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Islam, democracy and soldiers: Egypt’s tragedy

Transatlantic espionage: The lives of others

Immigration: Of fences and good sense

Britain’s economy: Let’s try to catch up with Mali

International finance: Money will find a way

Letters: On Iran, Greece, Germany, majoritarianism

Egypt’s coup: The second time around

Defence spending: Squeezing the Pentagon

Drone warfare: Alone with a joystick

Ballot measures in California: Power from the people

Immigration reform: The highest hurdle

Obamacare: Will it get there?

Should Detroit sell its art?: Motown steps on Degas

Student loans: Degrees of debt

Lexington: The silver-haired safety net

Venezuela’s government: A circus without a ringmaster

Chile’s presidential primaries: A comeback gathers speed

Brazil’s protests: The fallout spreads

Infrastructure in Colombia: Taking the slow road

Electoral reform in Japan: Where it counts

Mumbai’s hungry high rollers: The wild brunch

Bhutan at the polls: Happy and you know it?

Australian politics: Rudd renewal

Gay rights in South-East Asia: Fifty shades of pink

Repression in Tajikistan: Falling bricks

Social spending in Asia: Widefare

Returning students: Plight of the sea turtles

Ethnic unrest in Xinjiang: Unveiled threats

Rights for the elderly: Filial impropriety

The UN and Mali: Secure the Sahara, if you can

Jihad in Niger: Bad omens

Somalia and its Shabab: Are the Islamists truly on the ropes?

The conflict in Syria: Who, how and where?

Israel and Palestine: Talks about talks

Portugal’s woes: On the rocks

Ireland: Setbacks for the taoiseach

Spanish politics: A paella coalition?

French textbooks: Class struggle

Bulgarian protests: Noresharski! Noligarchy!

Russian justice: New show trials

Charlemagne: The Eurasian tug-of-war

The economy: On a wing and a credit card

The Scottish economy: Bonny

High-speed rail: The northern line

Apples: Crunch time

Universities: Reinforced glass

Labour and the unions: Glenfiddle

Bagehot: The unquiet woods

American espionage and Europe: Sense, sensibilities and spying

Vatican scandals: Muck in the Tiber

Steel: An inferno of unprofitability

Executive pay: Because he’s worth it

Zynga: In the doghouse

German energy: White elephants seen in North Sea

Indian energy: A price worth paying

Taiwan’s information-technology industry: After the personal computer

French restaurants: No place like home

Schumpeter: Back to the drawing-board

Markit: Plumbers in suits

Buttonwood: Pot luck

Bank bondholders: Fail safer

China’s banks: Ten days in June

Transatlantic trade talks: Opening shots

LVMH and Hermès: Hidden predators

Fund management: The rise of smart beta

Free exchange: A trio of trilemmas

Stem-cell therapies: Prometheus unbound

Plant communications: Beans’ talk

Battery technology: A pile of wood

Forensic zoology: The elephant in the room

Infographics: Winds of change

Statistics: Painting by numbers

Post-war Britain: When the tide turned

The Greek revolution: Shield and defender

New fiction: The crucible of war

Venetian glass: Blow up

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