Fat years
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Paraguay's awful history
The never-ending war
How a terrible but little-known conflict continues to shape and blight a nation
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America’s European moment
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Israel's elections
The dividing line
An election that was meant to be about the economy has become about the Palestinians instead
India's women
Rape and murder in Delhi
A horrible attack could prove a turning point for India’s women
Coal in the rich world
The mixed fortunes of a fuel
Why is the world’s most harmful fossil fuel being burned less in America and more in Europe?
Egypt
The crisis of government isn’t over
The Islamists are fast losing their popularity, but their opponents are still too weak and divided to vote them out of office
Japanese foreign policy
Back to the future
Shinzo Abe’s appointment of a scarily right-wing cabinet bodes ill for the region
Ireland and the euro crisis
Dawn in the west
Why the Irish deserve a helping hand to leave their bail-out programme
Still waiting for recovery
Three years after a devastating earthquake, the “Republic of NGOs” has become the country of the unemployed
America's jobs report
Cliff? What cliff?
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Google strikes a deal with American antitrust watchdogs
My Starbucks name
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Herod’s law
Russian civil society is outraged by a law that bans Russian orphans from being adopted by American families
Art markets online
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War and theology
Monks who were suppressed by the Tsar’s navy a century ago are still regarded as subversive
Babbage awards
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Obituary
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