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The US election debates
The running mates' turn to lock horns
Oct 6th 2004

SpaceShipOne wins the X-Prize
A private space industry is born
Oct 5th 2004

The G7 in Washington
Inviting China to dinner
UPDATED Oct 4th 2004

Russia says yes to the climate-change treaty
Kyoto a-go-go
Sep 30th 2004

The Buttonwood column
Hedge funds: the taming of the shrewd
Oct 5th 2004

OPINION

The stalemate between Israelis and Palestinians E+
Elections among Palestinians can help, even if they re-crown Yasser Arafat as leader
Sep 30th 2004

Letters
On Turkey, democracy in America, pensions, Hong Kong, mental health, automation
Sep 30th 2004

More from Opinion

WORLD

Wrapping up the swing states E+
The battleground states look good for George Bush this year. They may be better for Democrats in future
Sep 30th 2004

What Americans want abroad E+
A selfish nation led by altruists
Sep 30th 2004

More from North America

Crime and police reform in Latin America E+
A long overdue and still incipient reform drive tries to turn the police into part of the solution to widespread crime
Sep 30th 2004

More from Latin America

Afghanistan's election E+
Deeply flawed, yet Afghans are passionately keen to vote
Sep 30th 2004

More from Asia

The trouble with ageing E+
Ageing populations will hurt Europe's economies and put pressure on budgets—and there are no easy solutions
Sep 30th 2004

Iraq, Labour and the war E+
Tony Blair's party lets him off the hook about Iraq, but the country doesn't
Sep 30th 2004

The economics of being nice to your parents E+
British rich kids have little time for their elderly parents. The ingratitude!
Sep 30th 2004

More from Europe
(including Britain)

Can the Palestinians ever get a state? E+
Stalemate between Palestinians and Israelis looks total, but internal rows on both sides offer a shred of hope
Sep 30th 2004

Gangsters and reformers in Nigeria E+
Two forces are pulling Nigeria in opposite directions
Sep 30th 2004

More from Africa & the Middle East

PEOPLE

Nigel Nicolson, writer and publisher
He was not the Bloomsbury group's last survivor, but he was its heir in unexpected ways
Sep 30th 2004

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BOOKS

Science bestsellers
The big book index
Sep 30th 2004

Kevin Spacey's Old Vic E+
The best must surely be to come
Sep 30th 2004

More reviews

also on the site ...
The dragon and the eagle

American consumers and Chinese producers have led a global boom. China is creating genuine wealth, but America's binge is based partly on an illusion, says Pam Woodall, our economics editor (interviewed here), in our survey of the world economy... more

US election 2004: The Economist/YouGov polls ; our swing-states series (articles and audio); the presidential debates (from audible.com)

Updated background briefings on: Russia's oil, Britain's Conservatives, fish stocks, China's army, Taiwan, Syria, Junichiro Koizumi, Australia's politics, and more

Cities Guide: The Museum of Modern Art heads back to Manhattan; São Paulo's Bienal; London's “journey knee-deep in feathers

Country Briefings: Recently updated forecasts on Vietnam, Venezuela, Mexico, New Zealand and Austria

BUSINESS

After Armani E+
Giorgio Armani grapples with the problem of succession at Italy's most-glamorous fashion firm
Sep 30th 2004

The gambling industry
As it becomes steadily more respectable, the gambling industry is trying to become a thriving global business
Sep 30th 2004

More Business

FINANCE

Corporate America E+
American companies' earnings are under pressure from a rising oil price. This is bad news, because American companies' prospects aren't that healthy anyway
Sep 30th 2004

Currency trading E+
Forex trading is brisk, but no rampage
Sep 30th 2004

Growing apart E+
The euro seems to have made European economies less, rather than more, synchronised
Sep 30th 2004

More Finance & Economics

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The mathematics of social networks E+
What maths tells us about us
Sep 30th 2004

Evolving to extinction E+
Too much evolution can lead to extinction
Sep 30th 2004

Technology Quarterly
Using games to make films, drugs to supercharge the brain, and lots more

More Science & Technology

MARKETS

Economic and financial indicators
Sep 30th 2004

Emerging-market indicators
Sep 30th 2004

GDP per person
Sep 30th 2004

More Markets & Data

DIVERSIONS

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Zouhair Yahyoui, a Tunisian, spent 18 months in jail for running Tunezine. What was it?
Tunisia’s most popular online magazine
A night club that formed the center of the thriving Tunis drug trade
An “exotic dance” club and its associated prostitution ring
A jewelry store whose back room was a major hub in the currency black market

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