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Leading article: A vacuum as perilous for the region as for Israel Independent Porfolio Content

There is rarely an opportune time for the departure of a national leader, but the massive stroke that felled Ariel Sharon this week could scarcely have come at a more difficult moment, either for Israel or for the region

Leading article: Mr Kennedy confronts his demons Independent Porfolio Content

Normally we would welcome the decision of a prominent figure in public life to talk frankly about coping with a destructive illness like alcoholism. But it would be wrong to describe what Charles Kennedy did yesterday as noble

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