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Al-Qaeda returns: The new face of terror

Brazil’s future: Has Brazil blown it?

E-cigarettes: Sending the wrong smoke-signal

Germany’s election: Angela’s dilemma

Talking to Tehran: Curb your enthusiasm

David Cameron: Remember what you once were

Letters: On renewable energy, debt, Liberia, Canadian wireless companies, Chernobyl, Nomura, farming, welfare, noisy tourists, Manchester and Liverpool, secret meetings

The state of al-Qaeda: The unquenchable fire

The budget battle: Nightmares and bedtime stories

The mayoral race in Boston: Party time

Food stamps: Pincer movement

Water and agriculture in Kansas: Sip it slowly

Politics and energy policy: Appalachian fall

Lexington: Hey! Hey! LBJ!

Venezuela’s economy: Maduro’s balancing act

Oil in Ecuador: It’s hard to be green

Mexican wine: The Napa of Baja

Politics in Malaysia: Bumi, not booming

Violence in Pakistan: Cold shoulder for Sharif

India’s informal economy: Hidden value

Sri Lanka’s Tamils: Harder lines

Sri Lanka’s Tamils: Clarification: Xayaburi dam

Scientific research: Looks good on paper

The Bo Xilai trial: End of the road?

Power and money: Wealthy politicians

Banyan: One model, two interpretations

Kenya: A different country

Iranian nuclear talks: Jaw-jaw for now

Syria’s war: Their own men

Egypt’s opposition: Blues Brothers

Qatar: No more own goals

Germany’s election: A new match for black

Italian politics: Still a puppet master

France’s economy: Budgetary blues

Serbian politics: Nasty fight ahead

Russia in the world: Preening

Dutch politics: Not so Calvinist any more

Charlemagne: Waiting for Angela

Labour’s energy policy: Tilting at windmills

Tourism and the economy: Easy come, easy go

The census: Don’t count it out

Britain and India: The odd couple

British politics: Machiavelli’s memorandum

Bagehot: The dreams of Red Ed

Street protests: The weapon of choice

Noble titles: Honours and offers

Selling citizenship: Papers please

Grounded

Politics: A rough ride for Rousseff

The economy: The price is wrong

Agriculture v industry: Leave well alone

Infrastructure: The road to hell

Stadiums: Money no object

Pensions and education: Land of the setting sun

Consumer goods: Looks good

Reform: Reality dawns

Generations in the workplace: Winning the generation game

E-cigarettes: Kodak moment

The cannabis business: Here come the suits, man

BlackBerry: Still in a jam

Semiconductor equipment: Applied economics

China’s film business: Leading man

Auction houses in China: Christie’s v the people’s army

Schumpeter: The “Breaking Bad” school

Financial consulting: Advice squad

Buttonwood: The big issues

Bank of America’s trial: A case of note

Canada’s housing market: Moody Mark, sunny Stephen

Mobile banking in Myanmar: Leapfrog spotting

Helium: Inflation warning

Current-account imbalances: Less skewed

Swedish banks: Tips from an ageing model

Free exchange: The missing millions

Stimulus v austerity: Sovereign doubts

China in space: How long a reach?

A carbonic computer: Cylinder head

Marine ecology: Sea wolves

Marine ecology: A dispatch from the front

Genetic oncology: Cancer cartography

Migration: The mobile masses

Nuclear weapons: Start worrying

London’s golden age: Playing dirty

A history of 1945: Darkness before dawn

The life of J.D. Salinger: The stranger

New British fiction: Perfect change

Marcel Reich-Ranicki: Marcel Reich-Ranicki

Output, prices and jobs

Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates

The Economist commodity-price index

Financial services in developing countries

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