Global Headlines
- First Iraq election results to be released Wednesday
- Greece says finance problems a broader issue
- Nigeria urged to end impunity after village massacre
- U.S. and Russia in final push to clinch new START treaty
- Soldier tells how he threw back Taliban grenade
- Indonesia believes top wanted JI militant killed
- Yemen offers talks with separatists as unrest flares
It's a scandal
Have Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni strayed?
French journalists gab about who the French president and his wife might be sleeping with, but why don't they cover it?
Israeli politics
Political suicide of a peace-loving party
The Israeli party of conscience dissolves, and with it a rare leftist voice in a rightist country.
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Please, take our money!
Anger over "politicized" aid is forcing the U.S. to negotiate terms under which countries will accept U.S. donations.
Animal kingdom
Kenya throws zebras to the lions
Kenya is rounding up zebras and moving them to drought-stricken Amboseli Park so the lions will have enough food.
Saving South America's emblematic condor
Revered as a sacred go-between with the gods, the carnivorous scavengers are making a comeback.
Full Frame
Photo essays and conversations with photographers.
Death of the Colorado River
As the Colorado disappears, a photographer captures the suffering on both sides of the US-Mexico border.
Study abroad
Sexporting an image of American women
Did MTV pave the way for Amanda Knox's guilty verdict?
Architecture digest
Delhi's endangered ancient heritage
India's capital sits on ancient architectural wonders. Too bad nobody knows it.
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Chatter: What we're hearing
- "Jihad Jane" tied to kill plot.
- Pope's brother admits abuse.
- Centuries-old shipwrecks found.
Student Correspondent Corps
In Amanda Knox case, a surprise statement from prison raises doubts.
Andrew Meldrum
I can think of no better way to mark International Women's Day than by watching this video of Iman — celebrated model, wife of David Bowie and refugee from Somalia.
Joel Brinkley
Mohamed ElBaradei went to Egypt with an idea: to help people exercise their freedom.
Beth Hodgson
North America’s tiger population is endangered due to a lack of regulation.
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Africa
Police killings on video
Recent surfacing of graphic film of executions by security forces in Boko Haram unrest stuns Nigeria. — Nigerian Curiosity
Asia
Honor killing alert
Honor killings usually make the news AFTER the fact; Pakistan women's rights activist tries to prevent one. — Teeth Maestro
Europe
U.S. sitcom & Turkish lesbians
"How I Met Your Mother" uses two Turkish references: Turkish coffee (good) & Turkish lesbians (well...). — The Istanbulian
Middle East
Ads get noses out of joint
Exotica's Lebanese billboards featuring prominent noses as a "bad" thing slammed; company takes them down. —Plus961
The Americas
Jews in Jamaica...and Brazil
Desperate tourism bid to attract Jews to Jamaica unearths Jewish Jamaican pirate ties to Brazil. —Adventures of a Gringo
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