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Happy ever after?
Timor-Leste’s presidential election may not resolve the country’s conflicts
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Questions of faith
Christians are divided about evolution and the creationApr 7th 2007
All washed up
As the evidence proliferates, so do the nasty consequencesApr 6th 2007
Africa's Titanic problem
Zimbabweans are fed up with a dreadful economyApr 5th 2007
At a glance
From the current print edition
A benign growth
Russia's fastest-growing religious group is its Muslims. But they are not much like their counterparts in other countries
The trade two-step
The Bush team has agreed a free-trade deal with South Korea but also slapped tariffs on Chinese paper. Is America's trade policy going backwards or forwards?
Bad is good
An unexpected explanation for the rise of depression
Chocks away
The prospect of more open skies across the Atlantic is shaking up Europe's airlines
Peace breaking out
A concerted effort to improve relations in the shadow of historical grudges
Of coups and coverage
Political turmoil is costly. Unless you are fully insured
A failed state that threatens the region
No one, it seems, can stop Somalia's capital from imploding again
The non-aligned movement
The quality of aid matters as much as the quantity
From the Falklands to the Gulf
A calculated stunt highlights the difficulties of Britain's role in the world
An early harvest for Calderón
Contrary to many predictions, the president is not just governing but even achieving some reforms
The fire in their veins
The family backgrounds that made Nicolas Sarkozy, François Bayrou and Ségolène Royal each want to be France's president
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CORRESPONDENT'S DIARY: Australia
Gay outburst in Tasmania
Our Sydney correspondent probes an island's secrets
Special feature
News this month
Barack Obama does local politics, City Hall to pay out $12m, bad news for the police and more
Audio
china and its region
A discussion with Dominic Ziegler, Tokyo Bureau Chief of The Economist
In This Week's Economist
Iran and the West; good and bad ethanol; foreign aid; word-of-mouth marketing
Also on Economist.com
News from the schools
Harvard tops the latest ranking, Columbia students get creative, and the Gulf attracts another schoolApr 3rd 2007
Flying wind farms
If people object to wind farms cluttering up the countryside, one answer might be to put them in the airApr 3rd 2007
News this month
Communist politicking, pirating penalties, that sinking feeling and more
Digital Dubya
KAL, our political cartoonist, has created an animated caricature of George BushMar 29th 2007
Australia
The prime minister has been caught off guard by a spirited challenge from the opposition leaderApr 3rd 2007
The Economist Screensaver
Facts and figures on the world’s biggest economies, a news ticker, and more
Columns
Art.view
A persistent heir gets back a looted masterpieceApr 7th 2007
Asia.view
In Sri Lanka both sides refuse peaceApr 4th 2007
Bagehot
The more damaged Gordon Brown becomes, the more he needs a proper contest to restore his leadership credentialsApr 4th 2007
Business.view
If newspapers are dead, the corpses are oddly popular Apr 3rd 2007
Buttonwood
Building a better currency modelApr 4th 2007
Charlemagne
America may not applaud the European Union's next 50 years as warmly as its first 50Apr 4th 2007
Europe.view
The least bad government in eastern EuropeApr 5th 2007
Green.view
The car in front is a second-hand Honda CivicApr 9th 2007
Lexington
The Republicans are still pining for a champion Apr 4th 2007
Market.view
Gold is a useful hedge—but only for a fortnightApr 8th 2007
Tech.view
The greatest life-saver since seat-beltsApr 6th 2007
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