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Behind the oil price spike
With crude oil on the international market touching $126 a barrel, it is clear that the rise in price has little to do with underlying trends on either the supply or demand side. To put the latest price spurt in perspective, it is worth recalling ...

Tragic callousness
In a modern day equivalent of a fiddling Nero, the military junta in Myanmar remains indifferent to the colossal tragedy that has befallen the country. Without bothering about the rescue and rehabilitation of those affected by the last ...

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For a new deal to the rural poor
By Somnath Chatterjee

For a market-driven media, the problems of the rural poor are not matters of serious concern. But the silver lining is that there are committed journalists who work tirelessly to write on issues of rural distress.

News Analysis
A disaster and the politics of ‘democracy’
By P. S. Suryanarayana

The political agenda of the Myanmar junta is to turn its own relief effort into a charm offensive for the hearts of the people at home.

The country of the future finally arrives
By Tom Phillips

With an export boom and oil finds, the sleeping giant of South America is awakening.

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Chimera of universal acceptance
There is an odd, strange feeling when you have to clarify, explain, justify your actions again and again; even offer explanations for your existence as Readers’ Editor. A newspaper is open to public scrutiny all the time; the ...

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