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

• Soaring dragon, busy tigers; Asian companies and the China challenge.(Industry Overview)
• Tales from a failed coup; The United States and Venezuela.(The Bush administration's Latin American policy)(Brief Article)
• After the assault; The Palestinians.(The Palestinians after Israel's assault)(Brief Article)
• Argentina's woes worsened.(economic conditions in various countries)(Brief Article)
• Undispensable; Mizuho Bank.(Mizuho Bank's tribulations)(managment indecision leads to computer system problems)(Brief Article)
• A sour note; Muzak.(Protest against muzak)
• With or without; America and foreign wars.(The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power)
• The FARC turns the screws; Colombia's conflicts.(Colombia's conflicts reach the cities)(Brief Article)
• The Internet sells its soul; Making money online.(The Internet sells its soul)(Brief Article)
• Poor Tom; Lexington.(problems in homeland security)(Brief Article)
• Animal doctors; Health in the wild.(Self-treatment by animals)('Wild Health')
• Big Blue's clues; Technology.(A grim outlook for technology spending)(IBM, first-quarter 2002 projected revenues)(Brief Article)
• All in the family.(television broadcasting and show production)(Industry Overview)
• Mobile warfare; Battlefield repairs.(Repairs on the battlefield)(mobile parts hospitals for battlefield equipment)
• British exceptionalism; Financing health care.(Britain's government is wrong to reject changes to the way the health system is financed)(Brief Article)
• From here to Palestine - From here to Palestine; Israel and Palestine.(efforts to achieve peace)(Brief Article)
• A price for pain? Economics focus.(When economists think about compensating victims, even Janis Joplin has her say)(economic analysis of proposed reparations for descendents of slaves)(Brief Article)
• Up yours, minister; Trade unions.(Battle for control of the biggest public service union)(Brief Article)
• Inverse mappings; Poets' lives.('Against Oblivion: Some Lives of the Twentieth-Century Poets')
• Please come, we need you; Canada's census.(Canada's latest census)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• Lawyers' poker; The Hewlett-Packard/Compaq merger.(Hewlett vs HP)(Brief Article)
• Leave them be; AIDS in South Africa.(Brief Article)
• Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother; Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother died on March 30th, aged 101.(Obituary)
• Guns before butter; Afghanistan.(More peacekeepers are needed in Afghanistan)(Brief Article)
• Down wonder; The Australian economy.(The extraordinary Australian economy)(Brief Article)
• Welfare to work; Social security.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• Big book, big man; Lyndon Johnson.(Robert Caro's third volume of Lyndon Johnson's life)
• Land war; Politics in Venezuela.(Bloodshed in Venezuela's countryside)(Brief Article)
• Chavez redux; Venezuela.(Venezuela's coup and counter-coup)(President Hugo Chavez is removed from, and then returned to, office)(Brief Article)
• Recharging; Enron's ghost.(an Enron business resurfaces)(Brief Article)
• Slap happy; France's election.(A French candidate is helped by a slap)(Brief Article)
• Turning the tables; DJs.(Exporting DJs)(Brief Article)
• Working on the highway; China.(China's roads)(Brief Article)
• Ariel Sharon responded to George Bush's call to withdraw by pulling troops out of various West Bank towns and villages but invading others.(this, and other current events, are discussed)(Brief Article)
• Snap happy; Mobile telecoms.(Mobile phones that take pictures)(Brief Article)
• How to rig an election; Congressional redistricting.(How redistricting is making America steadily less democratic)
• Mixing oil and politics; Iranian energy.(Iran's troubled energy industry)(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)
• The euro area's economy continues to show signs of a moderate pick-up after last year's economic downturn.(European Union economy)(Brief Article)
• The prime minister objects; Italy's government and television.(Brief Article)
• The immigrants' contribution; Budget, continued.(Budget assumptions about immigration - UK)(Brief Article)
• A world in one room; New fiction.('Family Matters')
• Digging for truth; Politics in Peru.(Peru grapples with its terrorist past)(Brief Article)
• Messier than ever; Face value.(Face value: Jean-Marie Messier)(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
• East, west, home's best.(history of Japanese-American relations)
• Time for a rethink - America's intelligence services; America's intelligence services.(Reforming American spies)
• Generic gadfly; Face value.(Face value:)(Barry Sherman of Apotex has a reputation for litigation in the pharmaceutical industry)(Brief Article)
• Up the tube.(television program production in the United States and Europe)(Industry Overview)
• John Pierce.(satellite communications engineer and author)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
• Give it a welcome; A world criminal court.(The coming world criminal court)(Brief Article)
• America's unemployment rate climbed to 5.7% in March, from 5.5% in February, despite a gain of 58,000 jobs.(economic indicators)(Brief Article)
• Sorry, savers, we've gone legit; Liechtenstein.(Liechtenstein: business, and more)(Brief Article)
• The Verwaayen ahead; BT.(Ben Verwaayen of British Telecommuncations)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• Meet the new democratic Tigers; Sri Lanka.(Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers tamed?)(Brief Article)
• Enterprise Oil's efforts to remain independent stumbled after an offer of [pounds sterling]3.5 billion ($5.0 billion) from Shell.(includes other business news)(Brief Article)
• More vulnerable; Illegal workers.(Labour laws may not always apply to illegal workers)(Brief Article)
• When trade and security clash - Container trade; Container trade.(Improving the security of container traffic)
• Go home. Please; Afghan refugees.(Nudging Afghan refugees homewards)(Brief Article)
• South Korea's stockmarket rose to a 26-month high.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• A Nastase shock for NATO? Charlemagne.(Might Romania and Bulgaria be asked to join NATO in the coming round?)
• Scottish lessons; Teachers.(35-hour week sought by Teachers' unions)(Brief Article)
• Coming home; Afghanistan.(Signs of hope in Afghanistan)(Brief Article)
• Fair play, free markets; Cartels.(Deregulation is a good way to fight cartels)(Europe joins the US in a campaign against price fixing)(Brief Article)
• What leadership? America and the IMF/World Bank.(Bretton Woods and the Bush administration)(Brief Article)
• Renate Kunast, would-be farm reformer; Charlemagne.(Charlemagne: Renate Kunast, Germany's reform-minded farm minister)(Brief Article)
• Crouching Tiger; Golf.(Golf's grip on the nation has slipped)(Brief Article)
• Party like it's 2545; Thailand.(Thailand's new year)(Brief Article)
• Listing again; The Internet.(A controversial Internet directory)(Brief Article)
• France suffered a political earthquake in the first round of the presidential election.(includes other international news)(Brief Article)
• Stopping the cheats; Non-proliferation policy.(America and the world's most dangerous weapons)(Brief Article)
• Superfascist; Jean-Marie Le Pen.(Le Pen's political career)(Brief Article)
• France's shame - Le Pen's coup; France.(Le Pen's success is appalling but not catastrophic)(presidential candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen)(Brief Article)
• How to protect investors; Financial services in Europe.(European financial regulation)(Brief Article)
• Mr Adams regrets; Northern Ireland.(Sinn Fein's embarrassments)(Brief Article)
• Impartially engaged; Human rights.(The Courage of Strangers)(Brief Article)
• The unlucky country; Australia.(Australia's asylum seekers)(Brief Article)
• Gluttons for punishment? Russian oil.(BP's Russian deal)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• The elusive prey; Hunting al-Qaeda.(Brief Article)
• Kalashnikovs and coolboxes; Eradicating polio.(World Health Organization's international campaign to eradicate polio)(Brief Article)
• His master's voice; Powell as peace-maker.(Secretary of State Colin Powell's peacemaking efforts in the Middle East)(Brief Article)
• Time and punishment; Slavery and the law.(Seeking compensation for the past)

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