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Bye-bye Blair; hello, who?
The EU is trying to decide what kind of personality it wants for the new position of president.
• The EU foreign service is still a mystery
• After getting to "yes," who will head the EU?
State corruption
Indonesia: Corruption junction
A corruption scandal hits — you guessed it — the country's anti-corruption commission.
• Corruption, intrigue and Gisele Bundchen
• Corruption in Brazil: downright medieval
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Design within reach
Cameron Sinclair founded Architecture for Humanity to bring thoughtful design to the world’s neediest.
• Exploiting the motion of the ocean
• Americans seek stem cell treatments in India
Eye on Iran
Opinion: Why sanctions aren't the answer for Iran
America needs to understand that punitive measures aren't going to keep Iran in check. Not when Russia and China have a lot to lose.
• Tehran again sees protests and violence
• Young, Iranian and ready for change
Fall of communism
Opinion: Remembering a good news story
Despite looming questions, the first few days after the Berlin Wall fell were glorious.
• When the hammer hit the wall it felt "ja gut!"
• Will Berlin, and its soccer team, succeed?
On the tube
Soccer and soap operas in the Amazon
Even in a remote Amazon village, TV sets are tuned to stereotypically Brazilian obsessions.
• Can reality TV heal war wounds?
• Turkish game show a leap of faith
Full Frame
Photo essays and conversations with photographers.
Freedom fighters, 30 years on
A photographer tracks down anti-apartheid fighters.
• Left behind in Tajikistan
• Africa's new narcostate
Study abroad
Hart: United, not divided, on climate change
Former U.S. Sen. Gary Hart calls on China, America to build a global warming accord
• Pilgrimage for profit
• Tibet's sunset, China's sunrise
Whisky diaries
Whisky on (Antarctic) ice
Explorer Ernest Shackleton loved his Scotch whisky. And he left a stash at the bottom of the world.
• The 'Whiskey Trail' now runs through China
• Whiskey resists the downturn
On Location videos
Haryana: India's looming food crisis
It is becoming ever more difficult for India to feed its huge population.
• Tokyo: Blue light special
• Java: Murder 101
• Paris: Kinder, gentler strike season
• Beijing: Neighbor or narc?
• Cairo: Cough like an Egyptian
• Delhi: India's killer roads
• Bangkok: Heal Thailand with love
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