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Glossy façades can’t hide an Indian spring

Glossy façades can’t hide an Indian spring

From Jammu Kashmir to Maharashtra, in a land of empty advertising slogans and fantastic wealth that barely conceals vast poverty, you can see the first signs of a popular new uprising.

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Why has the left neglected the Tamils of Sri Lanka?

Why has the left neglected the Tamils of Sri Lanka?

Human tragedy on this South Asian island is all but ignored.

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Kim Jong-il's death: the world responds

Kim Jong-il's death: the world responds

How global leaders have responded to the death of the North Korean dictator at the age of 69.

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Nintendo warfare

Nintendo warfare

Jemima Khan visits Islamabad to hear about the terrible civilian death toll of US drone strikes.

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Salman’s trouble in India

For the defectors, there’s no way home

For the defectors, there’s no way home

“I don’t fear death – I fear political silence”

An interview with Malalai Joya, Afghani activist and former politician.

The NS Interview: Muhammad Yunus, economist

The NS Interview: Muhammad Yunus, economist

“I said: I can create a kind of business based on selflessness”

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Kim Jong-Il's funeral begins. But how genuine is the grief?

Kim Jong-Il's funeral begins. But how genuine is the grief?

A defector on Kim Il-Sung's death: "The histrionics of grief took on a competitive quality. Who could weep the loudest?"

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Chinese media dominated by headlines of Kim Jong-il’s death

Chinese media dominated by headlines of Kim Jong-il’s death

Social media sites, TV and newspapers have been flooded by reports and comments on North Korean leader.

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In pictures: The life of Kim Jong-il

North Korea: a portrait of tyranny

What is Britain's role in the CIA's illegal drone campaign?

The Chinese banking accident waiting to happen

A conspiracy of optimism

The lost lion of Kabul

Turkey earthquake footage

Imran Khan: "I hate US policy, not Americans"

Britain, Pakistan and British Pakistanis

The shifting of the guard

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Time to rethink

Time to rethink, not reassure

Who minds?

Latter Day Taint?

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling, the Miliband dilemma and what the party must do next
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