Beyond the Berlin Wall

20 years later

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

Required reading

Konrad Yakabuski in Washington

Democrats' family feud could sink U.S. health-care reform

Both sides agree on one thing: The U.S. health care system has become unmanageably complex and the Obama reform will do little to simplify it.

The bravest woman in Afghanistan

Afghan politician Malalai Joya defies warlords and death threats to speak out against Canadian troops in her country

Ethiopian family struggles to escape a lethal legacy

A Canadian siblings is in jail, and the rest say they are on the run from persecution for the sins of their forefather

Crocodile fossils found with boar-like tusks

Six-metre-long creature roamed parts of northern Africa millions of years ago

A view of the collapsed bridge in Workington where a police officer has been reported missing on November 20, 2009,

Britain hit by floods after record rainfall

Officer killed after being swept away when a bridge collapsed; some areas received month's worth of rain falls within 24 hours

Resort island reels after gunman kills five

Two children among the dead on Pacific resort island of Saipan

Europe chooses a quiet president

Europeans had barely finished their dinners Thursday night when they were introduced to their George Washington, the man who had been selected by the leaders of their countries in a closed-door meeting to be the first permanent president of the world's largest economy and the chief representative of 500 million people.

Russia tops global fraud survey

Canada places fourth in the world in PricewaterhouseCoopers economic survey

Humbled Karzai aims to please

With the weight of Afghanistan's failures on his shoulders, Karzai is sworn in to a new term and a new reality, with more pressure than ever to root out corruption and tackle the Taliban, or risk the West turning its back

Police say gang killed people for their fat

At least five people killed in Peruvian jungle had their fat drained to be sold on black market for use in cosmetics

Suicide bomber kills 16 in western Afghanistan

At least 23 others wounded in attack in a busy city square in Farah

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Dateline Peking

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