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Articles in January, 2002 issue of Economist (US), The

• Who's afraid of AOL Time Warner? Media giants.(The media giant has failed to redefine its industry)(Industry Overview)
• Stormy weather for Jeb? Florida's economy and the governor's race.(A tough time for Jeb Bush)(Brief Article)
• After the Strom; The Senate race in South Carolina.(The battle to succeed Strom Thurmond)(Brief Article)
• More than money; Helping Afghanistan.(Aid for Afghanistan)(Brief Article)
• Load it up; Russian finance.(Bad banks mean good times for Russian bonds)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• Fraying; Austria's coalition government.(Jorg Haider and Austria's coalition government)(Brief Article)
• Deja vu; The unions.(Are the unions back?)(British trade unionism)(Brief Article)
• The unmagnificent seven; South Asia.(South Asia's trade failure)(South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation)(Brief Article)
• Greed, fear and confusion to Saddam's rescue; Iraq and its neighbours.(The regional obstacles in the way of a change of Iraqi regime)(Brief Article)
• Blue Light blues; Kmart in trouble.(discount store to file for bankruptcy)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• A new wave; Mathematics.(A new method of capturing digital information may result in more accurate images)(Brief Article)
• The real scandal - The real scandal; Enron.(The real scandal uncovered by Enron)(need for accounting standards)(Brief Article)
• Testing times; Transatlantic trade.(Will America's tax code spark a trade war?)(Brief Article)
• He's not safe yet; Italy, its prime minister and the law.(Italy's prime ministerial battle in the courts)(Brief Article)
• Horns of Africa; New fiction.('Twelve Bar Blues')(Brief Article)
• Local angles; Foreign firms in Indonesia.(New ways for foreign firms in Indonesia)(considerations of local governments are often paramount)(Brief Article)
• Hunted-down Life Sciences; Huntingdon Life Sciences.(Brief Article)
• King of the Hill; Lexington.(The appeal of Ted Kennedy)(Brief Article)
• Berlusconi strikes out; Italy's foreign policy.(Italy loses a foreign minister)(Prime Miniser Silvio Berlusconi; foreign minister Renato Ruggiero)(Brief Article)
• Plenty of bull; Share values.(Is irrational exuberance in the air again?)(Brief Article)
• Still a lot of funny money; A Balkan euro-zone.(How the euro has come to the Balkans)(Brief Article)
• The bird has flown; Anti-terrorism.(Anti-terrorism laws have failed to catch their main target)(Omar Mahmoud Othman, alias Abu Qatada, in Great Britain)(Brief Article)
• Musharraf's move; Pakistan.(Islam in Pakistan)(Brief Article)
• Rescue mission; Face value.(The oldie with the task of rejuvenating the world's largest car maker)(Robert Lutz will head product development at General Motors)(Brief Article)
• New enlightenment; Telescopes are getting bigger, better and less tangible.(Brief Article)
• Flirting with anarchy; Argentina.(Argentina's search for solvency and stability)(Brief Article)
• Stick to paintings; The Art Institute of Chicago.(Oh, the charms of hedge funds)(analysis of investments of Art Institute of Chicago)(Brief Article)
• Awestruck; 20th-century photography.('Ansel Adams at 100' exhibit)(Brief Article)
• No good options; Argentina's ugly economic choices.(Argentina's economic choices)(Brief Article)
• It's a desert out there; Boeing's bleak outlook.(Boeing's troubles)(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
• The fascist insect bites back; Ageing terrorists.(The SLA trial)(Brief Article)
• Cape crusaders; South Africa's oceanic squabble.(Atlantic and Indian Oceans)(Brief Article)
• Industrial production continues to fall in many emerging economies.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• Wisdom mislaid; Andersen.(Seduced by Enron, the giant accountant forgot the basic rules it urged on its clients years ago)(Brief Article)
• A ghastly job; Kosovo's latest proconsul.(Kosovo's hapless new UN proconsul)(Brief Article)
• Learning the rules; New communications.
• A challenge to the president; Kazakhstan.(Kazakhstan's president faces a democratic challenge)(Brief Article)
• It can only get worse; Israel and the Palestinians.(Sinister new twists in the cycle of Israeli-Palestinian violence)(Brief Article)
• Plus ca change; European chemicals.(European chemicals companies in the dumps)(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)(Statistical Data Included)
• Printing errors; Fingerprint evidence.(Fingerprints are no longer seen as unchallengeable)(Brief Article)
• South Africa Reserve Bank raised its key interest rate by a full point, to 10.5%, on concerns that the slump in the rand could push up inflation.(includes other economic indicators from around the world)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• No random walk; South Africa's weak currency.(Brief Article)
• Asylum granted; Zimbabwean refugees.(The Home Office is to stop throwing out Zimbabweans)(Brief Article)
• Congratulations, they're abroad; Christmas crossword prizewinners.
• Reluctant donors; Afghanistan.( The $15 billion it could take to rebuild Afghanistan may prove difficult to collect )(Brief Article)
• Digital hubbub; Consumer electronics.(Are "media gateways" the next big thing?)(Brief Article)
• Tom v George; Politics and the economy.(A battle over numbers)
• The dashing Mr Blair - The dashing Mr Blair; Pivotal Britain.(UK prime minister Tony Blair)
• Traded on the grapevine; Wine futures.(A new market in wine futures)(Brief Article)
• Bad score; Drugs.(Britain now has far the worst drug problem in Europe, which is why it is moving towards adopting a radical form of treating addiction)(Brief Article)
• The bigger picture; Popular science.('A Brief History of Science: As Seen Through the Development of Scientific Instruments' and 'The Age of Science: What Scientists Learned in the Twentieth Century')
• The good life of Ieng Sary; Cambodia.(Slow justice in Cambodia)(Brief Article)
• Trouble on the Cuyahoga; America's steel industry.(The death of LTV contains important lessons for America's steel industry)
• Queerer than we can suppose? The truth is out there. Maybe.(modern physics)(Brief Article)
• Disarming the cheerful cattle-rustlers; Uganda's Karamajong.(Disarming Uganda's cattle-herders)(Brief Article)
• How to lose an election; Zambia's election.(Zambia's disputed election)(Brief Article)
• On the slide; The yen.(Can a cheaper yen rid Japan of deflation?)(Brief Article)
• I do, for now; First marriages.('The Starter Marriage and the Future of Matrimony')(Brief Article)
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• Taxing; Politics in Mexico.(A defeat for Mexico's Fox)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• From cell-phones to self-phones; Mobile telephones.(Mobile phones are increasingly being targeted at specific types of user)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
• No more squalid deals; Airlines.(Brief Article)
• Faites vos jeux; The European Central Bank.(The European Central bank needs a new vice-president)(Brief Article)
• Biased, says the prime minister; France's Constitutional Council.(France's Constitutional Council has annoyed the left)(Brief Article)
• Be bold, be square; City planning.(town squares gaining popularity in England)(Brief Article)
• Getting it right; American juries.
• Harsh realities; Argentina's crisis.(improving economic conditions in Argentina)(Brief Article)
• Treatment of choice; Corporate health plans.(What can American companies do about their soaring medical costs?)
• Who goes there? Immigration.(The new immigration battle)(Brief Article)
• Restoring the fiscal option; Economic policy.(The case for using fiscal policy)(Brief Article)
• Remember fiscal policy? Economics focus.(Brief Article)
• The bitterness of a judge; France, corruption and the law.(An anti-corruption judges resigns)(Brief Article)
• The Californian way; Health.(new study questions U.K. health system)(Brief Article)
• The Yankees are coming; America and Central Asia.(New American moves into Central Asia)(relations between Central Asian republics and the US, and the US and Russia)(Brief Article)
• 3G by any other name; Mobile telecoms.(Does South Korea lead the world in 3G, or has it gone down a dead end?)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• Finding 12 good men and true; Justice in New York.(The Crown Heights controversy)(Brief Article)
• From straitjacket to padded cell; Argentina's devaluation.(Argentina's messy devaluation)(Brief Article)
• Everyman, farewell; Wall Street and small investors.(Once, nobody was considered too small to invest on Wall Street. Times have changed)(small investors being pushed out of mutual fund investment)(Brief Article)
• Under a financial anaesthetic; Health care in France.(France's pain-free health-care finance)(Brief Article)
• The mark of Cain; Political penance.(Tories in the wilderness)(efforts made by UK's Conservative Party to improve public services)(Brief Article)
• The wounded Tigers; Sri Lanka's civil war.(The wounded Tigers of Sri Lanka)(Brief Article)

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