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No breakthrough on climate change
The agreement on climate change announced at the G8 summit in Heiligendamm may, at first sight, appear to be a breakthrough. However, it falls short of the real, decisive, practical action needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions significantly. ...

Here's wishing India's new coach
A wave of optimism washes over Indian cricket each time the national team is given a new coach. The coach is seen as a god from the machine who will deliver the world-beating team millions of Indian cricket fans lust for. At the highest level, ...

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"Britain's Bofors" returns to haunt Blair
By Hasan Suroor

The scandal centres on allegations that Britain's largest arms supplier, BAE Systems, created a slush fund to win a £43 billion contract with Saudi Arabia in 1985. Mr. Blair is under fire for blocking a probe into the matter.

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U.S. presidential campaign and India
By Derek Chollet

The strong U.S.-India relationship has deep support from both Republicans and Democrats.

When to replace an old car
By Martin Love

SULKING ON the road outside my house, listing slightly as if carrying an old shoulder injury, is a large grey Volvo estate. It has no hub caps — they were stolen months ago — and the rear windscreen wiper, like a drooping tulip, hangs ...

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Hear more, listen more for better journalism
It is a fledgling institution, the internal news ombudsman or Readers' Editor in The Hindu , the first of its kind in an Indian newspaper. Fifteen months into this job, I am still exploring the territorial limits of the work. In such a ...

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"Do not transfer your problems to us"
India's Foreign Minister makes a firm stand, and expresses guarded optimism, on a nuclear deal that hangs in the balance.

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