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Articles in December, 2001 issue of Economist (US), The

• The health of nations; International aid.(public-health)
• A great British nonsense; Bagehot.(oaths of allegiance)(Brief Article)
• Politics.
• Treasonous reflections; Lexington.(The case against John Walker)(America shows a reluctance to try Taliban fighter John Walker as a traitor)(Brief Article)
• Bush's hang-ups; Arms control.(George Bush's arms-control hang-ups)(Bush administration has blocked various international arms control measures)(Brief Article)
• The Economist Intelligence Unit, a sister company of The Economist, predicts that the global economy will grow by 1.4% in 2002, little better than this year's 1.2%.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• Werner's silo; European clearing and settlement.(Deutsche Borse expands its high-rise empire)
• Famine in London; Restaurants.(Central London's restaurants are in trouble)(Brief Article)
• Singing stocking fillers; The year's best classical CDs.(Brief Article)
• Birth of the counter-revolution; Politics in Venezuela.(Venezuela's polarised politics)(Brief Article)(Buyers Guide)
• A self-styled pony horse; Face value.(Face value: AOL Time Warner's new boss, Richard Parsons)(Brief Article)
• The same--only more so? DIALOGUE.(results of survey on next big economic surge)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• The loss of diversity; Opinion.(Brief Article)
• George Harrison; George Harrison, a Beatle, died on November 29th, aged 58.(Obituary)
• Thinking of new, and wilder, ways; Iran's reformists.(How to fight Iran's conservative establishment, which always wins)(Brief Article)
• The new-economy vultures; Private equity.(Record amounts of private-equity investments are up for sale. Who will buy them?)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• Sand in the engine; Garages.(The government's campaign to make garages honest is going nowhere)(Brief Article)
• Jazz messenger; Record companies.(Review)
• The Caribbean Blair; St Lucia's election.(Kenny Anthony)(Brief Article)
• Bringing home the bacon; Face value.(Smithfield Foods, Inc.)(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
• Pop goes Seattle; The deflated north-west.(Brief Article)
• Storm in a test tube; Cloning.(Brief Article)
• One currency, too many markets; Europe and the euro.(euro to be adopted by 12 countries)(Brief Article)
• More signs emerged of economic weakness in South-East Asia.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• A flicker of hope; Romania's reforms.(Signs of hope in rotten Romania)(Brief Article)
• Something of the night; Bagehot.(Is Michael Howard, of all people, renouncing Thatcherism?)(former Home Secretary for John Major)(Brief Article)
• Home thoughts from abroad - Governments in exile; To come.(How politicians deprived of their countries simply carry on)
• A world empire by other means - The triumph of English; The English language.(The spread of English)
• Losing altitude; Aviation.(The aviation aftershocks from September 11th)(effects of terrorist attacks on aircraft industry)(Brief Article)
• A little more clearing-up to do - Fighting terrorism; No flytitle.(Trying to finish Afghanistan's war)
• High steaks; Mad-cow disease in Japan.(Japan's scare over mad-cow disease intensifies)(Brief Article)
• Keynes the movie? Economists on film.(Brief Article)
• A nation poisoned; Contamination in Bangladesh.(Bangladesh's poisoned wells)(Brief Article)
• Border bore; Russian customs.(A customs crackdown in Russia)(corrupt customs officials)(Brief Article)
• Distrust in antitrust? Competition policy in Mexico.(Mexico's confused competition policy)(President Vincente Fox appoints an antitrust critic to the country's Federal Competition Commission)(Brief Article)
• Having a ball; Robotics.(Reinventing the wheel)(Brief Article)
• Towards a bigger, simpler Europe; The European Union's summit.(The European Union must make its purpose plainer)(Brief Article)
• The body mass index (BMI) is the ratio of a person's weight (in kilograms) to the square of his height (in metres).(Brief Article)
• Slowly to market; Norway's state sector.(Privatising Norway's state sector--slowly)(Brief Article)
• Forget the fish; Planning.(The government's planning reforms will tip the balance against the environmentalists)(Brief Article)
• Unparliamentary conduct; India.(An attack on India's parliament)(origin of the terrorist attack is uncertain)(Brief Article)
• Balancing act; Canada's budget.(Canada's budget stimulus)(Brief Article)
• Time to cut the cake a different way? Latinos and blacks.(Urban politics changes colour)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• Sound waves beat the knife.(using ultrasound to treat internal bleeding)(Brief Article)
• Exit this way; Suicide technologies.(Brief Article)
• Adieu, Arafat? - Adieu, Arafat? Middle East.(Israel, terror and Yasser Arafat)(Israel strikes back, in response to terrorism)(Brief Article)
• The risk premium on Argentine bonds rose to 40 percentage points above American Treasury bonds.(includes other world economic indicators)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• When countries go bust; Economics focus.(Argentina's woes show why sovereign bankruptcy procedures make sense)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• When safety is dangerous; Railways.(Spending on rail safety reflects the irrationality of transport planning)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• A time for feasts; Books-in-brief.(three books)(Review)
• Strapped for cash; Argentina's economy.(Argentina's economic crisis)(Brief Article)
• Rokke to the rescue; Kvaerner.(Kvaerner and Aker Maritime merge)(Brief Article)
• Driven to distraction; Reform of the European car market is overdue.(Brief Article)
• Fishy figures; Global fish stocks.(Dodgy statistics may have concealed a decline in world fish stocks)(Brief Article)
• The case for federation; Settling Cyprus.(Greeks and Turks should form federal state)(Brief Article)
• Cocoa prices have risen by 30% over the past month, reaching a three-year high.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• An awkward case; France and torture.(France revisits its time of torture)(83-year-old retired general admits the use of torture in Algeria)(Brief Article)
• Pushing the boat out; Economy and tax.(The chancellor sets the stage for tax increases)(Brief Article)
• The power of seven - Chronicles of chronology; Chronicles of chronology.
• 2001: a disappointment? - Artificial intelligence; Machines may not yet be intelligent. But they might have started to qualify as living.('2001: A Space Odyssey')(the humanization of computers)
• America the unready; Homeland security.(America's defences, or lack of them)(against terrorism; disaster preparedness)
• Terrorism is not the only scourge; Poverty and sickness.(It is time to declare war on tropical diseases, too)(Brief Article)
• Comrade Awesome; Nepal's insurgency.(Nepal's Maoists launch their fiercest attack)(Brief Article)
• After four years of strong growth, reaching nearly 6% in 2000, the Finnish economy slid into recession in 2001.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• Bruising for a fight; Police.(Brief Article)
• In the shadows; Haiti's attempted coup.(Brief Article)
• Big red apple; New York's money troubles.(newly elected mayor Michael Bloomberg prepares to govern a financially troubled city)(Brief Article)
• All smiles, for now; Russia and Afghanistan.(Russia is gingerly returning to Afghanistan)(Brief Article)
• You'd better believe it; AIDS in Africa.(Burkina Faso's fight against AIDS)(Brief Article)
• When labour and capital don't mix; American company pensions.(Enron's demise reveals huge conflicts in company pension plans)(Brief Article)
• Down and out up north; Race and poverty.(Race divides Britain's troubled northern cities. Poverty and unemployment unite them)(Brief Article)
• Smokin' reads; New thrillers.(four mystery novels)
• Staying mum; The IMF and Argentina.(The IMF pulls its punches with Argentina)(International Monetary Fund)(Brief Article)
• MAC the knife; Breaking merger deals.(Merger get-out clauses in the spotlight)(Brief Article)
• Designer plastics.(new catalysts may bring period of innovation to plastics industry)(Industry Overview)
• The heart of the matter; In silico biology:.
• Stage one almost done, time to start planning stage two - Fighting terrorism; Where next after Afghanistan?(Where next after Afghanistan?)
• Changing the rules; Zimbabwean law and order.(Robert Mugabe's preparations to win next year's Zimbabwean election)(changing the laws)(Brief Article)
• Irrational pessimism; The euro.(None of the explanations for the weak euro stand up)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• Don't call me greedy; Charlemagne.(Greed, vetoes and national interests in the EU)(Brief Article)

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