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  4. China overtaking US: A study casts new light on the world's most important relationship. Economist Daily Chart Apr 1st http://econ.st/hOcYjz
  5. #Audio An Obama doctrine? Obama laid out his theory of foreign intervention in "The Audacity of Hope". Now he tests it http://econ.st/gchmXR
  6. This week's cover preview: Islam and the Arab revolutions, April 2nd - 8th 2011 http://econ.st/e4qLXA
  7. Business this week: A lawsuit against Walmart reached the Supreme Court and Google agreed to settle privacy charges http://econ.st/hfnBHv
  8. Military strategy: Warfare seems to obey mathematical rules. Whether soldiers can make use of that remains to be seen http://econ.st/evWSTi
  9. Where women give birth is a contentious issue across the rich world http://econ.st/hxIH82
  10. Politics this week: Qaddafi forces regained coastal towns in #Libya and a civil war is under way in Côte d’Ivoire http://econ.st/fWNsLm
  11. Wednesday night's much hyped cricket match between India and Pakistan pointed in improving relations between the two http://econ.st/idLY7p
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  13. A quick look at some interesting work being put out in this week's economics journals http://econ.st/hZ7LOE
  14. #Audio: As #Japan copes with the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, what next for the nuclear industry? http://econ.st/gVPg1Z
  15. #Audio: Amazon's new cloud-based music service, an old face at Twitter and a faster tsunami detection system http://econ.st/hdp6WV
  16. #Audio: Continued unrest in the Arab world, provisional election results in Haiti, and World Health Day http://econ.st/gxgq6b
  17. As Obama's poll numbers drop, a question arises: Is America ready for Mitt Romney? http://econ.st/hnyc1Z
  18. Revolution in the Arab world: Mapping unrest through the graphics of our coverage. Economist Daily Chart March 31st http://econ.st/heERkd
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