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Japan and China
Unrest that upsets Tokyo—and worries Beijing
UPDATED Apr 19th 2005

India and Pakistan
Watching cricket, talking peace
Apr 19th 2005

France's referendum on the European constitution
Chirac wades in to help a beleaguered treaty
UPDATED Apr 18th 2005

The pharmaceutical industry
Seeking a cure for legal headaches
Apr 18th 2005

Bankruptcy
A creditor-friendly bill that takes America closer to Europe
Apr 15th 2005

The Buttonwood column: share buybacks
A valuable alternative to empire-building
Apr 19th 2005

OPINION

The flat-tax revolution
Fine in theory, but it will never happen. Oh really?
Apr 14th 2005

Letters
On Turkey, Africa's agriculture, the United Nations, statistics, Christopher Columbus, liars, Japan, America's deficit
Apr 14th 2005

More Opinion

WORLD

Canada's febrile politics
Allegations of sleaze could topple the government and break up the country
Apr 14th 2005

Problems for Arnold Schwarzenegger
Crunch time for California's governor and also for his dysfunctional state
Apr 14th 2005

Cat-shooting in Wisconsin
Miaow, miaow. Bang
Apr 14th 2005

More from North America

Cuba's more liquid government E+
Rich government, poor people
Apr 14th 2005

More from Latin America

The horrors in Nepal E+
China and India are boasting this week of a strategic partnership. But Nepal, sandwiched between them, continues its slide into chaos
Apr 14th 2005

The spread of bird flu in Asia
Bird flu is now endemic in Asia. This is frightening for everyone
Apr 14th 2005

More from Asia

A court challenge for European law E+
Germany's constitutional court puts European integration to the test
Apr 14th 2005

Where Britain's election is being fought
The marginal seats—the ones that matter—are in small towns, the suburbs and the seaside. That's shaping the campaign
Apr 14th 2005

More from Europe
(including Britain)

Côte d'Ivoire's perilous peace deal
Will a new deal bring peace? South Africa thinks so. Ivorians are not so sure
Apr 14th 2005

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PEOPLE

Bruce Chizen, boss of Adobe Systems
A man who wants to end bureaucracy as we know it
Apr 14th 2005

Saul Bellow, an American novelist
Almost single-handedly, he extended the life of the novel, holding its neck, another critic ventured, “from the blade of the postmodern”
Apr 14th 2005

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BOOKS

The fall of Enron
A gripping account of the company's rise and fall
Apr 14th 2005

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The case for flat taxes

Pioneered in eastern Europe, flat tax systems seem to work because they are simple...more

Cities Guide: brought to justice in Atlanta; relief from groping in Tokyo; Moscow gets “Cats”, Broadway gets “The Pillowman”

Updated background briefings on: America's taxes, China's economy, Canada's politics, Côte d'Ivoire, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jaques Chirac, the EU constitution, Wal-Mart, Michael Bloomberg, Pakistan's politics, China's politics, France's politics, and more

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Britain's election: a special briefing on election issues, with articles on party leaders, the economy, health, education, crime, immigration, the vote and lots more. (The briefing is also available to subscribers in PDF format.)

Country Briefings: Recently updated forecasts on Ecuador, Philippines, Japan, Austria and Taiwan

BUSINESS

China's people problem
Problems recruiting and retaining workers, particularly skilled ones, are raising the cost of doing business in China
Apr 14th 2005

Online gambling
Who was really the winner from the WTO's gambling decision?
Apr 14th 2005

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FINANCE

Oil prices E+
The oil market softens a bit
Apr 14th 2005

The NYSE and regulators
Charges against its middlemen roil the Big Board
Apr 14th 2005

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Drugs for the poor world
A new way of developing drugs for neglected diseases of the poor world
Apr 14th 2005

Treating depression
Talk is cheap, and surprisingly effective
Apr 14th 2005

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MARKETS

Economic and financial indicators
Apr 14th 2005

Emerging-market indicators
Apr 14th 2005

Foreign debt
Apr 14th 2005

Stockmarket concentration
Apr 14th 2005

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DIVERSIONS

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Once the United Nations’s weapons inspectors were expelled from Iraq in 1998, how many CIA agents were left in the country?
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Three
Seven, but none of them spoke Arabic
12, but none had been in the country longer than six months

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