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

• More bad times for the world's stockmarkets.(Brief Article)
• Sinning gets expensive; Taxes.(The dilemma of sin taxes)(Brief Article)
• Bubble and squeak.(central banks should monitor credit and asset prices more closely)
• Making the Web world-wide; Internet connectivity.(The Internet in Laos)(Brief Article)
• The two Tonys; British politics.(Tony Blair's performance abroad is not matched at home)(Brief Article)
• Unburdening; Investment banking in America.(Brief Article)
• Left, right, left; Charlemagne.(Europe's voters are mostly marching towards the centre)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• Why them? Business leaders.('Geeks and Geezers: How Era, Values, and Defining Moments Shape Leaders')
• Cam-bodge; Demobilisation in Cambodia.(how World Bank's economic policy will affect Cambodia)(Brief Article)
• While stocks last; Shoplifting.(Europe's busiest shoplifters)(Brief Article)
• De factos of the matter; The victims' fund.(The compensation fund in New York)(Brief Article)
• Music to their ears.(online music distribution)(Brief Article)
• The clockwork computer; The Antikythera mechanism.(New light on ancient Greek technology)
• Easing the pain of parting; Chief executives.(Saying goodbye to the boss)(Brief Article)
• Shareholder of last resort; Bank of Japan.(The Bank of Japan: shareholder of last resort)(Brief Article)
• A hopeful outcome; Macedonia's general election.(A better new government for Macedonia?)(Brief Article)
• Petersburg magic and Rio gangs; Festival films.
• Bubbling along; Thailand's economy.(Brief Article)
• One-downmanship; Luxury submarines.(Now you really can live in a yellow submarine)(Brief Article)
• Mr Bush lays out his case; Iraq and the UN.(Mr Bush at the UN)(President Bush asks for recognition of Iraq's weapons violations)(Brief Article)
• Patently problematic; Intellectual property.(Intellectual property and the poor nations)(Industry Overview)
• A stubborn, patient man; Lexington.(George Bush, 12 months on)(Brief Article)
• Revolution delayed; The Arab world.(How will a strike on Iraq affect the Arab world?)
• About 11m children below the age of five die every year around the world from preventable conditions such as malnutrition or illnesses caused by dirty air and water.(Brief Article)
• Watch your step; Germany's election.(Edmund Stoiber's Bavarian legacy)(Brief Article)
• Evidence on tap; Organised crime.(The ban on using phone-tapping evidence)(Brief Article)
• Boxing terror; On screen.('Avenging Terror')
• The weedkiller war; Drugs in Colombia.(A new offensive against Colombian coca)(use of spraying to eradicate coca plants)(Brief Article)
• Securing the peace; Afghanistan.(More security is needed for Afghanistan -- beyond Kabul)(Brief Article)
• A fading star; Tokyo commercial property.(Tokyo's commercial property market)(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)
• Time is money; Employment laws.(How the British workplace is turning European)(Brief Article)
• Lost and lovely; New Irish fiction.(Brief Article)
• Centre of belated attention; Mexico City.(Restoring Mexico City)(slums and crime in the city center)(Brief Article)
• Ex-friends of Frank; Face value.(Being a friend of Frank Quattrone was wrong. So how should company bosses relate to their bankers?)(Brief Article)(Column)
• We're different. Oops; The Democrats.(The Democrats' problem)(Brief Article)
• Japan's lost decade.(Japan: monetary and fiscal policies)
• An inside job; Strokes and heart attacks.(Preventing blood clots)(pepducin molecule)(Brief Article)
• Jitters over the outcome of Brazil's presidential election sent the real to a record low of 3.78 against the dollar, a fall of almost 40% since the beginning of the year.(Brief Article)
• A looming plague; AIDS in Russia.(Why Russia is ill-prepared for AIDS)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• Kennedy triangulates; Bagehot.(Liberal Party leader Charles Kennedy)(Brief Article)
• Is America moving leftward? American politics.('The Emerging Democratic Majority')
• Castano's gamble; Colombia's drug wars.(Drugs and politics in Colombia)(right-wing paramilitary leader Carlos Castano indicted for drug traffic)(Brief Article)
• Mug shot; Coffee.(Coffee: not so robusta)(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)
• Cock and bull; Barely legal rural pursuits.(Cockfighting's survival)(Brief Article)
• Web of trust.(anonymity and society on the Internet)(Brief Article)
• The new jet set; Satellite launchers.(Cheap launchers for small satellites)(Brief Article)
• Many analysts feared that China's economy would slow in the second half of 2002, after growing at an annual rate of 7.8% during the first six months of the year.(Brief Article)
• Spreading out of control; Asbestos litigation.(Asbestos litigation looks endless)
• Charge of the green welly brigade; The countryside.(What really lies behind Britain's complaining countryside lobby)
• Who's afraid of the new science? Human nature.("The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature")
• The army on trial; Human rights in Guatemala.(Investigating the past in Guatemala)(Brief Article)
• Twenty years down the road; Japanese car makers in America.(Toyota may be about to break into the ranks of America's Big Three car makers)(the successful strategy of Japan's automakers in building cars in the US)(Brief Article)
• Inconspicuous consumption.(opportunities and challenges for banks and financial services in eastern/central Europe)
• Small wonders; Nanoelectronics.(A molecular memory - higher density chips)(Brief Article)
• Not built by saints; A new cathedral in Los Angeles.(Brief Article)
• Night fell on a different world - A year on; How September 11th has changed America.
• Every month The Economist surveys a group of forecasters and calculates the average of their predictions for economic growth, inflation and current-account balances for 15 countries and for the euro area.(Brief Article)
• Time bombs; Landmines in Kosovo.(Landmine clearance in Kosovo)(Brief Article)
• The fireman's lot is quite a happy one; Industrial disputes.(labor union may strike in UK over pay formula; popularity of occupation)(Brief Article)
• Island in the sun; Arab media.('Al-Jazeera: How the Free Arab News Network Scooped the World and Changed the Middle East')
• Argentina has a long history of battling against high inflation.(economic indicators)(Brief Article)
• Disaster and its shadow; Reinsurance risks.(Reinsurers get to know catastrophe better)(Brief Article)
• (Never) mind your language; Gaelic.(Scotland's ancient language is dying. Nobody cares much)(Brief Article)
• Owning up to AIDS; China.(AIDS in China)(Brief Article)
• World stockmarkets shuddered.(news briefs about various companies)(Brief Article)
• Wobbly kingdom; Disney.(Can Disney's Michael Eisner save his skin?)(Walt Disney Co.)(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
• After the bubbles.(continued economic recovery in America predicted)
• The unfinished recession.(Statistical Data Included)
• Subverting autocracy; Hong Kong.(Hong Kong's anti-subversion plans)(Brief Article)
• A great risk, for what reward? The Bank of Japan.(The Bank of Japan comes clean)(Brief Article)
• Phew! The winner lost; Slovakia's election.(Slovakia votes sensibly)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• Land of hoped-for glory; Celebrity economics.(Fame is more fleeting, and minor celebrities are having to work harder to turn it into cash)(Brief Article)
• Death by slow boiling; Hong Kong.(Hong Kong's new anti-subversion laws)(Brief Article)
• So many planes, so few passengers; Airlines.(Big problems for the big airlines)(Industry Overview)
• Deficits, dividends and discretion; Fiscal policy.(America's fiscal policy)(Brief Article)
• Clean coal's uphill haul.
• Comeback kid?(information technology)(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)
• The apologetic kidnapper - The apologetic kidnapper; Japan and North Korea.(Junichiro Koizumi and the apologetic kidnapper)(Brief Article)
• Small place, big wave; Corruption in Lesotho.(A bribery conviction in Lesotho)(Brief Article)
• A populist bids adieu, for now; Austria's Jorg Haider.(Austria's Jorg Haider bows out)(Brief Article)

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