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Buying iPhones in LatinAmerica Costly Brazil,dysfunctional Argentina,bureaucratic Mexico. Ourcorrespondents go shoppingfor the sanee Apple product,page 39
Pope Francis's first yearHow a simple, modest man isapproaching the complextaskof leading his church, page 60
Ohio's law against Bes Can afree country ban mudslinging?Page 32
5Contents The Economist March 8th 2014
On the coverThe West can punish Russiafor its belligerence inUkraine, but ontyif itisprepared to pay a price:teader, page 11. Russia stirsup trouble in easternUkraine, page 22. The Westlacks a strong response, page24. Supporting Ukraine'seconomy wilt not be easy orcheap, page 28. Germanyneeds to do more than workthe phones: Charlemagne,page 56. What Obama has gotright, and wrong: Lexington,page 36
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8 The world this week
Leaders11 Crisis in Ukraine
Kidnapped by the Kremlin12 Business in emerging
marketsSubmerging hopes
13 China's restless westThe burden of ernpire
13 African demographyFertility treatment
14 European bank rescuesCyprus one year later
Letters16 On Ukraine, Scotland,
oceans, India, SanFrancisco, Lego
Briefing22 Ukraine
The end of the beginning?24 The international
reactionSixes and sevens
28 The economicbattlegroundA tough call
United States29 Solar energy
Bet your bottom dollar30 The president's budget
Sliding away31 The IRS and political
speechLevi and the 501s
31 Capital punishmentDeath for the mentallydisabled
32 Ohio's law againstuntruthIs it wise to criminaliselíes?
32 Abortion lawThe 20-week limit
34 Florida's snowbirdsA chilly welcome
36 LexingtonThe Ukraine blame-ga me
The Americas39 iPhonenomics
One phone, many countries40 Bello
Deadlock in Venezuela41 Quebec's separatists
Unspoken desire41 Wage talks in Argentina
Class war
Asia42 North Korea
Looking for improvernents43 Nuclear power in Japan
Fire 'em up44 Sri Lanka
Bring up the bodies44 Nepal
In the family45 Thailand's protests
Dismantling barricades
China46 Terror attack in Kunming
Dark day47 China's parliament
The smog of war47 America's ambassador
No love lostBanyanMurkiness in Hong Kong
Technology QuarterlyAfter page 48
Middle East and Africa49 African demography
The dividend is delayed50 Diplomacy in the Gulf
No one is happy51 Jordan and Palestine
A kingdom of two ha lves
Europe53 France's government
Hollande mutis a reshuffle54 Germany's pensions
Wrong di rection54 Turkish politics
Anatolia loves Erdogan55 Spain's press
A shrinking order56 Charlemagne
Germany and Ukraine
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► Contents continues overleaf
Prostate controversy A newbook on the furious debateover screening for prostatecancer, page 85
Business in emerging marketsSubmerging hopes: leader,page 12. Western firms havepiled int° emerging markets inthe past decade. Now comesthe reckoning, page 65
Climate pause The slowdownin temperature rises over thepast 15 years goes from beingunexplained to overexplained,page 83.
Technology QuarterlyWith a dictes on the latestemerging technologiesincluding 3D-printing humantissue, drone ships, the futureof chi pma ki ng, conductivelibres, making things withviruses and much more, afterpage 48
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The Economist Match 8th 2014
Britain57 Defence strategy
Missing in action58 Gangster memoirs
Gift of the grab58 The film industry
Too little space59 Bagehot
A great place to be a spy
International60 Pope Francis's first year
Faith, hope—and howmuch change?
Business65 Multinationals in
emerging marketsEmerge, splurge, purge
68 Chevron and EcuadorCourtroorn drama
69 Distributed generationDevolving power
70 Clean technology in ChinaRed light, green light
70 Women and workThe glass-ceiling index
761 SchumpeterUnpacking Lego
Finance and economics7,3 Cyprus one year on
Injured island74 Buttonwood
A revolution in economics75 Civil servants and
austerityThe times they aren't —a-changin'
75 Chinese bondsNot so sunny
76 Flood insuranceWaves of problems
76 Rigging currency marketsBank, fix thyself
79 GoldQuestions over thebenchmark
80 Free exchangeThe once and futurecurrency
Science and technology81 Global warming
Who pressed the pausebutton?
82 The search for a curefor AIDSIf it ain't broke...
83 Inflated ideasReviving airships
83 VirologyThe Siberia strain
Books and arts85 Prostate screening
Furious debate86 English papists
More turbulent priests86 Edmund White
The boy's own story87 Lorrie Moore's new
fictionHearts of darkness
87 Return of "Cosmos"Mr Universe
88 Maria Schneider'sclassical jazzDefying categories
92 Economic and financialindicatorsStatistics on 42econornies, plus ourmonthly poli of forecasters
Obituary
94 Mike ParkerA passion for type
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