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Israel prepares to vote
Victory for a right-leaning block is the most likely outcome of Israel’s election
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Australia aflame
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The week ahead
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India's election: Awaiting the democratic tide
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Quiz: Well red
Our weekly quiz on the current edition of The Economist
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Audio: Simon Conway-Morris on evolution
A palaeontologist to champion a new interpretation of evolution
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Cyber-hedonism: Virtual pleasures
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The rise of haggling: Let's make a deal
Cash-strapped consumers are haggling their way to big savings
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Britain's children: What ails them?
Sad, bad and endangered? Hardly, but not all is well
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Green.view: Ocean blues
A new conservation plan for the Chagos Islands
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Market.view: Trimming hedges
Studying the behaviour of hedge-fund managers
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Bagehot: Apologise, Gordon
Why and how the prime minister should say sorry for the recession
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Art.view: Phew!
The art market passes an important test
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Asia.view: Smoke without flame
Fireworks alone won't save China's economy
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Our annual review of the moving and shaking at Davos
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Buttonwood: The bonus racket
Bank incentives are all wrong
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Charlemagne: Single-market blues
Recession is bringing fresh threats to Europe’s single market
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Europe.view: Open sore
Unintended consequences of modernisation
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Lexington: Another two bite the dust
Barack Obama is paying the price for his high-flown rhetoric
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America finally warms to the stop-start car
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It's okay to be a stimulus sceptic
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The president meets the press
Live-blogging Barack Obama's first prime-time press conference
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Daily chart: Flat out
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