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IN TODAY'S PAPER
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CITY NEWSLINES
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WEEKLY FEATURES
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| The modern Samurai |
| Koizumi's call for early polls is typical of an untypical Japanese |
| Next Sunday, Japan goes to the polls. Junichiro Koizumi, the prime minister, called an early election ' an unusual move in a compromise-loving country where politicians paper over differences and keep governments going. But it is typical of this unty... | Read.. |
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| Thank the rulers |
| Sir ' I fully endorse Rama- chandra Guha's views on British rule in India ('Last words on the raj', ... | Read.. |
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| In a state |
| Sir ' There is no doubt that the Bihar governor, Buta Singh, has frittered away a historic opportun ... | Read.. |
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| DARK TRUTHS |
| Hurricanes and floods are 'natural' calamities only up to a point. New Orleans has been devastated by both, working together ...| Read.. |
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| FIGHT OR TALK' |
| Disasters do not always make people or governments wiser. The Maoist depredations in different parts of the country are nothi...| Read.. |
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| Honing old skills |
| And now the bureaucrats have begun to fight the Right to Information Bill. Not surprising, they are the worst culprits of the... | Read.. |
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| What lies beneath the surface |
| There is an orchestrated move by security forces every August to get militants to surrender, in time for the Independence Day celebrations. On rare occasions, disgruntled cadr... | Read.. |
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| I have a dream. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character. ' MARTIN LUTHER KING JR |
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