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Mar 23rd, 2013

Leaders

The euro-zone crisis
Just when you thought it was safe… (247)
E-commerce in China
The Alibaba phenomenon (67)
Justice in Bangladesh
Another kind of crime (875)
Binding the press
A rotten deal (17)
Electronic cigarettes
No smoke. Why the fire? (406)

United States

America’s combat veterans
The waiting wounded (62)
Averting a shutdown
Continuing irresolution (5)
The Republicans
Nostra culpa (14)
Dystopia
Tea-party games (12)
The Los Angeles Times
Here comes the cavalry (2)
Nursery education
Winning grades (12)
Lexington
The price of detachment (131)

The Americas

Argentina and the Pope
The awkward couple (87)
Uruguay
Justice or democracy? (21)
Football in the Caribbean
Bonus money (11)
Brazil’s opposition
The Minas medicine (118)

Asia

Malaysia’s looming election
Video nasties (32)
Shipping
Deadly trade (13)
Election time in Pakistan
Hollow milestone (53)
Politics in Sri Lanka
Military muscling (48)
Japan and free trade
Better late than never (6)
Banyan
Tryst with dynasty (73)

China

Foreign policy
Changing faces (93)
A corruption fighter
Calling Fire Chief Wang (2)
The new prime minister
A talker or a walker? (5)

Middle East and Africa

Africa and China
More than minerals (229)
Illicit pleasures in Ethiopia
Addled in Addis (33)
Zimbabwe’s referendum
On to the polls (5)
The American-Israeli security relationship
Let’s try a less awkward embrace (115)
Egypt’s police
What happened to reform? (16)

Europe

French politics
The trials of François (120)
Euroscepticism in Germany
Silent no more (80)
Italian politics
First steps of the citizens (67)
The Netherlands
Focus on growth (18)
Spain’s Socialists
Why Spain’s left is in a funk (39)
Bulgaria’s crisis
Poverty protests (14)
Charlemagne
Small island, big finger (277)

Britain

The budget
Ploughing ahead (28)
Press regulation
Over the Rubicon (1)
Business and government
Forward to the past? Britain Only (2)
The lottery
Herd mentality Britain Only (7)
The Royal Institution
Safe for now Britain Only
Heroin and methadone
The Trainspotting generation Britain Only (16)
Light goods vehicles
Van demons’ land Britain Only (2)
British brands abroad
Going native Britain Only (5)
Bagehot
Striving for Harlow
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International

Electronic lending and public libraries
Folding shelves (40)
The lure of sunken riches
Fortunes ahoy (5)
Cyberlaw
Badlands (2)
Shared worship spaces
God’s new digs (14)

Business

Gazprom
Russia’s wounded giant (117)
Retail
Mixing bricks with clicks (6)
Manufacturing in Bosnia
Balkan brakelights (10)
Reselling media content
Seconds to go (9)
Indian airlines
Open skies, bottomless pits (18)
E-cigarettes
Vape ’em if you got ’em (27)
Schumpeter
New rules for schools (14)

Finance and economics

The Cyprus bail-in
A bungled bank raid (130)
Buttonwood
The financial-repression levy (18)
The Cypriot gasfield
Hot air (2)
Insider trading
And the winner is…
India’s shadow economy
Evasive action (18)
Globally systemic insurers
Us? Risky? (3)
Poverty
The decathlon of deprivation
Private-equity firms
Zombies at the gates (6)
Free exchange
Where did everyone go? (23)
Marjorie Deane application

Science and technology

The Cambrian explosion
Kingdom come (10)
Science awards
All shall have prizes (5)
Evolution
Road-kill stew (25)

Books and arts

The power of China
Toasting the world (or not) (64)
Parenthood
Brothers in arms (4)
Statistics and probability
The joy of stats (8)
Cyberstalking
Complex persecution (3)
Communication in India
Where fingers do the walking (4)
The Cyrus cylinder
Diplomatic whirl (6)

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