MSR ua laa LD CUR Cun LS Tougher times inside Iran ET RUM WUC sty Pee e tl Cy British vanity and “The King’s Speech” America’s blame gameDULY 0) US eerie Dewilves Dy This E ‘SHieliew Reloose Slorchngs & FantdmeneSorelfeccacnm out ‘Suahege ~ Fes lMageellwee Dowitloen by Tus POF Cry ‘Onthe cover: Blame guns, not words, for ‘the Tucson shootings: leader, page 9. Americas plunged into mourning and ‘acrimony, page 29 The Economist ontine Dai analyse and opinion from courtg bogs, plusaudioand video Content, debates anda daily chart Economisticom/blogs E-mail-newslettersand ‘mobile edition Ezonomistcom/emait Print edition: avaiable ontineby 7pm London time each Thursday Exonomist.com/print ‘Audioedition:availabieontine todownlaad each Friday Ezonomistcom/auéloedition Volume 26 umber 876 cased teenies cessed use azn en rb hee Fes Set enn Sh Sema Tym 66 The world this week Leaders 9 The Tucson shootings The blame game 10 The euro area Time for Plan B 41 Bank bonuses in Britain othe maths 11 Carindustry Danger ahead 12 Chinese foreign policy Discord 14 In praise of Wikipedia Wik birthday to you Letters 16 On business in Israel, Colombia, Quebec, Kashmir, suits, happiness, baby-boomers Briefing 25 Iran's struggle The regime tightens its beltandits fist United States 29 TheTucson shootings Mourning and aerimony 30 The Deepwater Horizon report The case for improvement 31 California's budget crisis Modacians and Alamedans 31 Debt Reaching the ceiting 32 The recovery Stillpatchy 35 The size of the states Ifthey were countries. 35 Old blood in the White House Return ofthe Clintonistas 36 Lexington Republicans and foreign policy ‘The Americas 39 Currencies Waging war 40 Winter Olympics Vancouver up False Creek 40 Colombia and Brazil Tnundated Asia 43 China and America Another goat being friends 446 Urban dectine in Japan The alarm bells of Nagasaki 45 Australia’s floods Raging waters 45 Pakistan’ radicalisation The crumbling centre 46 Pakistan's troubled finances Economic blasphemy ‘46 Vang Pao, Hmong leader ‘The Montagnard Moses 47 Banyan North Korea and the meaning of insincerity Middle East and Africa 49 Tunisia's troubles [president at hay 50 East Jerusalem The Shepherd's lost sheep 50 Lebanon's government Who's next? 51 Arabs and South Sudan Unhappy about secession 51 Strife in Yemen Sihadists fight on 52 South Africa's roads... Watch out! and schools Efor education 52 Europe 53 German potitics Willthe eagle crash-land? 54 France's far right A respectable front 55 The French language Sarkozy can't speak proper 55 Jiri Dienstbier ‘Adissident mourned 56 Balkan wine Bottoms up 56 Turkey and Armenia Arguing overa statue 57 Charlemagne China’s European shopping spree Relonss Storshlage &Fantemag, dlageminss for All The Econom ‘ii ‘China and the world China's tough new attitudes both dangerousand counter- productive: leader, pages2. ‘Atroubled year gives way to handshakes, buttensions between the United States and China are likely to grow, page 43 Iran Isolation, international sanctionsand the removal oF subsidies all herald rocky ‘times ahead forlran’s president, pages 25-27, “The King’s Speech” The film ‘is popular becauseitflatters British vanity: Bagehot, page 62 » Contents continues overleaf