Europe's makeover

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

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Afghanistan: Waiting for the dust to settle

Finbarr O'Reilly - GlobalPost November 6, 2009 21:43 ET

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