The Economist (13 August, 2005)

Table of contents :
The Economist – August 13th, 2005……Page 1
Contents……Page 2
Politics this week……Page 5
Business this week……Page 8
Letters……Page 10
Leaving Gaza: Goodbye to Gaza……Page 13
North Korea and Iran: Too late to stop their nukes?……Page 15
Terrorism: Dealing with traitors
……Page 17
Italian banking: Please go, Mr Fazio
……Page 19
Monetary policy: All at sea?
……Page 21
Japan’s general election: The bravery of Junichiro Koizumi
……Page 23
Special Report: Israel’s settlers: Waiting for a miracle
……Page 25
Terrorism and civil liberties: Watch your mouth
……Page 30
Religious schools: Abode of Islam
……Page 32
Welsh: From mother tongue to meal ticket
……Page 34
Interest rates: Cold shower
……Page 37
Exams: Devaluation
……Page 39
Alternative fuels: Greener than thou
……Page 41
Drinking laws: Sobering
……Page 43
Europe and terrorism: The French lesson
……Page 44
Germany’s election: Wagging the west
……Page 46
Greece and Turkey: Mission to Ankara
……Page 48
The Russian navy: Potemkin fleet
……Page 49
Sweden’s government: Undesirable Persson
……Page 50
The Czech police: Bonking ravers
……Page 51
The economy: By the numbers
……Page 53
Inner-city poverty: The problem with ghetto grocers
……Page 56
The United Nations: A nasty smell
……Page 57
A mob family’s last stand: Gotti go now?
……Page 59
Skiing in Montana: The battle of Bitterroot
……Page 60
Peter Jennings: Style and substance
……Page 62
Lexington: The jock-in-chief
……Page 63
Correction: the SEIU
……Page 65
Mexico’s presidential race: The underdogs bare their teeth
……Page 66
Paraguay and the Moonies: Promised land
……Page 68
Jamaica’s crime wave: Calling Scotland Yard
……Page 70
African migration: Home, sweet home-for some
……Page 71
Kenya: The corruption is sickening
……Page 73
Ethiopia: Hoping that a star won’t fizzle
……Page 75
Iran’s nuclear programme: Are negotiations over?
……Page 77
Japan: The lion’s last roar?
……Page 79
North Korea: Now what?
……Page 82
South Korea: Free speech and witch hunts
……Page 84
South-East Asian and oil: The black and blue stuff
……Page 85
Laos: Vicious triangle
……Page 87
India: Delayed reaction
……Page 89
Internet business strategy: Yahoo!’s personality crisis
……Page 90
China and internet: Imperial bubble?
……Page 93
Corporate governance in America: The rights and wrongs Ovitz
……Page 94
German media companies: Profits and politics
……Page 96
European utilities: A very long engagement
……Page 98
Mining: Striking gold
……Page 99
The water industry in India: Private worries……Page 101
Face value: The surviror
……Page 103
Special Report: Italian banking scandal: Brothers in arms
……Page 105
Shareholder lawsuits: A blazing summer
……Page 111
Oil: Frothy
……Page 113
The yuan: Chinese puzzles
……Page 114
China’s stockmarket: Hangover cure?
……Page 116
Microcredit in India: Helping themselves
……Page 117
Commerzbank: The bank that shrank
……Page 119
Economics focus: A working model
……Page 121
Climate change: Heat and light
……Page 123
Solar power: Solid sunshine
……Page 125
Private spaceflight: Sinatra, eat your heart out
……Page 126
Materials science: Pasta alla fisica
……Page 128
Correction: trees and carbon
……Page 129
The meaning of art: Art smarts
……Page 130
Anna Akhmatova: Lady in red
……Page 132
Arabs and the West: Ours to reason why
……Page 134
Dirty words: Wash your mouth out
……Page 135
French history: Au contraire
……Page 136
South Africa’s Constitution Hill: Making the cell walls talk
……Page 138
Obituary: Robin Cook
……Page 140
Overview
……Page 142
Output, demand and jobs
……Page 143
Prices and wages
……Page 144
Greece
……Page 145
Money and interest rates
……Page 146
The Economist commodity price index
……Page 147
Stockmarkets
……Page 148
Trade, exchange rates and budgets
……Page 149
Small stockmarkets
……Page 150
Overview
……Page 151
Inflation rates
……Page 152
Economy
……Page 153
Financial markets
……Page 154