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| Tough bargaining |
| The collapse of the Doha talks |
| After seven years of bargaining and discussions, often heated, negotiators from over 30 countries finally confessed that they were unable to come to an agreement on a global trade pact. This should not come as a surprise to anyone. Indeed, ever since... |
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| Mind the gaffe |
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Sir — The comment made by the Bharatiya Janata Party leader, Sushma Swaraj, that the serial blasts ... |
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| Untrained staff |
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Sir — We had booked tickets for five in the Bhubaneswar-Howrah Dhauli Express for July 11. I came t ... |
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| CHAT TO SOLVE |
| The ivory tower of academia is the natural habitat of the prime minister, Manmohan Singh. But he cannot afford that seclusion...|
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| VIENNESE TORTE |
| One by one the various obstacles are being removed. The first obstacle was internal, with the Left parties vehemently opposed...|
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| Dreams fall apart |
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It hits you smack on the face when you drive through the many, once-sleepy, oversized villages, now bustling, bursting-at-the... | Read.. |
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| Under the army’s shadow |
| A lot of debate appears to have started following the administrative, financial and operational control of the Inter-Services-Intelligence being shifted from the prime ministe... |
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| In a different classroom |
| Schoolchildren in our part of the world were so long perceived to be living under acute stress that came from the compulsion to perform and succeed. This stress was compounded... |
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A child should always say what’s true,/ And speak when he is spoken to,/ And behave mannerly at table:/ At least as far as he is able.
— ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
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