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Decoding the decade

What's the most important international story of the past decade?

Margaret MacMillan picks the most momentous events and issues of the decade. Help us by nominating yours Nov 22, 2009 11:05PM EST 0 0

Comedy Network host Stephen Colbert takes a skeleton ride while filming a segment after the FIBT Bob & Skeleton World Cup on November 22, 2009 at the Olympic Sports Complex in Lake Placid, New York. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

Colbert to Blair: 'I am sorry you're cheaters"

News magazine's comedic host takes Canadians to task over practice time flap at Olympic oval during visit to Lake Placid, N.Y. on Sunday 1:51 AM EST

From Saturday's Books section

Review: The Wild Things, by Dave Eggers

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Life: Live Better

How to avoid holiday panic

Our weekly guide to your life: We break down what needs to be done, and when, for every week until Christmas Nov 22, 2009 9:28PM EST 0 0

Taliban fight stalled while U.S. mulls troop surge

Afghan defence minister tells The Globe of his frustrations with Obama's decision process, saying the delay hurts the campaign Nov 23, 2009 3:09AM EST 0 0

Agriculture

Solving hunger with super-rice

Three billion people depend on rice. But it's being ravaged by a serious salt problem in the world's soil. A Canadian researcher hopes to find a solution with his breed of super grains that resist salt Nov 23, 2009 3:10AM EST 0 0

Two decades on, child poverty persists with no solution in sight

Why is it that nearly 10 per cent of Canadian kids live below the poverty line, even as parliament pledged to end child poverty? Nov 23, 2009 3:10AM EST 0 0

While jailed in Tehran, Canadian journalist considered suicide

Maziar Bahari spent nearly four months in Evin prison, where he lost 25 pounds and says he was hit, kicked and whipped Nov 22, 2009 10:55PM EST 0 0

Republican offers a green hand to Canada

South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham, who dared Republicans' wrath with his environmental stand, is seeking allies north of the border Nov 23, 2009 3:10AM EST 0 0

Tories to introduce child-porn bill

Proposed legislation is said to require Internet service providers to report suspicious sites and activity Nov 22, 2009 11:45PM EST 0 0

Vancouver 2010

Olympic torch visits Anne's world

Cavendish residents gather on the old Macneill farm, site of Lucy Maud Montgomery's fictional Green Gables Nov 22, 2009 11:26PM EST

Tabatha Southey

Why women can't afford to ignore Palin's ego trip

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