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Gay marriage in America

The aggrieved party

Opponents of gay marriage seem to think they are the ones being hurt 73

To what extent does the debate over same-sex marriage resemble the debate over abortion? 439

The bail-out of Cyprus

A better deal, but still painful

The bail-out and the bail-in, explained 450

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Obama and the Palestinians

A fleeting visit

Palestinians were disappointed by the briefness of the American president's visit to the West Bank 76

China in Africa

More than minerals

Chinese trade with Africa keeps growing; fears of neocolonialism are overdone 169

Election time in Pakistan

Return of an erstwhile king

Pervez Musharraf is back, with a flourish but without a following 24

A democratic government completes a full term, to little applause 40

E-cigarettes

Vape ’em if you got ’em

A challenge to Big Tobacco 21

Leader: The world should welcome the electronic cigarette 370

Alibaba

The world’s greatest bazaar

Alibaba, a trailblazing Chinese internet giant, will soon go public 37

Leader: China’s e-commerce giant could generate enormous wealth—provided the country’s rulers leave it alone 59

French politics

Sarkozy under formal investigation

The former French president is to be investigated for “abuse of frailty”, in connection with an illegal party-financing case linked to Liliane Bettencourt 72

Technology quarterly

Fool’s platinum?

Two start-ups see promise in extracting resources from asteroids. But how practical is the idea? 88

India’s shadow economy

A banking scandal highlights the problem of black money in India

Justice or democracy in Uruguay?

An argument over past crimes

South Asians in Saudi Arabia

The kingdom's preference for workers from one side of India or the other would seem to have little to do with the workers themselves

End the ethanol tax

As American motorists learn to use less petrol, maize growers are feeling the pinch

An oligarch's sudden death

Boris Berezovsky was financially ruined, depressed and desperate to return to Russia

Evolution

Swallows are evolving to escape from a dangerous predator: the motor car

God’s new digs

The best multifaith prayer rooms are those where architects bow out

Chinese online literature

A new generation is shunning the conservative state-run publishing houses and finding freedom online

The theology of self-destruction

Squaring suicidal protests with religious beliefs

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