By JESSICA LEEDER, Toronto Globe and Mail
Cuba drops potato from ration books, signaling shift
The humble potato has become the symbol of a new revolution sweeping Cuba.
The vegetable has been eliminated from the thick brown ration books that Cuban nationals relied on for nearly 50 years to purchase government-subsidized groceries, part of the socialist country's attempt to ensure equal access to such staples as rice, beans and cooking oil.
Mom says raising eight grows easier over time
Some time in the next few weeks, the Udobi family outside Houston., might start expecting a call for advice that only they can give: How exactly do you raise octuplets?
In a war zone, soldiers avoid alcohol's temptations
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Once each week, in a fluorescent-lit room in a stout building near the heart of Kandahar Air Field, a multinational mix of troops and civilians gathers to take on a battle that can't be fought with conventional weapons.
Afghan journalist sentenced to die lives to tell his tale
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- On the morning of Oct. 27, 2007, Sayed Perwiz Kambakhsh got the call that changed his life.The phone rang early, before Kambakhsh had started his day as a second-year journalism student. The caller identified himself as an official from the notorious National Directorate of Security, Afghanistan's national intelligence agency.
Huge chunk breaks off storied Arctic ice shelf
TORONTO -- A 1.6 square-mile chunk has broken off Ward Hunt Ice Shelf -- the largest remaining ice shelf in the Arctic -- threatening the future of the giant frozen mass that northern explorers have used for years as the starting point for their treks.
Mother will not discuss alleged Kennedy liaison
EAGLE PASS, Texas -- The family link that connects the mother of a man who recently identified himself as John F. Kennedy's son to the former president has its dusty roots in this scrubby town on the southern border of Texas.
