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The German election: One woman to rule them all

Internet snooping: Backdoor dealings

Syria’s chemical weapons: Distrust and verify

Women in India: Ending the shame

The Federal Reserve: How to taper safely

Biodiversity: Hang on

Letters: On Syria, chemical weapons, high-speed rail, Azerbaijan, Italy, burials

Angela Merkel: A safe pair of hands

The Syria crisis: Going another round

The rebellion: Ground truths

Trade unions: New labour, alt-labour

New York politics: Populism pays

North Carolina politics: Months of Mondays

Education: In at the deep end

Reproducing America: Macro mating

Online gambling: Know when to fold

Lexington: A superpower on strike

Policing and politics in Brazil: From hero to villain in Rio

Correction: Brazil's current account deficit

Quebec’s identity politics: When is a crucifix not religious?

Fiscal reform in Mexico: It’s a dog’s life

Chile’s anniversary: Divided by a coup

China in Central Asia: Rising China, sinking Russia

Women in India: Death and the maiden

Rape in Asia: Too much of bad thing

The army in Indonesia: A special force

Japan and the 2020 Olympics: Party like it’s ’64

Banyan: Enter the mad monk

Business confidence: Freaking out

Driving in the capital: Spin the wheel

Debating: This house believes

Libya: Must it get worse before it gets better?

Fashion in Iran: Keep your eyes off those legs

Saudi Arabia: Get stuck in again

Kidnapping in Nigeria: A holy mess

Swaziland’s election: Royal revelations

France and reform: Rosier scenarios

Russian politics: Through the looking glass

Norway’s election: Enter Erna

Turkey and its Kurds: Inch by inch

Catalonia’s separatism: Nothing to lose but their chains

Charlemagne: A post-war continent

Governing the BBC: Lights, action, meltdown

British banks: Cracking the oligopoly

British cities: Bigmouth strikes again

High speed rail: One direction

New banknotes: Plastic pounds

Wildlife management: Estate of nature

Social attitudes: Generation gap

Bagehot: In thrall to the brothers

The NSA and cryptography: Cracked credibility

Spying securely: Knock knock

Smartphones in China: Taking a bite out of Apple

EU telecoms regulation: Kroes control

Netflix: Making friends

Business in Israel: Turning against the tycoons

Social entrepreneurship in India: Cut from a different cloth

Schumpeter: More money than Thor

Wells Fargo: Riding high

The Lehman anniversary: Five years in charts

Bond markets: A big number from Verizon

Electronic payments in Africa: Cash be cowed

Buttonwood: Back to normal

Poultry markets: Henmania

Indonesia’s banks: The good times end

Free exchange: Capital punishment

The dangers of debt: Lending weight

Obesity: Wider understanding

Heart failure: Progress at last

Bioengineering: Panda poop power

Animal mechanics: A bug with a gearbox

Nuclear proliferation: How to cope with an Iranian bomb

Patrick Leigh Fermor: Pure Paddy

The war on cancer: Hard pounding, gentlemen

German economic history: Where the angst comes from

Sport in America: The not-so-great game

New cinema: We, the people

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