Anand Giridharadas: In India, many in the country's educated elite are asking: Were the Mumbai attacks our fault?
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One of the most simple and effective ways to improve the physical and mental health of impoverished people is to add iodine to the salt supply.
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With winter approaching, many newly-returned Afghans are on the brink of desperation in the eastern desert.
While China's working class tighten their belts the middle class is happy to spend money on low ticket items.
The IHT's managing editor, Alison Smale, discusses the week in world news.
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IHT conference postponed
The International Herald Tribune has decided to postpone its annual luxury conference, which was to have taken place at the Imperial Hotel, New Delhi, from Dec. 2-4.
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