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Canadian author Alice Munro's books sit on the bookshelf as her former husband Jim stands at the front counter at Munro's Bookstore in Victoria, British Columbia October 10, 2013.
Arts, Culture & Media
Alice Munro, ‘the Chekhov of Canada,’ wins the Nobel Prize for Literature
Chef Marc Miron busy in the kitchen at his Cuisine & Passion gourmet shop.
Arts, Culture & Media
Canadian chef traces Habitant Pea Soup 400 years back to French explorer Samuel de Champlain
Libya's Prime Minister, Ali Zeidan, during a news conference after he was released by kidnappers, Thursday. Many Libyans are frustrated with the militias who compete for power in Libya, says Abigail Hauslohner of the Washington Post, and Zeidan's inabilit
Conflict & Justice
Libya’s prime minister was kidnapped, released, and no one is sure why
Sachin Tendulkar
Sports
‘God of cricket’ hangs up his bat
German musician Heinz Ratz leading his refugee band on a recent night in Giessen Germany. The tour is designed to draw attention to the plight of tens of thousands asylum seekers in Germany, many of whom wait decades in detention for their cases to be de
Arts, Culture & Media
World music all-stars head out on tour, with a reprieve from German detention centers
Libya's Prime Minister Ali Zeidan was abducted by milita gunmen and was released after few hours on Thursday.
Global Politics
Who’s in charge in the new Middle East and North Africa?
Unemployed Argentines and workers line up outside the Banco de la Nacion in Buenos Aires trying to collect their money, December 21, 2001. Argentina would default on its sovereign debt days later.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Argentines, after going through it themselves, can’t understand why America would voluntarily default
Sports
How about a ski vacation to North Korea?
Sachin Tendulkar hits a shot during a match against New Zealand in Hyderabad, August 23, 2012.
Sports
My cricket hero is retiring, the sport will never be the same for me
Energy East
Business, Economics and Jobs
Canada takes another run at finding a pipeline for its tar sands oil
Photos of Israeli scientists who won Nobel Prizes in recent years, in the Israeli daily Haaretz, Thursday, Oct. 10.
Environment
Israeli prime minister praises Israeli Nobel winner… who ditched Israel