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Mitt Romney struggles to reassure American voters about his religious beliefs
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FINANCE & ECONOMICS: Interest rates Britain cuts rates, Europe does notDec 6th 2007
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BRIEFING: Food prices Rising incomes in Asia and ethanol subsidies in America have put an end to a long era of falling food prices
BRIEFING: Defeat for Hugo Chávez Venezuelans have seen the future—and many of them realise that it doesn't work
TECHNOLOGY QUARTERLY Virtual worlds are being put to serious real-world uses—and are starting to encounter some real-world problems
INTERNATIONAL: Education Money and effort aren't enough to impart the skills and knowledge needed in a cut-throat world
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: Consumer genomics Personal genetic testing is advancing rapidly. But beware of overselling
BOOKS & ARTS: Books of the year 2007 History, politics, music, business, biography, memoir, letters and fiction. There is something for everyone in this round-up of the year's best books
UNITED STATES: Health care and the presidential race Reforming America's health-care system is a thorny election issue
BUSINESS: Video games The biggest-ever video-game deal shows how the industry is changing
ASIA: India But it still colours Narendra Modi's campaign for re-election in Gujarat
FINANCE & ECONOMICS: Underground markets America's illicit gun-market is surprisingly inefficient
ASIA: God and the Olympics The Beijing Olympics raise tricky questions of religious freedom in China
OBITUARY His broken bones earned him millions, but never enough
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