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Editorials
The Maoist threat
Media commentators are calling Lok Sabha 2009 the most violent election ever. Bombings of police officers and paramilitary personnel, claiming dozens of lives; attacks on poll staff and party workers; the hijacking of a train in Jharkhand ...

Social sector in the downturn
On the eve of their spring meetings, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have identified some important steps to be taken to help the world recover from its worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. One, made clear by ...

Leader Page Articles
The mirage of Eelam
By Malini Parthasarathy

The LTTE’s shortsighted and adventurist positions have cost the Tamil ethnic cause dearly even as valuable time has been lost in the failure to consolidate the gains achieved through political negotiations.

News Analysis
Cuba and the Fifth Summit of the Americas
By Mukul Sharma

Many governments have called for reinstating Cuba in the Organisation of American States, reaffirming the changing regional and political scenario in the Americas.

A proud moment in South Africa’s young democracy — and a bitter one
By Justice Malala

For the first time since 1994, many South Africans went to the polls not as the proud Rainbow Nation that Nelson Mandela ushered in.

OUT OF LONDON
Smears, lies and Downing Street
By Hasan Suroor

Latest polls show that support for Labour has fallen in the wake of the smears scandal.

Corrections and clarifications
* * In a report “Maoists hijack, release train in Jharkhand” (April 23, 2009, page 1) it was mentioned in the fifth paragraph that the driver of the Delhi-Rajdhani Express averted a possible hijack after the control room informed ...

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