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Egypt's bloodbath: The battle for Egypt

India and Pakistan: Hold the line

America’s overcrowded prisons: One nation, behind bars

Economic growth: A rickety rebound

The entertainment industry and online media: Pennies streaming from heaven

Letters: On Russia's infrastructure, whistleblowers, Egypt, Detroit, state taxes, the royal baby

Egypt’s crisis: The storm before the storm

A riven nation: No fear of death

Prison reform: An unlikely alliance of left and right

Prison politics: Jam-packed or alone

National parks: Why go outside when you have an iPhone?

Surveillance: Empty promises

City government: When Cory’s gone

Hobo culture: Riding the rails

Transgender schoolchildren: Playing for the other team

Family life: Bye-bye boomerangs

Chinatown buses: Driving them out of business

Lexington: Smart ALEC

Lexington: Correction: Virginia

Energy reform in Mexico: Giving it both barrels

A Mexican drug lord walks free: Ghosts of the past

Argentina’s primary elections: Bad dress rehearsal

India and Pakistan: Border disorder

Indian military power: All at sea

Regulating Myanmar’s press: Bad news

After Cambodia’s election: Stand-off

Crime in Malaysia: Drive-by shooting

The economy: A bubble in pessimism

Banyan: Climbing trees to catch fish

Palestinian prisoners: Why they count

New Israeli towns: Looking south

Trafficking in north Africa: Boom boom

Mali’s new president: What next?

Drug addiction in Iran: The other religion

East European defence: Flexing its muscles

German child care: Fighting over the Kinder

Montenegro and the Balkans: Leader of the pack

Spain and ETA: Always around

Swedish politics: Reinfeldt redux

Islam in Denmark: Of mosques and meat

Islam in Denmark: Correction: Turkey

Britain’s Somalis: The road is long

The Premier League: Ball-watching

Trains and post offices: Rail mail

Business improvement districts: Bid for victory

Private tuition: Premium economy

Party funding: Grim reading

The new ravers: Repetitive beats

Bagehot: Tits, out

Children’s homes: The nanny state

Prison policies: Gilding the cage

Digital media: Counting the change

Retail: Hard knocks

Carl Icahn’s latest investment: Nice juicy Apple

Antitrust and airlines: Brace, brace

Law firms’ signing bonuses: Supreme desire

European railways: The quest for a Ryanair of rail freight

Schumpeter: In praise of laziness

Schumpeter: Correction: American carmaking

Commodities and banks: Metal bashing

Euro-zone economies: Mirabile dictu

Bill Ackman: Hash of the titan

Buttonwood: Net gains and losses

Stockbroking in Africa: The day after the fall

The Economist valuables index: Fruits of passion

Reforming derivatives: Heavy lifting

Free exchange: Down towns

The future of transport: No loopy idea

Animal behaviour: Birds of a feather land together

A new mammal: Peekaboo

Facebook is bad for you: Get a life!

Facebook is bad for you: Clarification: Standing up

Education standards: Best and brightest

English views of marriage: From here to eternity

The poetry of Robert Graves: After the trenches

New fiction: Darkness stirs

Economics and eating: Thought for food

Leonard Lauder’s art collection: Focus, focus, focus

Leonard Lauder’s art collection: Correction: The Trip to Echo Spring

Nicolae Gheorghe

Output, prices and jobs

Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates

The Economist commodity-price index

Global business barometer

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