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Russia, Ukraine and the West
Compromise in Kiev, confrontation abroad
Dec 8th 2004


Hamid Karzai’s inauguration
Afghanistan’s George Washington?
Dec 7th 2004


The CAO derivatives fiasco
Fuelling doubts about Chinese corporate governance
Dec 8th 2004


Motor racing
A victory for the banks that own, but do not yet control, Formula One
UPDATED Dec 8th 2004


Reforming the UN
Towards a more relevant United Nations
Dec 1st 2004


The Buttonwood column
The case for Asia
Dec 7th 2004


OPINION

The disappearing dollar
How long can it remain the world's most important reserve currency?
Dec 2nd 2004


Europe's merger directive
The European Union has missed another opportunity to make its economy more competitive
Dec 2nd 2004


Letters
On online gaming, the UN, Kashmir, troops in Iraq, patents, opium, British bans
Dec 2nd 2004


More from Opinion

WORLD

America's left-dominated universities
If you loathe political debate, join the faculty of an American university
Dec 2nd 2004


Women farmers on the move
Why the fairer sex is better with goats, chickens and stockbrokers
Dec 2nd 2004


More from North America

A report on Chile's dictatorship
The armed forces are finally found guilty of the dictatorship's abuses
Dec 2nd 2004


More from Latin America

Nepal in chaos
King, politicians and Maoists fiddle while Nepal burns
Dec 2nd 2004


Coal mining in China E+
Appalling fatalities in coal mines are prompting a rare outcry
Dec 2nd 2004


More from Asia

The Greek and Roman churches
Argument about a gesture from west to east
Dec 2nd 2004


The implications of a democratic Ukraine E+
Brussels faces up gloomily to the prospect of further eastward enlargement
Dec 2nd 2004


Nearly a deal in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland's peace process is nearly back on track—really
Dec 2nd 2004


The David Blunkett affair
The events which may lead to the home secretary's downfall are the stuff of tragedy
Dec 2nd 2004


More from Europe
(including Britain)

The UN's hopeless force in Congo
Rwanda appears to be invading Congo again. The UN peacekeeping mission there, the world's largest, is twiddling its thumbs
Dec 2nd 2004


More from Africa & the Middle East

PEOPLE

Brian Brink on AIDS and business E+
Many firms are doing too little, too late about AIDS, says Mr Brink
Dec 2nd 2004


Rafael Eitan, an Israeli general E+
He fought in every one of Israel's wars, from 1948 to the 1982 war on Lebanon, keeping the Arabs out
Dec 2nd 2004


More People

BOOKS

Gabriel García Márquez's new novel
One might well have expected “A Memoir of My Sad Whores” to be a semi-autobiographical accounting of a life spent in brothels
Dec 2nd 2004


Agit-porcelain E+
Ceramics in the cause of revolution
Dec 2nd 2004


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The rise of the green building

A new breed of energy-efficient buildings is on the rise as “green architecture” gains momentum... more

The World in 2005: our annual look at the year ahead

Updated background briefings on: Motor racing, Taiwan's politics, Japan's foreign policy, Rwanda, Arnold Schwarzenegger, America's trade policy, Colombia's drug wars, crime in Britain, Iran's politics, the United Nations, EU enlargement, Nepal, Northern Ireland, the dollar, Congo, Chile and more

Cities Guide: the hunt for contract killers in Moscow; La Scala re-opens in Milan; a crackdown on piracy in Los Angeles; our mini-guide to Canberra; stem-cell research in San Francisco

Country Briefings: Recently updated forecasts on Germany, Switzerland, Thailand, Ukraine and Ireland

BUSINESS

Phone calls move on to the internet
Who wins and who loses as phone calls move on to the internet?
Dec 2nd 2004


The case for executive perks
Is showering the boss with perks good for shareholders?
Dec 2nd 2004


More Business

FINANCE

The future of the dollar
America's policies are putting at risk the dollar's role as the world's dominant international currency
Dec 2nd 2004


The oil market E+
The oil market has cooled recently, but will OPEC, which meets on December 10th, try to turn up the heat again?
Dec 2nd 2004


America's trade dividend
A new study estimates America's gains from past and future global integration
Dec 2nd 2004


More Finance & Economics

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

How people recognise faces
Researchers are exploring how and where in the brain people recognise faces. This could be helpful to those who cannot recall them at all
Dec 2nd 2004


A new puzzle for Christmas
Has an inventor found the hardest possible simple sliding-block puzzle?
Dec 2nd 2004


Radioactive people and security E+
Medical radiation is causing unexpected problems
Dec 2nd 2004


Stress really does age people E+
Chronic stress really does cause you to age faster
Dec 2nd 2004


Technology Quarterly
Wind-up medical devices, wireless airships, the contest to succeed the DVD, video games for soldiers, and lots more

More Science & Technology

MARKETS

Economic and financial indicators
Dec 2nd 2004

Emerging-market indicators
Dec 2nd 2004

HIV infections
Dec 2nd 2004


Exchange rates against the dollar
Dec 2nd 2004


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DIVERSIONS

Infrequently Asked Questions
In July 2004 the president of Brazil’s central bank and its director of monetary policy were alleged to have committed which crime?
Manslaughter
Tax dodging
Soliciting
Racketeering

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