Beyond the Berlin Wall

20 years later

Doug Saunders reports on the forces that brought down the Iron Curtain

Required reading

South Africa radically shifts AIDS thinking

President Zuma plans to be tested in public for HIV as government calls for urgent battle against disease decimating country

Sarah Palin

You betcha! Palin's way o' talkin' is darned funny

Linguists have explained the vice-presidential nominee's Fargo accent, just in time for her return to the talk-show circuit

In this June 6, 2008, file photo Rahm Emanuel huddles with Barack Obama, , right, during an unscheduled stop at the Olympic rally in Chicago.
Konrad Yakabuski

Tactics govern Obama teams swing to conservative side

‘In order for them to be a majority party, they need the support of some conservatives'

Canadian offensive sees little action

Operation Hydra launches with 1,000 Canadian troops and 200 Afghanistan National Army soldiers in push toward a known Taliban command post south of Kandahar

Obama presses China on Web censorship, human rights

U.S. President tells students a free flow of information is key in order for people to hold their government accountable

Shuttle Atlantis lifts off

The space station stockpiling mission launched amid NASA's first “tweetup,” as invitees splashed news over countless cellphones and computers

John Ibbitson

In India this week, Harper moves to reverse decades of distance

The whirlwind tour will see nuclear talks and tentative steps on trade – and also a move by the Prime Minister to appeal to Indo Canadians

Pakistan's war on terror at risk

Furor expected over the end of legal amnesty for politicians as ministers could be hauled before the courts over decade’s old criminal cases

Online gangs cashing in on swine flu

Web security firm says international criminals making millions by selling fake drugs via websites branded as the “Canadian Pharmacy”

Official warns Iran may start enriching uranium in 2011

Official believes once-secret nuclear facility may be enable country to produce one nuclear warhead a year.

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Dateline Peking

Fifty years ago, The Globe and Mail became the first Western newspaper to open a bureau in what was then known as Red China.

Chinese paramilitary police officer stands guard in front of Tiananmen gate in Beijing, China, Tuesday.
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