Death in a pouch
If nobody today seriously contests the fact that tobacco smoking is injurious to health, it is only because a strong consumer movement had the courage to take on that Goliath -- big tobacco interests.



Middle East cauldron
The diplomatic blitz which sent the United Nation's Kofi Annan, the European Union's Javier Solana, Russia's Ivan Ivanovich and Britain's Robin Cook to West Asia, may yet bring Ehud Barak, Israel's PM, and Yasser Arafat, chairman of the Palestinian Authority, together at a summit in Sharm-al-Sheikh in Egypt.



Bridging the Gulf
It is the Middle East crisis that has forced the Minister for External Affairs Jaswant Singh to postpone his visit to Riyadh. The visit, whenever it takes place, will be the first high-level bilateral political exchange between Saudi Arabia and India after a gap of nearly four years.



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