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The killing fields of Afghanistan

Editorial: US forces are at last learning how to fight this war, but like Vietnam, they have run out of road back home
In praise of ... community pubs

Editorial: A fund to help communities buy their local pubs has been axed. Why? Not cost, and nor can it be through lack of demand
Country diary: Wenlock Edge

Paul Evans: Wenlock Edge
Spending cuts: first blood

Editorial: The coalition is putting the cart before the horse by brokering department cuts before deciding what needs to be done

Farc's 'Marxist rebels' are just drug dealers

Letters: The UN listed the Farc as among the world's most persistent violators of child soldiers, and the overwhelming majority of Colombians view them simply as terrorists
A penalty, not a perk

Letters: Had I not been serving overseas we wouldn't have dreamed of sending our three children to boarding school
Backward steps for the 'big society'

Letters: The prime minister's many statements on the issue could be considered either worryingly uneducated about the nature of civil society, or recklessly ideological
Hiroshima, Israel and nuclear tests

Letters: Despite the fact that Israel has undoubtedly received considerable atomic assistance from the US, there are no published details of Israel actually testing a nuclear device
In search of eccuracy

Letters: My granddaughters are bilingual in Pom and Kiwi
Vince Cable's power and principles

Letters: Though I hate much of what the coalition is doing I shall continue to support the Lib Dems. The more the party retains electoral support, the more it can stand up to the Tories
Defending jobs and services must be our current priority

Response: The fight against a world dominated by work cannot begin during an economic crisis, says Candy Udwin

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