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Politics
A merica's political system
~as increasingly fallen underthe sway of Christian evanglicals. But amid a tough election, bath they and their patron George W. Bush face a choice of paths. Page 24
SPECIALREPORT: What the religious
right bas won and lost 24
IRAQ:On the hunt for 'the Shiite
Zarqawi' 42
GERMANY: What kind of army? 45 PAKISTAN: Musharraf
is in a tight spot,
again 46
CONGO:
Hoping for a new
dawn 48
BUSINESS: lndia's expats may be
ifs secret 50 -
SOCIETY:
Do elephants knowwho
theyare? 56
MOVIES: The outrageous
genius of'Borat' 58
BOOKEXCERPT: The world'slast
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