Will the real Al Gore please stand up

The world this week

Leaders

Which Al Gore?

Germany’s neo-Nazis

Jobs are likely to help more than bans on far-right political parties

Castro’s speech therapy

Revolution in Cuba: soundbites are better than interminable monologues

No hope for Kashmir?

The short ceasefire is over, but it has already shown how peace could yet come to India’s most Muslim state

The merit of trading quietly

This year is too soon for a new round of global trade talks

War of independence

Auditors should be auditors, not the advance-guard of an army of consultants

Letters

Letters

Briefing

Building a new Boeing

Our fourth merger brief explores what happens in an industry where government is the marriage broker. Was Boeing wise to team up with McDonnell Douglas when that company’s biggest customer had cut its spending in half?

In search of the real man

There is a fairly clear answer to the question, Who is Al Gore? But it may not be one that the voters want to hear

Europe

Spain

Bombs, and more bombs

Turkey

No, sirs

Science & technology