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Leading article: The BBC's inappropriate verdict on an awkward spat

"Inappropriate" must count as one of the early 21st century's most elastic political adjectives. At one end of the scale it means downright wrong; at the other, it implies an indiscretion so minor as not to warrant an apology

Leading article: A dubious exercise in democracy

Egyptians vote today in their country's first free presidential elections. It is an event that could, in theory, break President Hosni Mubarak's 24-year grip on power

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