Beyond the Berlin Wall

20 years later

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

Required reading

Mark MacKinnon

Mandarin pushing out Cantonese

The state-sponsored promotion of China's official language threatens to make mother tongue of many obsolete, even in the city of its birth

Rex Murphy
Rex Murphy

Obama inspires; Palin connects

They are, in the way of fate, curiously parallel figures

Globe Essay

Don't head for the exit

The West should set an objective, not seek a way out, which would mean defeat

In this April 25, 2004 file photo, Iranian Vice-President Mohammad Ali Abtahi, left, and reformist then-President Mohammad Khatami, talk in an open session of parliament in Tehran, Iran.

Former Iranian vice-president to be jailed over election protests

Rights groups and opposition figures in Iran have criticized the court proceedings as a ‘show trial.'

Historic U.S. health-care bill set for Senate debate

Legislation makes it to Senate floor, over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Obama.

Sri Lanka to release Tamil war refugees from camps

Nearly 136,000 Tamils remain after being forced into camps while feeling the final months of government's long war with separatist Tamil Tigers

Astronaut's wife gives birth while dad is in orbit

Marks second time an astronaut became a dad while on space mission

Many detainees were just farmers, Afghan official says

Torture controversy becomes swirling affair as senior government officials scramble to explain themselves

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Foreign correspondent blogs

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Africa Diary
A South African dream, deferred

A year in, the breakaway Congress of the People is falling into disorganization and infighting

Patrick Martin's Mideast Notebook
A quiet remembrance in Gaza

Mark MacKinnon's Points East
Mr. Hu, tear down this firewall!

Stephanie Nolen's Subcontinental
Invoking Indira

Gloria Galloway's Witness: Kandahar
What this woman wants

Gloria Galloway
Focus
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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