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Editorial
 
Editorial
Calling the army out
We fail to see the need
We, as much as the rest of the nation, have been taken by surprise at the sudden decision of the president to order the army out, to aid the civil authority in the maintenance of law and order.
 
Editorial
Nobel Prize comes home
Poverty alleviation is now on centre stage of global agenda
As the nation watched Professor Muhammad Yunus accepting the Nobel Peace Prize from the Nobel Committee at Oslo on Sunday evening, the thought dawned on us that what was a national pride has now become a global occasion to celebrate.

Post Editorial
 
Sense & Insensibility
The rule of the unruly
Shahnoor Wahid
The latest report of Transparency International (TI) says that political parties are dens of corruption all over the world, racing ahead of other institutions.
 
Perspectives
Rumsfeld's nemesis and beyond
M Abdul Hafiz
Last month when, after the Republicans' election reverses, George Bush reluctantly fired his pugilist defence secretary there had been few tears even within the cabal he belonged to.
 
From Khairlanji to Kanpur and beyond
Praful Bidwai writes from New Delhi
Militant Dalit protests have broken out in various Indian cities, most significantly in Maharashtra, the cradle of modern Dalit politics.
 

 
   
 
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