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An American judge granted Dominique Strauss-Kahn bail on Thursday, though he will be confined to an apartment in New York. A grand jury also indicted the former IMF director on several sexual-assault charges, the most serious of which carry a 25-year prison term.
Technocracy and the "daughter test"
Even paragons of rational policymaking are ruled by emotion
Eastern approaches watches Albania on the brink
Banyan marks the defeat of the Tamil Tigers, two years on
Bagehot sees David Brooks's social animal cross the Atlantic
Did I hear you raht? asks Johnson
Buttonwood defends the Shiller p/e
Democracy in America watches DSK's perp walk
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The “intactivist” movement takes on the oldest surgery known to man
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When was the last time you witnessed $65m worth of mistakes?
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