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Unabated tensions
The deplorable incidents of arson and killing in Udalguri district of the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) and the adjacent Darrang district over the past week, in which more than 40 people have died, follow a pattern of violence and massive ...

Obama surges ahead
With the financial crisis deepening in the United States and globally, the American presidential contest has become even more intriguing and interesting. The economic crisis has helped Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential candidate, ...

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Are American writers too insular for Nobel?
By Hasan Suroor

By saying American writers are too insular and the American literary establishment is parochial, the Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy has kicked up a controversy.

News Analysis
Corrections and Clarifications
Paragraphs six and seven in an article “Zubin Mehta’s dream for India” (“Newscape” page, October 7, 2008) were: “The concerts, he said, were turning into a mini-music festival, the kind India ...

Robbing the poor to pay the rich
By Salil Shetty

Evidence suggests that unchecked levels of corruption would add $50 billion to the cost of achieving the MDG on water and sanitation.

Becoming your child’s emotional coach
By Sally Williams

Psychologist Stephen Briers says parents need to become emotional coaches to produce a new generation of well-adjusted, happy adults.

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