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Beyond the Berlin Wall

20 years later

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

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Farmer Geda Shenu, who lives in a drought-hit rural area near the town of Meki, Ethiopia, is struggling to feed his children and has petitioned for government assistance. The Ethiopian government has restricted coverage of the drought and is hampering the work of international aid groups.

Geoffrey York

Land of silence and starvation

A famine is growing across Ethiopia, but the government is clamping down on information - even ejecting aid agencies that could help bring aid for fear of provoking unrest and losing their grip on power

Pakistani designers and models dare to bare

In a country where burkas and hijabs are not uncommon, Karachi fashion week is exposing a fair amount of female skin

NATO strike mistakenly kills 8 Afghans, wounds U.S. soldiers

Accidental deaths came during an hourslong fight between members of a joint search operation and insurgents in western Afghanistan.

Orlando police apprehend gunman

One dead, five injured after man opens fire in downtown office building

Fat defence carries no weight with jury

Florida man who argued he was too obese to commit murder is convicted of killing his former son-in-law

Forces prepare for Afghan withdrawal

Canada's Chief of the Defence Staff Walter Natynczyk has ordered commanders to begin plans for 2011 troop pullout

Ida churns towards Gulf of Mexico

Mexico issues hurricane watch for parts of Yucatan as storm revives after hitting Nicaragua

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Foreign correspondent blogs

Patrick Martin's Mideast Notebook
Iraq's Turkmen: A voice from the past

Stephanie Nolen's Subcontinental
Invoking Indira

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

Geoffrey York's Africa Diary
Terrorism blues in Timbuktu

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. Beijing correspondent Mark MacKinnon reflects on what's changed since then and what hasn't.

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