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American politics is wounding, not healing, because there is no discipline in the trade of ideas and opinion

Mali in practice may prove no big deal. It is Mali in theory that is dangerous

Britain desperately needs to engineer a dignified retreat. It does not own Afghanistan, and its lies are killing its troops in that country

Every student agitator, internet hacker, cafeteria dissident, freedom fighter and insurgent leader is now a terrorist

Distant colonies are an anachronism and Britain will have to negotiate with Argentina on Falklands because the world will insist on it

The Tory leader's remarkable political coup is only the start of what will be a volatile year in British politics

A once ailing Tory party has been restored to life and Britons got a glimpse of life under proportional voting

It was hypocritical for Britain to lay down the law for ‘trouble spots’

Rather than send British troops to Kandahar, the Cabinet should admit the obvious and start to plan how best to leave

The ouster of the Libyan dictator will be welcomed by all, but Britain's intervention in the country was wrong

India's planners take gold in the corruption stakes. But the real culprit is international sports' bloated chauvinism