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Edition: South Pacific
Edition: South Pacific
No. 27
COVER
War at the Top of the World
(Cover Story)
Thawing relations between India and Pakistan have brought a cease-fire to the strife-torn Siachen Glacier. Will hostilities remain on ice?
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back (Essay)
Pakistan is changing fast, but the instinct to curtail freedoms remains
ASIA
Going Up?
By the numbers, Pakistan is booming—but it's still not creating the type of jobs that will win the fight against poverty
Tale of The Tape
He Said, She Said
Under Siege
As a vote-rigging scandal deepens and calls for her resignation grow louder, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is fighting for political survival

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