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| Very cold climes |
| As Obama begins to disappoint, Blair polishes his halo |
| The pre-pre-electioneering continues at Westminster and wherever major and minor political figures can find a platform. It is a mistake. As readers of this column have probably noticed, this country, like others, is busy reducing democracy to a nev... |
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| Let there be light |
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Sir — It is unfortunate that the Calcutta Book Fair gets mired in controversies every year. Some ti ... |
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| Under threat |
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Sir — The report, “Govt eye falls on dirty ponds” (Jan 23), about the government’s plan to “revital ... |
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| SLIVER OF SILVER |
| In his State of Union address to the American Congress — at which he also presented his 2010 budget — President Barack Obama ...|
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| OLD PLEDGE |
| Political modernity is believed to have begun with the separation of religion from the State. Bangladesh is not the only coun...|
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A successful criminal lawyer from Beijing was convicted last month of falsifying evidence in an unusual case that has stirred... | Read.. |
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No mockery in this world ever sounds to me so hollow as that of being told to cultivate happiness. ....Happiness is not a potato, to be planted in mould and tilled with manure.— CHARLOTTE BRONTË
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