By SAEED SHAHWednesday, August 20, 2008Pervez Musharraf's ouster may be seen as a great victory for the transition to democracy in Pakistan, but it could also plunge the country deeper...

By JANE ARMSTRONGWednesday, August 20, 2008With his country trounced and still occupied by Russian troops, Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili's own political future might soon be called into question, opposition figures...

By MATTHEW KALMANWednesday, August 20, 2008In a community center in Upper Nazareth, Jewish and Arab schoolchildren are learning together. It's a rare scene in this tensely divided country, where ethnic...

By LES PERREAUX and KATHERINE O'NEILLWednesday, August 20, 2008Jackie Kirk's latest humanitarian world tour was launched in late July, when she went to Aceh, Indonesia, to advise teachers working with...

By MARCUS GEEWednesday, August 20, 2008When it unleashed its troops in Georgia, Russian leader Vladimir Putin was doing more than delivering a beating to a cocky former dependency. He was...

By FIONA MORROWWednesday, August 20, 2008There's nothing quite like becoming an Olympic venue to give a city an inflated sense of its own worth. Ask Vancouverites what they think of...

By ANDRE PICARDWednesday, August 20, 2008It has been 15 years since the female condom was unveiled, but the anniversary is an inauspicious one. Once touted as a key tool in...

By GRAEME SMITHWednesday, August 20, 2008The most famous comedian in Kandahar, Ahmadullah Mujajo, stares at a flickering light bulb. Then he grabs a man by the neck and shakes him...

By PETER FIMRITEWednesday, August 20, 2008It is hard to see what the modernization of Beijing and the glitz and glamor of China's Olympic coming-out party are doing for the residents...

By JANNY HUWednesday, August 20, 2008As if sea horses and cicadas aren't novel enough foods, Wang Jingbao promises more. He reaches for the silver bowl on top of his stove...