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A welcome agreement
For the third time in 13 years, the United States and North Korea have managed to reach an agreement on the broad framework of reciprocal steps they must take in order to bring about the Korean peninsula's de-nuclearisation. The "initial actions" ...

Moving forward on safety
The decision of the Tamil Nadu Government to restore the rule requiring two-wheeler riders to wear a crash helmet is a positive step that can reduce the toll of death and disability caused by road accidents. There was little justification ...

Leader Page Articles
Russia signals end of strategic retreat
By Vladimir Radyuhin

Vladimir Putin sent out a clear message to Europe: toeing the American line of trying to encircle Russia was fraught with new confrontation and was against the best interests of the continent.

News Analysis
Beijing's mediatory role the key
By Pallavi Aiyar

Finding a peaceful solution to the nuclear standoff with North Korea is in China's own national interest.

OUT OF LONDON
Victims of "arbitrariness gone mad"
By Hasan Suroor

Indian doctors are not questioning Britain's right to regulate immigration to suit its changing needs. They are contesting the decision to apply rules retrospectively to those already in the country.

Once most beloved, now most hated
By Jan Morris

The American swagger has become bombast, the cocky GI a bully. But with luck the pendulum may be ready to swing back.

Motherly love may alter genes for the better
By Ian Sample

Experiments on rats show change to gene that governs brain's response to stress.

Corrections and Clarifications
The third paragraph of a report "Let us begin from this beautiful example: Chinese Foreign Minister" (February 13, 2007) was: "The Chinese Foreign Minister arrived here from Beijing on Sunday and drove to Nalanda, taking the same path taken by ...

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