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The K1 affair: A suburban salesman
In detaining Helmut Kiener, German prosecutors have provoked much intrigue over the hedge fund operator with big banks as clients but a history of regulatory run-ins
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European leaders choose their president and foreign policy supremo. Illustration by Ingram Pinn
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Europe risking irrelevance as world moves on
The appointments of the EU’s first full-time president and foreign minister suggest it is not adapting fast enough to profound changes that are eroding its influence, writes Tony Barber
France and the culture wars
For NDiaye’s defenders, Raoult must be Hitler, writes Christopher Caldwell
Outside Edge: A woman’s fight to air her dirty laundry
Matthew Engel discovers that washing can be a ‘hanging’ offence
Why Saudi Arabia should rethink its Yemen strategy
Saudi involvement will aggravate the grievances
Tax the windfall banking bonuses
Populism is right this time, says Martin Wolf
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Inside the dreams of Mullah Omar
The Taliban leader’s actions are often determined by night visions, making the future of fighting in Afghanistan hard to predict, writes Kenneth Ballen
Time for the greening of global trade
New international agreements that put environmental challenges at the centre of the world trading system are long overdue, writes Chandran Nair
Prepare yourself for Palin-Dobbs
Lou Dobbs, who resigned as America’s chief prime-time xenophobe last week, is hinting that public office beckons. Perhaps Sarah Palin should take note, writes Jurek Martin
EDITORIAL COMMENT
A pitiful exercise in Euro-minimalism
By lasering in on the lowest common denominator in this way, leaders of the big member-states are united in their unwillingness to be overshadowed by figures of calibre and clout
The Gaul of it
Sometimes football unites us in a common humanity, and sometimes it helps people of different nationalities remember their differences
Deficit attention
The political class on both sides of the Atlantic must come to terms with the fact that success over the next decade will be defined by saving money, not spending it
DEBATES & POLLS
What is the military for?
Can Britain afford a cold war-era nuclear deterrent? New aircraft carriers? Typhoon fighter aircraft? Have your say about Britain’s role in defence on the Arena Blog
New chapter of MBAs take oath to do better
No single group can be blamed for the economic meltdown, a number of high-profile MBAs have been implicated. Are MBA programmes useless?
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