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Cold was a weapon in the wider war on terrorism. And Canadian expertise was consulted.

Documents reveal that CIA officials cast their eyes north after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, as spies struggled to develop "water-dousing" interrogation techniques.

The CIA wanted to use cold water to soften up al Qaeda suspects, so it read tracts by Canadian experts.

Mantsie Malatsi hunts through the gloom of her tin shack and finds an old Nelson Mandela campaign button. She carefully saved it for 15 years -- but now she wants to set fire to it.

New passport rules are keeping Americans at home, with June numbers showing that travel to Canada from the United States fell to its lowest level since Statistics Canada started tracking cross-border trips in 1972.

Beneath the placid waters of Lake Volta, the shadow of death lurks in a jungle of submerged trees, where countless boats have capsized and scores of fishermen have drowned. The boats of Lake Volta have chilling names: "Judgment Day" and "Deliver Us from Evil."

China has never been a patient, wait-in-line kind of place.

The history of the vast and populous nation is a tale of chaos repeatedly triumphing over calm, order over disorder. On many occasions -- the Boxer Rebellion, the Cultural Revolution, the subway each day at rush hour -- things have degenerated into mob rule.

But that, Shu Xiaofeng swears, was the old China.

While family and friends cheered the release of jailed Current TV journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee and hailed former President Bill Clinton for negotiating their pardon from a 12-year prison sentence in North Korea, analysts say there could be long-term diplomatic repercussions from Clinton's high-level talks.

The news was greeted with great fanfare: The Dead Sea, it was announced last week, is among the finalists in the competition to determine the seven natural wonders of the world.

A pair of red-hulled icebreakers -- one Canadian, one American -- will batter their way north into uncharted, ice-infested waters next week, seeking to buttress claims to the vast undersea riches at the top of the world.

Any other group of activists might be in a mood to celebrate. The HIV-AIDS lobby has been among the most successful in the world, winning an impressive $10 billion in new annual funds and tripling the level of global support for AIDS programs since 2003.

When the rapist's aunt tried to settle the matter in the traditional way by offering two cows to the victim's mother, it was already too late to stop the women activists of Lusikisiki.
They had mobilized, and they were hunting for justice. They took to the streets with loudspeakers, placards and pamphlets. They went to the police station, the hospital, the courtrooms and the school.