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Mismanagement in Delhi

AMIDST a heap of rubbish at Sangham Vihar, sniffed eagerly by stray dogs, a plastic pipe sticks out. It transports groundwater to the large blue conta

Scarce `blue gold'

At the New Delhi session of the World Water Forum, experts and activists analyse the key components of the world's water problem, including the commod

Arab women demonstrate in front of the French Embassy in the Israeli capital of Tel Aviv against the decision by the Jacques Chirac government in France to ban the display of all religious symbols, including the wearing of the hijab (headscarf), in educational institutions. France, a founding member of the E.U., has been staunchly asserting its secularism, which is in conflict with the pro-Christianity campaign by some member-countries.-TAL COHEN/AFP

Christianity as key factor

As E.U. nations debate whether to incorporate Christianity into the new European Constitution, religious minorities fear that the conservative element

A change of tack

Following two successive electoral defeats and with the next general elections only about a year away, Britain's right-wing politicians find it necess

A family in Kalakar Colony, Delhi, at work on a horse to be used in a performance.-BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

A struggle to save a tradition

For the Kalakar community in Delhi's slums, preserving its traditional artistic skills is a challenge.

Neglecting food safety

WHEN the "mad cow disease" first hit the United Kingdom a few years ago, the British people bit into their beef burgers with more than a little nervou