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Print EditionFebruary 3rd 2007

On the cover
India cannot run as fast as China without further reform:leader
The world this week
Politics this week
Business this week
Leaders
The world economyIndia overheats
The state of BritainYou‘ve never had it so good
African scienceAmaizing grace
KosovoOn the road to independence
The Middle EastWhere moderates fear to tread
Sudan and ChinaMr Hu‘s mission to Khartoum
Letters
On Russian energy, Lord Kalms, idleness, American history, the brain
 
Special Report
Religion in ChinaWhen opium can be benign
Correction: Indian cotton
United States
Developing citiesThe lowdown on Motown
Urban crimeIn Murder City
Economic policyRaring to go
The presidential raceEver Hopeful
Immigrants in the armed servicesThe green-card brigade
Military disciplineGetting away with it
Conservation in ColoradoMountains for the centuries
LexingtonBlack power
The Americas
VenezuelaGlimpsing the bottom of the barrel
Oil in ColombiaBucking a trend
MexicoTortilla blues
UruguayThe next Chile
Canada‘s citizenship lawsLost in Kafkaland
Asia
IndonesiaOld soldiers who refuse to fade away
TibetStill Tibetan after all these years
North Korea and the internetWeird but wired
India‘s rickshawsColonial yokes are not bad for all
Hong Kong‘s preservationStardust memories
Thailand‘s film industryRoyal gala performances
Middle East & Africa
Shias and SunnisThe widening gulf
The Palestinian territoriesThe Gazafication of the West Bank
IsraelA miserable lot
Lake VictoriaWoebegone
NigeriaSharia lite
Africa on filmThe continent‘s celluloid moment
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Europe
France‘s race for the presidencySarko embraces the Anglo-Saxons
France and tobaccoSmoking and the 35-hour week
German anti-terrorismA complicated business
Italy‘s reform programmeTwo steps forward
Ireland‘s pre-election politicsThe sinner absolved
CharlemagneCoalitions for the willing
Britain
Terrorist plotFrom Baghdad to Birmingham
Northern IrelandVirtual democracy
The cash-for-honours affairNow it‘s a cover-up
Air pollutionThe Big Smoke
Public financesBrowned off 
Home Office woesPrisoner‘s dilemma 
BagehotA rough patch for the special relationship
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International
Nuclear traffickingA radioactive subject
International lawControlled explosion
Citizenship for salePledge of allegiance
MediationKnocking heads together
Correction: James Traficant
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A survey of Britain
Britannia redux
A lost opportunity
Living by their wits
Suck it and see
Clever stuff
A house with many mansions
The rose and the thistle
The changing of the guard
Full steam ahead
Sources and acknowledgements
Offer to readers
Business
Business in RussiaDancing with the bear
Indian retailingGetting cheaper and better
Business in southern ItalyTaking on the mob
DellReturn to founder
MotorolaUh-oh, Moto
Colgate-PalmoliveStill fresh?
Face valueWeb deux point zéro
Special Report
India‘s economyIndia on fire
Finance & Economics
Financial stabilityWhat keeps bankers awake at night?
ButtonwoodCrude suggestion
The IMFFunding the fund
Internet bankingBricks ‘n‘ clicks
Stock exchangesFlying in formation
China LifeTake cover
The Federal Reserve‘s ChairmanHitting his stride
Economics focusMomentous modelling
Science & Technology
African scienceLocal heroes
Agricultural pestsWhite death
NeuroscienceTime of the month
GeomagnetismA journey to the centre of the Earth
The Richard Casement internship
Books & Arts
German cinemaBaby snatching and dead-end jobs
New Arab fictionExile is another country
Balkan historyFighting and looting
New fictionBlack dog
Russian emigrésA fine turncoat
New cinemaTwo-handed combat
Obituary
Abbé Pierre
Economic and Financial Indicators
Overview
Output, prices and jobs
The Economist commodity price index
Growth in hours worked
Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates
Markets
Europe‘s dearest flats
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