Unrest in China
At a Nike factory, Uighur workers worry
The Uighurs plan their return to Xinjiang but worry about their friends held in Shaoguan.
• Confused about the Xinjiang riots? Follow the money.
• Irreconcilable forces in China
• Tibet riots: One year later
GlobalPost interviews
Kerry: "We are going to take a hard look at Afghanistan"
In an interview, Sen. John F. Kerry recalls his appearance at Vietnam hearings and says he will hold them on Afghanistan.
• Solana: 'The button has been reset'
• Interview: Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga
• Interview with a hitman
• Interview with a pirate
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Terminally ill
Chinese patients often choose between death and financial ruin. Will a new reform fix this?
• A long hot Korean summer
• Corruption, intrigue and Gisele Bundchen
• Land of rising debt
• Cuba libre
Obama on the move
Ghanaians welcome Obama
US president's visit highlights success of country's democracy
• Pope gives a nod to Obama
• In Russia, Obama's not a rock star
• In L'Aquila, little enthusiasm for G8 talks
Economic meltdown
The perils of ignoring Africa's economy
Experts argue that African aid and development are even more important during downturn.
• Payback: Remittances in New York City
• A World of Trouble, the sequel
• Special Report
Climate change
On climate, it's Washington v. Beijing
The Major Economies Forum ends without achieving its goal for an agreement on global warming.
• Climate negotiations stagnate at G8
• Forecast: The global consequences of climate change
The BRIC house
Will Indonesia make it BRICI?
By largely escaping the global economic meltdown, Indonesia makes a run at the world's fastest-growing club.
• Throwing BRICs
• BRIC by BRIC
Full Frame
Photo essays and conversations with photographers.
Worshipping Saint Death
A photographer visits Mexico's most notorious barrios, where death is the only truth in life.
• Walking through fire, literally
• Bahamas: Piles of sponges
Surfing the net
Cyberattack rocks South Korea
The so-called 7.7 Cyber Terror was a chilling reminder of the vulnerability of the world's "most-wired" country.
• Download a song, lose your Internet connection?
• EU and US at odds over internet gambling
Different strokes
India's gays celebrate too soon
Supreme Court signals it may hear appeal on the recent decriminalization of homosexual sex.
• The pageantry of the "Third Gender"
• Mexico's liberal capital
• "Big Love" takes center stage in South Africa
Oldest profession
In Ukraine, this photo may be porn
Culture wars arrive in Ukraine, with bans on gambling and porn.
• "Sex pats" discover Ukraine's alluring women
• Indonesia's "love shacks"
Real trips
Texan backpackers turned away by Irish immigration
Tourism board upset that "Ireland of the Welcomes" seems less than welcoming.
• Where are all the tourists?
• Cold War tourism at Fulda Gap
• Moscow in the tropics
Technology
Never be left without a charger — in the EU, anyway
Mobile phone industry agrees to make interchangeable chargers.
• Blimps find favor as poor man's satellite
• Does Facebook lead to adultery?
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Where you can stock up on Hugo Chavez dolls and T-shirts.
• Miss Coco's Liberian Barbies
• Barbie in the land of Chairman Mao
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