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Earlier this year, <i>The Economist</i> asked whether or not India’s decade had at last arrived. Recent trends suggest it may be China’s, but with an average gross domestic product growth rate of almost 6% since 1992, and predictions of 8% for the foreseeable future, few have bet against India’s emergence as a global economic power. A proposed free trade agreement might not have much impact.
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”It’s a question of money,” said one of the many truck drivers milling about the main border crossing between Benin and Togo. ”Most of the girls are simply after money, and if I decide it’ll be without a condom, then it’ll be without a condom.” As soon as school ends each day, teenage girls in this Togolese border town head for the border post to sell sweets, bread and sometimes more, to the 1Â 000-odd truckers and travellers who pass through each day.
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In a city awash with social problems, Grupo Mexico appears to be on the mend. The mud tracks are now paved, the armed guards who used to control the two entry points to the neighbourhood are gone, and the gangs only make their presence felt at night. But the area is still pitifully poor, its inhabitants scarred by drugs, guns and sexual violence.
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/ 1 December 2004
Okay, so she likes invading countries, killing thousands of innocent civilians, and imposing United States-style capitalism across the globe. But, that aside, you have to admit it: Condoleezza Rice is one helluva lady. Even the US president looked terrified of her as he gave her a nervous, faltering peck on the cheek at the announcement of his new secretary of state, writes Joseph Harker.
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Hashim Amla came to India hoping to soak in the country’s rich culture. Instead, he was stumped by it’s passion for cricket. The first cricketer of Indian origin to represent South Africa in Tests, the 21-year-old made his debut in front of his proud father at the Eden Gardens stadium this week.
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The captains of the Test-playing nations issued a joint statement in support of the fight against HIV/Aids on Tuesday. As part of international cricket’s partnership with the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids, and to coincide with World Aids Day, the captains have united to make a Captains’ Pledge to fight the disease and raise awareness.
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India’s lower-order batsmen frustrated South Africa and stretched their first innings lead to 106 runs in the second and final Test at the Eden Gardens on Wednesday. India were all out for 411 at the stroke of lunch on the fourth day in reply to South Africa’s 305.
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A powerful storm which triggered landslides and heavy flooding in the Philippines has left nearly 500 people dead or missing, according to government figures released on Wednesday. Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Soliman said her department had recorded 306 deaths in the towns of Real, Infanta and General Nakar in the eastern province of Quezon.
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All Blacks coach Graham Henry insisted he had no qualms about picking a largely second-string side for this weekend’s match against the Barbarians at Twickenham.
Henry made 13 changes to the side that thrashed France 45-6 in Paris last weekend with full-back Malili Muliaina and wing Doug Howlett, the lone survivors. Meanwhile the traditionally British Isles-dominated BaaBaas will be dominated by southern hemisphere players.
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England will look to step up a gear in the second of four one-day internationals against Zimbabwe here on Wednesday after a stuttering five-wicket win in the first game of their controversial tour. England’s opening batsman, Ian Bell, declared after his match-winning 75 on Sunday that he rated Zimbabwe to be about the level of an English county team.