Decoding the Decade

Repeat after me: Googlewhack, Bromance, Obamanation

Listen to The Globe's Ian Brown read the words and phrases that became part of our collective consciousness this decade

People watch New Year's Eve fireworks over Venice's St. Mark square flooded by high water.
In Pictures

Ringing in the New Year around the world

A look at the celebrations as 2010 is welcomed across the globe

Life

Horoscopes:
The year ahead

Astrologer Sally Brompton gives you a glimpse into 2010

Watch video

A year of wine with Beppi Crosariol

We share a few our favourite Decanter video memories from 2009

We asked readers to send photos of winter weather and you didn't disappoint. These are just a few of the more than 200 you uploaded to our website and our Flickr pool. Some great shots were excluded because they weren't large enough, so be sure to check out the entire collection at flickr.com/groups/globesubmissions. Julio Muzio sent us this image of 'my granddaughter having fun at the surrounding Kamloops hills'
Reader photos

Our favourite shots of winter weather

The best of Canada's winter as captured by Globe and Mail readers

Canadian soldiers patrol in the southern city of Kandahar Dec. 31, 2009.

Attack signals growing struggle
for troops in Afghanistan

Targeted strike that killed four soldiers and journalist indicates how hard it will be to secure Kandahar city and build trust with Afghans

World Junior Hockey Championship

Canada cuts tension on the ice

Canadians score late to send game into overtime and then beat arch-rival Americans in a shootout at World Junior Hockey Championship

Analysis

For Harper, it was a very good year

Prime Minister will look back on a string of policy successes, even as decision to prorogue leaves a bad taste in opponents' mouths

Teen found after meeting his 42-year-old online 'soulmate'

16-year-old Andrew Kane met woman while playing World of Warcraft

Jordan asks Canada to seize Dead Sea scrolls

2,000-year-old Hebrew artifacts, which Jordan claims were illegally taken by Israel in 1967, are on display in Toronto

Tiger's scandal cheats his sponsors up to $12-billion

Telecom giant AT&T becomes latest company to break ties with beleaguered golfer

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Interactive Puzzles

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