Russia and EU fail to break dispute over Polish meat
Deadlock in talks undermine hopes for a new cooperation pact, which would have been discussed starting Monday, between the European Union and the Kremlin.

Canada wrestles over deployment of troops in Afghanistan
The deaths of eight soldiers this month has led to an opposition motion in Parliament that calls for a fixed withdrawal debate and rising debate over whether other NATO countries are doing their fair share.

Iraq violence kills 40 as plan for wall angers 2 sides
Car bombs, assassinations and executions took the lives of about 40 people across Iraq on Sunday as a fierce debate raged over the construction of walls between volatile Sunni and Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad.

Somalis flee Mogadishu amid ceaseless fighting
Insurgents and the transitional government battled for a fifth day Sunday as hopes for a diplomatic resolution to the fighting receded further with Eritrea's exit from a regional diplomatic group.

At Shanghai auto show, a polyglot design vocabulary
The vocabulary of the designs at the Shanghai auto show was polyglot: Italian flourishes, high Japanese roofs, German solidity, American assertiveness. And though the Chinese car industry is growing fast, it will be a while before its designs have much global influence.
- Chinese carmakers veer to green

Decision time looms for Erdogan in Turkey
The prime minister has until Wednesday to decide whether to ignore pressure from the military and run for president, a move that could hurt his party's chances in parliamentary elections and slow reforms urged by the EU.

Nicholas D. Kristof: The 21st-century slave trade
Human trafficking, a convoluted euphemism for slavery, is the big emerging human rights issue for the 21st century.

A terrorist goes free
Allowing the Venezuelan terrorist, Luis Posada Carriles, to avoid prosecution reveals the selective nature of Bush's war on terrorism.

When YouTube is a threat
Some governments see a risk in Internet video sites, and many are moving to ban, restrict or censor them.
- Un-censoring YouTube

Goal! He spends it on Beckham
Phil Anschutz bets on star power, and everything else.

New wave of multinationals poses competitive threat to U.S.
Companies from Brazil, Russia, India and China are seeking to become world-spanning multinationals - just as Samsung Electronics emerged from South Korea and Toyota sprang from Japan in earlier phases of globalization.