL KRUGMAN'S COLUMN

A serious drug problem
By Paul Krugman

The 2003 Medicare bill is an object lesson in how special interests hold America's health care system hostage.

The unselfish gene
By Johnjoe McFadden

The new biology is reasserting the primacy of the whole organism — the individual — over the behaviour of isolated genes.

Bodos divided
By Sushanta Talukdar

The Bodoland People's Progressive Front has already been divided into two camps, less than a month since its formation.

An alliance of convenience
By Jyotirmaya Sharma

The Telugu Desam Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party have shared an uneasy but steadfast relationship.

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`India will not be used by any power'
In an exclusive interview toThe Hinduon Friday, External Affairs MinisterNatwar Singhspoke withSiddharth VaradarajanandAmit Baruahabout recent developments on the diplomatic front. Excerpts:

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