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Unraveling the FluThreat

How the virus spread :trompigs and bir'dsto humans, and why many nations are taking exactlythe wrong steps to prevent a full-blown global pandemie. Page16

THE ISSUE World Affairs

16 Fighting the pandemie flu threat byLaurie Garrett 23 The other Pakistan front

by Haider Ali Hussein M ullick

24 India: The Maoists threaten my kin bySudip Mazumdar 26 The dilemma ofin-house

dissent by Richard N. Haass

29 Excerpt: Insideviewoftwo Iraq wars byRichardN. Haass 31 Britain: Why New

Labour stililives by William Underhill Special Report: Travel 32 The downsized vacation by Susan H. Greenberg 34 Staycations: Home for the

holiday by Sophie Grave

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GOOD GALL: Haass backed the '91 Iraq War(above), not '03

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42 The wild and cheap side ofBrazil by Mac Margolis Business

71 Where the market goes next byRuchir Sharma 72 Why stocks now ignore

bad news byBarton Biggs Society & The Arts 82 The biggest telescope, by

far byMichaelD. Lemonick DEPARTMENTS

4 Periscope 5 Perspectives 15 WorldView 85 The GoodUfe 88 The Last Word

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