Haitians queue at a UN aid distribution point by the Presidential palace in Port-au-Prince Jan. 22.
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Earthquake aftermath in Haiti

The latest news, videos and blogs on the disaster in Haiti.

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Residents choose DIY city services over tax hike

Colorado Springs decides to leave services such as trash pickup, park maintenance to inhabitants after tax increase rejected

Portrait of Konrad Yakabuski, the Globe and Mail's new Washington correspondent.
Konrad Yakabuski

Palin and Tea Party mature into a political force

National convention reflects recognition that fledgling anti-government movement must shed its extremist label

Eric Reguly

The fear and farce of climate-change science

One embattled scientist admits suicidal thoughts as another pens sex-laden novel

News anchors Veronica Pedrosa and Teymoor Nabili at the Al Jazeera broadcast centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Big Brother 2.0?

China and Russia are pouring billions into slick, English-language channels to spread their official views. It may look ominous but it could also provide a healthy balance to Western bias.

Sailors from HMCS Athabaskan transfer supplies to the beach in Haiti. Some 500 Canadian sailors are taking part in Canada's aid mission in the country.

Canadian sailors get to work on Haiti's ruined shores

Warship crews join relief effort on land, providing labour and love for earthquake victims

Tymoshenko camp vows to challenge Ukraine vote

‘We will recognize defeat only after a decision by the courts,' prominent member of Tymoshenko bloc says

Iran to halt enrichment plan if West provides fuel

Tehran says it will stop higher uranium enrichment if provided nuclear fuel it needs for research reactor

U.K. terror conviction overturned on appeal

A court in Scotland has called the conviction of Mohammed Atif Siddique, an alleged ‘would-be suicide bomber,' a miscarriage of justice

French identity no longer open to debate

PM shelves grand collective discussion that critics said opened a Pandora's box

Avalanches kill 28, trap hundreds in Afghanistan

600 soldiers plus police units and other emergency workers evacuate 1,500 trapped people

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Zuma's polygamy undermines AIDS fight

It may play well politically, but the South African leader's multiple sexual partners weakens and contradicts all of the work that he has done in the fight against the epidemic

Patrick Martin's Mideast Notebook
Qat of nine tales

Yemen loves that strange narcotic

Mark MacKinnon's Points East
Google and China go to war

Stephanie Nolen's Subcontinental
Invoking Indira

Gloria Galloway's Witness: Kandahar
What this woman wants

Gloria Galloway
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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.