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Cricket
If even cricket is corrupt, Pakistan has ‘no more heroes’
With devastating floods, deadly air strikes and now a sports scandal, who can ordinary Pakistanis look up to?
The White House
Oval Office gets No-Drama Obama makeover
It’s comfy, feels more modern, and the border on the carpet features quotations that reveal the President’s personality, designers say
Afghanistan
Canadian killed after Afghan blast told teacher risks were ‘part of the job’
Corporal Brian Pinksen, a Newfoundlander, dies from injuries a week after bomb blast
Mark MacKinnon
In Bangkok apartment, Tamils wait for ship to Canada
Though claiming to be tourists, they show little interest in seeing the sights of the Thai capital
Ottawa aid helps fund agency that provides illegal abortions in Africa
Money goes to its health services, but group also discreetly performs procedure for desperate women
Exclusive Interview
Canada’s place is with America, Tony Blair says
Former British PM stresses importance of relationships in wielding influence
Peace talks won’t be derailed by Hamas killing of Jewish settlers, Obama says
Netanyahu calls Abbas his ‘partner in peace’ as Palestinian-Israeli talks launched in Washington
Hurricane Earl barrels toward Eastern Seaboard
Earl's first encounter with the U.S. mainland expected around midnight Thursday with storm forecast to pass just off Cape Hatteras
Hostage taking at U.S. network ends as gunman shot dead by police
Three hostages escape to safety after stand off at the Washington headquarters of The Discovery Channel; records indicate gunman's website registered in B.C.
Bombs kill 18, injure at least 100 in Lahore
Suicide bomber attacks Shia procession in eastern Pakistan
Mozambique police fire at crowds, killing at least 7
Crowds were protesting the rising cost of food, fuel and water
Marketplace
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Broken Europe
Old world new realities
Follow Doug Saunders as he looks at how the effects the debilitating economic situation is hurting the continent
Geoffrey York's Africa Diary
Rugby conquers racism - again
South Africa has instead witnessed one of the most dramatic gestures of racial reconciliation that it has seen for many years
Stephanie Nolen's Subcontinental
Invoking Indira
Mark MacKinnon's Points East
Google and China go to war
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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.
