Socialist Party candidate Ségolène Royal set out her manifesto for April's French presidential elections last weekend. But has she left it too late to dent the momentum of centre-right darling Nicolas Sarkozy's campaign, asks David Tresilian in Paris

James Zoghby casts an eye over Democratic contenders for the White House

India has a lot to give to the Middle East, and it is just starting to do so seriously. Gamal Nkrumah speaks to India's Special Envoy for West Asia Chinmaya Gharekhan