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CONFRONTING AIDS
THE ACQUIRED IMMUNE Deficiency Syndrome, or AIDS as it is better known, is already being called "the Black Death of our time." During 2003, almost five million people became newly infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) that causes ...

EDWARDS ON THE TICKET
THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE John Kerry went with the electoral arithmetic, overlooking factors such as experience and compatibility, when he selected Senator John Edwards as his running mate for the presidential election. Mr. Kerry is known to have ...

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The folly of missile defence
By Sumit Ganguly

The seeming attractiveness of theatre missile defence notwithstanding, it is fraught with almost insuperable technological limitations and strategic flaws.

Blair's back to the wall
By Hasan Suroor

Tony Blair's detractors insist that his seven-yearold premiership has entered the twilight zone.

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FINANCIAL SCENE
The Budget and the stock markets
By C. R. L. Narasimhan

The day before the Union Budget the market sentiment was mildly optimistic. A two-day rally had taken the indices on Wednesday to, by recent standards, acceptable levels. The Sensex had closed at 4955 and the Nifty at 1566. On the ...

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