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La Jacmelienne's doors remain locked as the future of the legendary hotel is still in question in Jacmel, Haiti, six months after the earthquake.
Project Jacmel

Update on The Hotel

The gates of the heavily damaged Jacmelienne Beach Hotel remain locked; little has changed aside from the colour of the stagnant water in the old pool

An Iranian musician performs with Iran's National Music Orchestra in Tehran in 2006. Iranian leaders are cracking down on music.
Iran

Khamenei speaks out against music

Science, ‘sport and healthy recreations’ are better for Iran’s youth, supreme leader says

Usman Ghani, 37, projectionist at the only remaining theatre in the Swat Valley, does maintenance on the projector after the end of a film.
Taliban occupation

A year after reopening, Swat Valley cinema struggles to survive

The Taliban are gone, but fear is keeping people away and propelling a rival trade in DVDs

A sign advertising the BlackBerry mobile phone is seen at a shopping mall in Dubai on August 01, 2010, as the Gulf business hub stated it will suspend key BlackBerry services from October because they are incompatible with local laws and raise security concerns.

UAE’s BlackBerry threat clouds RIM’s future

Gulf country’s plan to block e-mail service would stunt company’s global growth

Lebanese soldiers armed with rocket-propelled grenades train weapons across the border with Israel after brief clashes which erupted along the tense border, near the village of Edayseh, which lies across the border from the kibbutz Misgav Am, on August 3, 2010.

Deadly firefight on Israel-Lebanon border

Three Lebanese dead after gunfire, shelling; conflicting accounts of what sparked clash

U.S. Supreme Court asked to halt Khadr trial

Lawyer argues law underpinning the Guantanamo war crimes tribunals is unconstitutional

Explosions kill 12, wound 31 in Iraqi city of Kut

Twin bombs target market in Kut; gunmen kill 5 police officers at Baghdad checkpoint

BP hopes to plug well, then turn focus to the corporate calamity

With stock price and reputation both devastated, fallout will last for years

U.S. lawsuit claims Toyota ignored safety issues

Plaintiff lawyers say the litigation could encompass 40 million consumers; Toyota insists floor mats, driver error are the only problems

Taliban fighters killed in attack on Kandahar airfield

Between eight and 10 killed when insurgents tried to break through perimeter

Revenge attacks for political killing leave 45 dead in Pakistan city

Karachi, a city of more than 16 million, grinds to a halt amid violence; unrest came after lawmaker shot dead in a mosque

Panel's landmark denial frees NYC mosque site

Preservation commission’s decision means 152-year-old building can be turned into Islamic community centre near site of the Sept. 11 attacks

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The Globe's Mark MacKinnon on Twitter

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"We are serious about redistributing wealth." But no early elections. Thai PM's interview with WSJ: http://tinyurl.com/2fzuwho (fixed link) by @markmackinnon about 3 hours, 26 minutes ago
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"We are serious about redistributing the wealth." But no early elections. Thai PM Abhisit in interview with WSJ: http://tinyurl.com/27q4jb5 by @markmackinnon about 6 hours, 45 minutes ago
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(Forgive my lapse into the Middle East. I lived around the corner from the Crowne Plaza during the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah) by @markmackinnon about 8 hours, 7 minutes ago
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Reports that Lebanese and Israeli soldiers have exchanged fire at border. Separately, the Crowne Plaza Hotel in central Beirut is on fire... by @markmackinnon about 8 hours, 9 minutes ago
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As US-South Korea military exercises continue, China to hold own large-scale air force drill in same region: http://bit.ly/92Z8jy by @markmackinnon about 9 hours, 42 minutes ago
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@KPinChina Has the charge been formally changed? When? What's the new maximum sentence? by @markmackinnon about 11 hours, 20 minutes ago
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Thailand military promotes officers involved in "quelling" Red Shirt demonstrations earlier this year: http://bit.ly/8Zei7D by @markmackinnon about 11 hours, 42 minutes ago
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The evolution of philanthropy in China - reflections from the front lines: http://bit.ly/a1nx0b (by @jennygao) by @markmackinnon about 12 hours, 55 minutes ago
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China tests new controls on Twitter-style services http://bit.ly/bI7wrl by @markmackinnon about 12 hours, 58 minutes ago
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The search for affordable housing in Beijing. http://twitpic.com/2b60fz by @markmackinnon about 13 hours, 27 minutes ago
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Dark stuff - Japanese officials discover country's "oldest man" died 30 years ago, oldest woman missing since 1980s: http://bit.ly/cEZx00 by @markmackinnon about 14 hours, 5 minutes ago
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RT @gadyepstein: RIM helps Russia and China monitor Blackberry users' e-mails http://cptl.st/b9qLtp by @markmackinnon about 16 hours, 21 minutes ago
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How much oil REALLY leaked? (Caixin takes a provocative look at the Dalian oil spill): http://blog.caing.com/article/7145/ (via @tomwxj) by @markmackinnon about 1 day, 8 hours ago
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I visited Iraq frequently 2003-2008. After my last trip, my sense was Sunnis, Shias were preparing for upsurge in violence after US leaves. by @markmackinnon about 1 day, 8 hours ago
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US to announce end of "combat operations in Iraq" on Aug. 31. Iraq, still w/out govt after March elxns, just had bloodiest month in years. by @markmackinnon about 1 day, 8 hours ago
Broken Europe
Old world new realities

Follow Doug Saunders as he looks at how the effects the debilitating economic situation is hurting the continent

Geoffrey York's Africa Diary
Rugby conquers racism - again

South Africa has instead witnessed one of the most dramatic gestures of racial reconciliation that it has seen for many years

Mark MacKinnon's Points East
Google and China go to war

Mideast Notebook
A ‘prison camp’ with a mall

Life in Gaza appears better than it’s been for years

Stephanie Nolen's Subcontinental
Invoking Indira

Gloria Galloway's Witness: Kandahar
What this woman wants

Gloria Galloway
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Dateline Peking

Fifty years ago, The Globe and Mail became the first Western newspaper to open a bureau in what was then known as Red China.

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