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Friday 20/May/2016 17:10 PM

Recovering humanitarian law

Even amid the chaos and catastrophes caused by war, there are internationally recognised limits on combatants’ behaviour. And yet recent deliberate...

Friday 20/May/2016 16:52 PM

BJP preens, Congress squirms in India polls

India’s ruling Hindu-nationalist party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has reasons to smile with its foray into the country’s north-east state of...

Friday 20/May/2016 16:16 PM

Nature's preserve in Oman

Muscat: Located about 500 kilometres south of Muscat Barr Al Hikman in Al Wasta Governorate (the central region), is considered one of the most important...

Friday 20/May/2016 16:05 PM

Did bombing Hiroshima save Japanese lives?

"Yoshikado-sensei said, 'They're still there. Spear them! Spear them!' and it was really fun. I was tired, but I realised that even one...

Thursday 19/May/2016 10:02 AM

So to speak: Unsolicited opinions

I have no problems with people who think they know too much only if they could keep their opinions to themselves. I bumped into an old acquaintance last...

Wednesday 18/May/2016 18:01 PM

Why gun rights in US keep expanding

There’s a quiet revolution going on in the constitutional law of guns. Since the Supreme Court declared gun ownership a fundamental right less than a...

Wednesday 18/May/2016 17:38 PM

The evidence on education reforms

It is almost universally agreed that more education is good for society. But it turns out that some popular educational policies achieve very little, while...

Wednesday 18/May/2016 17:11 PM

Poland's economic nationalism may be viable

Poland has avoided a credit rating downgrade from Moody's, and the latest assessment of its economic policies from the International Monetary Fund is...