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The O team
Barack Obama introduces his national-security team
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Can the Democrats hit 60?
The Democrats still have a slender chance of a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate
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The week ahead
The ECB and the Bank of England are almost certain to cut interest rates, and other news
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Spend, spend, spend
The American consumer unexpectedly splashes out on Black Friday
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French banking: Bad harvest
Big banks eye the retail deposits of France’s accident-prone mutuals
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From the archive: How not to pick a team (again)
Madeleine Albright becomes America's first female secretary of state
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Arming the police: Zappers for coppers
Unarmed British bobbies get a new toy
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North Carolina: Watching and waiting
America’s second-biggest banking city comes to terms with the crisis
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Swaziland: It's good to be king
Despite its new constitution, the Swazi monarchy still looks absolute
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Videographic: Congo's history
Mapping the war in Congo over the past 15 years
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Green.view: Green army
Many eyes make light work
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Market.view: Any port in a storm
Examining the yield gap between equities and bonds
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Buttonwood: The issuance issue
It will not be easy to find a market for all that government debt
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Europe.view: From Havel to Habermas
Central Europe's missing political philosophy
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Art.view: The shock of the new
Nothing excites the art market like finding what was lost
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Asia.view: Too much or too little?
Thailand and the Philippines give Asian democracy a bad name
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Bagehot: Pinch the rich
The rich are the new whipping boys of British politics. But they are less friendless than they seem
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Business.view: Banking on a banker
Does the Treasury secretary's past career matter?
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Charlemagne: Europe's surprising labour flexibility
How migrating workers from eastern Europe are improving labour markets
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Lexington: Head of State
The Obama-Clinton soap opera is set to run for another few years
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Tech.view: Getting a grip
Enough of these low-profile tyres
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Democracy in America
Humanitarian hawks
Now in power, will Barack Obama's foreign-policy team change its tune?
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Free exchange
How to profit from deflation
Ninety-year old war debt looking attractive
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Gulliver
Watch your mouth when you fly
Remember: there's no privacy on a plane
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Certain ideas of Europe
Er, Britain may not actually qualify for the euro
An awkward reality check
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The World in 2009
Twitchers and tweets
The hobbies of 2009
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