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Fri, 25 May 2012 21:07:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/25/photo-gallery-europes-unconventional-political-spouses/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/25/photo-gallery-europes-unconventional-political-spouses/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 19:04:06 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=259998 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/25/photo-gallery-europes-unconventional-political-spouses/feed/ 0 Girlfriends, lovers, and working moms and dads http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/24/everest-the-open-graveyard-waiting-above/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/24/everest-the-open-graveyard-waiting-above/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 19:16:56 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=261067 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/24/everest-the-open-graveyard-waiting-above/feed/ 0 Too many adventurers want to scale the world's highest peak—even if it means their deaths http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/24/toru-hashimoto-the-brash-young-mayor-of-osaka-is-japans-most-popular-politician/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/24/toru-hashimoto-the-brash-young-mayor-of-osaka-is-japans-most-popular-politician/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 13:22:01 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258966 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/24/toru-hashimoto-the-brash-young-mayor-of-osaka-is-japans-most-popular-politician/feed/ 0 Osaka’s mayor is young, media savvy, opposes nuclear power, and is firing up voters http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/23/why-todays-iran-nuclear-talks-in-baghdad-come-with-a-lot-of-baggage/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/23/why-todays-iran-nuclear-talks-in-baghdad-come-with-a-lot-of-baggage/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 18:29:38 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=260607 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/23/why-todays-iran-nuclear-talks-in-baghdad-come-with-a-lot-of-baggage/feed/ 0 And why Washington and Tehran must learn to trust each other nonetheless http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/23/you-cant-pray-the-gay-away/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/23/you-cant-pray-the-gay-away/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 16:17:01 +0000 Emma Teitel http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258970 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/23/you-cant-pray-the-gay-away/feed/ 0 A new bill wants to ban 'conversion therapy' http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/23/tripoli-vs-the-hague-two-courts-vie-to-try-gadhafis-son/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/23/tripoli-vs-the-hague-two-courts-vie-to-try-gadhafis-son/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 15:58:01 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258958 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/23/tripoli-vs-the-hague-two-courts-vie-to-try-gadhafis-son/feed/ 0 Libya and the International Criminal Court are at war—over who gets to stage a trial for Saif al-Islam Gadhafi http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/23/one-giant-leap-for-democracy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/23/one-giant-leap-for-democracy/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 15:36:01 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258956 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/23/one-giant-leap-for-democracy/feed/ 0 Despite the arrests and suppression of dissent, the current presidential race shows how far the country has come http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/22/the-taxman-goes-global/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/22/the-taxman-goes-global/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 20:30:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258968 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/22/the-taxman-goes-global/feed/ 0 Tax Inspectors Without Borders pledges to fight tax evasion in developing countries http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/22/high-seas-hijinks/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/22/high-seas-hijinks/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 15:46:01 +0000 Jonathon Gatehouse http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258960 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/22/high-seas-hijinks/feed/ 0 His life of radical activism lands him in a familiar spot: a European jail cell http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/22/the-eyes-dont-have-it/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/22/the-eyes-dont-have-it/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 15:25:01 +0000 Gustavo Vieira http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258964 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/22/the-eyes-dont-have-it/feed/ 0 Screen time—and being cooped up inside, without natural light—may be to blame http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/22/is-nelson-the-parrot-the-ugliest-bird-in-the-world/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/22/is-nelson-the-parrot-the-ugliest-bird-in-the-world/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 15:10:01 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258972 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/22/is-nelson-the-parrot-the-ugliest-bird-in-the-world/feed/ 0 Nelson the parrot is a real-life ugly duckling http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/22/need-job-will-travel/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/22/need-job-will-travel/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 15:00:01 +0000 Luiza Ch. Savage http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258954 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/22/need-job-will-travel/feed/ 0 Washington wants Ottawa to make it easier for U.S. workers to fill vacancies there http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/21/in-libya-lockerbie-bombers-death-brings-sigh-of-relief-leaves-questions-unanswered/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/21/in-libya-lockerbie-bombers-death-brings-sigh-of-relief-leaves-questions-unanswered/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 12:13:38 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=260046 Maclean's reports from Tripoli]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/21/in-libya-lockerbie-bombers-death-brings-sigh-of-relief-leaves-questions-unanswered/feed/ 0 Maclean's reports from Tripoli http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/18/the-poetry-of-the-taliban-stirs-controversy-in-britain-and-beyond/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/18/the-poetry-of-the-taliban-stirs-controversy-in-britain-and-beyond/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 18:41:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258962 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/18/the-poetry-of-the-taliban-stirs-controversy-in-britain-and-beyond/feed/ 0 A new anthology is both depressing and revelatory http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/estonia-already-offers-free-wifi-next-up-free-public-transit/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/estonia-already-offers-free-wifi-next-up-free-public-transit/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 15:29:01 +0000 Jen Cutts http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257861 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/estonia-already-offers-free-wifi-next-up-free-public-transit/feed/ 0 The mayor of Tallinn hopes to make the city 'the flagship of the green movement in Europe' http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/chinas-awkward-position-on-both-sides-of-the-sudanese-civil-war/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/chinas-awkward-position-on-both-sides-of-the-sudanese-civil-war/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 14:30:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257837 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/chinas-awkward-position-on-both-sides-of-the-sudanese-civil-war/feed/ 0 China sells arms to Khartoum, but needs oil from its southern neighbour http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/stockholms-twenty-somethings-cut-loose-at-mid-day-discos/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/stockholms-twenty-somethings-cut-loose-at-mid-day-discos/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 19:43:01 +0000 Gustavo Vieira http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257855 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/stockholms-twenty-somethings-cut-loose-at-mid-day-discos/feed/ 0 Lunchtime dance parties break up the monotony of the workday and are spreading across Europe and beyond http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/post-nuclear-etiquette-of-cool/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/post-nuclear-etiquette-of-cool/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 18:25:01 +0000 Nancy Macdonald http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257859 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/post-nuclear-etiquette-of-cool/feed/ 0 The country's government encourages 'office casual' but workers are reluctant to dress down, despite soaring temperatures http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/north-dakotas-oil-rich-bakken-region-boom-busts-and-trouble/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/north-dakotas-oil-rich-bakken-region-boom-busts-and-trouble/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 13:46:01 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257849 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/north-dakotas-oil-rich-bakken-region-boom-busts-and-trouble/feed/ 0 Cross-border crime is only one of the issues affecting 'the Fort McMurray of the U.S.'s north' http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/11/au-revoir-austerity/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/11/au-revoir-austerity/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 18:05:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257799 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/11/au-revoir-austerity/feed/ 0 Europe is reconsidering the fiscal pact. Get set for another round of chaos http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/10/women-in-mumbai-fight-for-their-right-to-free-public-toilets/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/10/women-in-mumbai-fight-for-their-right-to-free-public-toilets/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 13:40:01 +0000 Emma Teitel http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=256431 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/10/women-in-mumbai-fight-for-their-right-to-free-public-toilets/feed/ 0 Finding relief in a public toilet is free of charge for men but not women in the Indian city http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/09/lies-and-omissions/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/09/lies-and-omissions/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 19:12:01 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=256423 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/09/lies-and-omissions/feed/ 0 A new book illuminates a dying generation’s ongoing reluctance to admit guilt for its support of Nazism http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/09/captain-cooks-club-a-gift-of-the-nuu-chah-nulth-comes-closer-to-home/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/09/captain-cooks-club-a-gift-of-the-nuu-chah-nulth-comes-closer-to-home/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 17:26:01 +0000 Alex Ballingall http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=256455 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/09/captain-cooks-club-a-gift-of-the-nuu-chah-nulth-comes-closer-to-home/feed/ 0 The wooden club was given to Captain James Cook by the chief of a Nuu-chah-nulth village in 1778 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/09/who-wants-to-buy-a-dead-golf-course/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/09/who-wants-to-buy-a-dead-golf-course/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 15:51:01 +0000 Gustavo Vieira http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=256425 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/09/who-wants-to-buy-a-dead-golf-course/feed/ 0 Across the U.S., hundreds of golf courses sit deserted—victims of the foreclosure crisis, and golf’s steady decline http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/08/twinned-dull-and-boring/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/08/twinned-dull-and-boring/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 20:24:01 +0000 Jen Cutts http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=256435 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/08/twinned-dull-and-boring/feed/ 0 There’s no real rush. Not much happens in Boring http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/08/tuareg-rebels-launch-media-campaign-after-claiming-northern-mali/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/08/tuareg-rebels-launch-media-campaign-after-claiming-northern-mali/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 19:53:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=256429 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/08/tuareg-rebels-launch-media-campaign-after-claiming-northern-mali/feed/ 0 It's a new way for the Tuareg people to build support for a state of their own http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/08/kazakhstan/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/08/kazakhstan/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 18:16:01 +0000 Gustavo Vieira http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=256427 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/08/kazakhstan/feed/ 0 Tourism is flourishing thanks to Sacha Baron Cohen's movie http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/08/the-talibans-revenge/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/08/the-talibans-revenge/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 13:38:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=256421 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/08/the-talibans-revenge/feed/ 0 A new generation of militants is rising in Afghanistan, turning its sights on former allies http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/04/a-rush-for-the-ballot-box/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/04/a-rush-for-the-ballot-box/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 15:46:01 +0000 Gustavo Vieira http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=256433 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/04/a-rush-for-the-ballot-box/feed/ 0 More than 80 per cent of registered voters are casting their ballots http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/03/the-talibans-finest/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/03/the-talibans-finest/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 14:20:01 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=254968 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/03/the-talibans-finest/feed/ 0 Plus, a fugitive penguin in Japan and a fine over facial hair copyright in Russia http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/03/bringing-hockey-to-the-desert-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/03/bringing-hockey-to-the-desert-2/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 13:38:01 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=254964 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/03/bringing-hockey-to-the-desert-2/feed/ 0 Turkmenistan's autocratic president is obsessed with the game http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/03/the-china-crisis-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/03/the-china-crisis-2/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 13:33:01 +0000 Charlie Gillis http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=254958 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/03/the-china-crisis-2/feed/ 0 The country’s citizens need only look around to see monuments to their leaders’ hubris http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/01/reining-in-americas-radical-nuns/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/01/reining-in-americas-radical-nuns/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 15:00:01 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=254966 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/01/reining-in-americas-radical-nuns/feed/ 0 Nuns, who've been critical of the Church's teaching feel blindsided by the move http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/30/sarkozy-is-slipping-away/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/30/sarkozy-is-slipping-away/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:46:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=254962 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/30/sarkozy-is-slipping-away/feed/ 0 The French president narrowly lost the first electoral round. He’s running scared and needs new friends—fast. http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/26/a-vegas-for-europe/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/26/a-vegas-for-europe/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:40:01 +0000 Gabriela Perdomo http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=253175 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/26/a-vegas-for-europe/feed/ 0 If  Sheldon Adelson gets his way, the U.S. magnate who has made his fortune... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/26/pope-pushback/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/26/pope-pushback/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:30:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=253177 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/26/pope-pushback/feed/ 0 Many want priests to marry and women to be ordained http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/25/neither-he-nor-she/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/25/neither-he-nor-she/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:35:01 +0000 Emma Teitel http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=253171 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/25/neither-he-nor-she/feed/ 0 From a new genderless pronoun to a toy store ad of a boy pushing a pink pram http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/25/the-next-venezuela/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/25/the-next-venezuela/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:10:01 +0000 Gabriela Perdomo http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=253173 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/25/the-next-venezuela/feed/ 0 Nationalization of oil companies will earn points on the home front, but at what cost? http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/25/the-perils-of-being-lgbt-in-italy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/25/the-perils-of-being-lgbt-in-italy/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:04:57 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=254474 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/25/the-perils-of-being-lgbt-in-italy/feed/ 0 Where the closets are crowded with a lot more than Prada and Gucci http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/25/remember-me/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/25/remember-me/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:15:01 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=253121 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/25/remember-me/feed/ 0 Try as he might to stay under the radar, the scandals just keep piling on http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/24/radical-transformation/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/24/radical-transformation/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:47:01 +0000 Gabriela Perdomo http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=253179 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/24/radical-transformation/feed/ 0 Ollanta Humala once vowed to nationalize energy and mining. These days, he’s closer to Obama than Chavez. http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/24/boris-vs-ken-round-two/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/24/boris-vs-ken-round-two/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:04:01 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=253119 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/24/boris-vs-ken-round-two/feed/ 0 If it comes down to personality, Boris Johnson has Ken Livingstone beat http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/23/charles-manson-long-shadow/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/23/charles-manson-long-shadow/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:39:01 +0000 Charlie Gillis http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=253117 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/23/charles-manson-long-shadow/feed/ 0 The surprising life behind bars of the world’s most notorious cult murderer http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/19/world-cup-beer-battle/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/19/world-cup-beer-battle/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:34:01 +0000 Gustavo Vieira http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=251690 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/19/world-cup-beer-battle/feed/ 0 FIFA has a beer sponsor for the World Cup, but Brazil has a beer ban in stadiums http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/18/the-gandhis-dynastic-dilemma/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/18/the-gandhis-dynastic-dilemma/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:43:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=251684 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/18/the-gandhis-dynastic-dilemma/feed/ 0 The fabled Congress party is finding that the past just doesn’t sell anymore