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The media have been full of something called the fiscal cliff. The United States of America was supposed to fall off it on the first day of 2013 — unless its two political parties could reach an agreement. What does this fiscal cliff mean? ... | Read..
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| Death threat |
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Sir — The timely editorial, “No horns” (Jan 2), highlighted the fact that 80 per cent of the world’ ... |
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| Crocodile tears |
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Sir — The rape and murder of the Delhi medical student have led to huge protests against sexual vi ... |
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The concept of ‘fun’ is changing. It is not just a teenager’s elation in inflicting unspeakable agony and sexual torture on a... | Read..
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The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam patriarch, M. Karunanidhi, has finally bitten the bullet and named his political heir. It is to... | Read..
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| Slaying the monster of penury |
| The state of affairs in rural Bengal continues to be a sad commentary. Joblessness, poverty, trafficking, illiteracy, and so on, are all-pervading. Out of almost the nine cror... |
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| A perilous instability |
| The command and control of nuclear weapons in the Islamic State of Pakistan are of great concern for the outside world. The news on the ground is bad and it is getting worse. ... |
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Just when you think it can’t get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can’t get any better, it can. — NICHOLAS SPARKS
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