Immigration reform

The demographic politics of immigration

Obama will capitalise on the Republicans' inability to come together behind a Latino-outreach strategy(46)

• In the immigration debate, it's important to separate border security and illegal immigration(18)

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China's population

The most surprising demographic crisis

A new census raises questions about the future of China’s one-child policy(122)

• Ageing much faster than it was a decade ago(83)
• A surprising number of China's elite want to emigrate(8)

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Osama bin Laden

Show and tell

America releases videos suggesting that Osama bin Laden was still active in al-Qaeda up to his death(52)

• What comes after bin Laden?(55)
• You don’t have to be crazy to run counter-terrorism in Pakistan; but it helps to appear so(65)
• The messy business of assassinations(70)
• Reaction to the death of Osama bin Laden(19)
• Public opinion on Osama bin Laden has changed in Muslim countries(45)

Greece and the euro

More denial

A restructuring of Greek debt is coming, whatever Christine Lagarde says(2)

• The euro zone is rethinking its approach to rescue packages(134)
• Talk of restructuring Greece’s debt is unlikely to solve its woes(6)
• The international plan to rescue Greece is instead starting to paralyse it(20)

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Electric cars

Shoestring supercars

A rash of new electric sports cars shows how cheap manufacturing techniques will bring new competitors into carmaking(13)

• Despite its share-price dip, Tesla's prospects still look promising(29)
• Leader: Electric cars are neither as useful nor as green as their proponents claim (Oct 2010)(94)
• Topic page: Electric vehicles

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Cleaning up oil spills

A golden fleece?

Wool may provide a novel way of dealing with oil at sea(8)

• The world's biggest accidental oil spills (Jul 2010)(22)
• Technological lessons from the massive operation to stop the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (May 2010)(129)
• Topic page: Oil spills

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India and corruption

A novel way to combat corruption

India’s chief economic adviser wants to legalise some kinds of bribe-giving(34)

• Corruption, skill shortages and other hindrances to doing business in India(157)
• Investors have gone off India. Corruption is partly to blame(7)

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Australia's asylum-seekers

Eyeing a malaise solution

Julia Gillard turns to Malaysia for help with a familiar problem(7)

• The government's moribund effort to route asylum-seekers through Timor-Leste(8)
• Rudd on the tracks (Jun 2010)(26)

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