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British women face 'drug mule' charges in PeruThe case of two British women charged with smuggling cocaine out of Peru could become a diplomatic row like a similar case between Mexico and France.
'L'art pour l'art': How Montreal became a street performance meccaHome to Cirque du Soleil, Montreal draws performers from around the world, and the Canadian government is throwing its financial support behind its thriving art hub.
New Fukushima radioactive leak 'serious'More than two years after a massive earthquake and tsunami caused a nuclear disaster at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the embattled operator is stuck in damage-control mode.- Swedes rise in 'hijab outcry'Racial tension has been on raw display in recent months across Europe, but in Sweden an outraged public is fighting back.
Prince William dishes about his first month as a dadHe may be the future king of Britain, but for now Prince George of Cambridge is just a little 'rascal,' he says. 聽
Explosion at Mumbai port sinks Indian submarineA series of explosions aboard a Russian-built Indian naval submarine partially sank the vessel. This is the 2nd explosion on a Russian-made sub in India in 3 years. 聽
North Korea agrees to restart Kaesong Industrial ComplexWhen North Korea shut down the industrial park it jointly maintained with South Korea in April, it ratcheted tensions to a new high.听
China heat wave: Beware of 'spontaneously' combusting trees and billboardsAs China endures its hottest summer in more than half a century, the Monitor's correspondent is still biking around Beijing.听
A European Union united by road, but divided by tollsDriving across Europe may not require a visa, but that doesn't make it free.
Fukushima nuclear emergency stands, 2 years after quakeFukushima nuclear power plant: Officials say they don't know how 10 workers at the plant were sprayed with radioactive water recently.听
Family of American held in North Korea asks US to step up efforts to free himAnalysts say that North Korea may be holding out for a high-profile visitor from the US before allowing Kenneth Bae鈥檚 release.
India aircraft carrier: New Delhi launches first home-built carrierIndia aircraft carrier INS Vikrant makes New Delhi only the fifth country to build its own.
Britain threatens Spain with legal action on GibraltarBritain said聽it might try to force Madrid to abandon tighter controls at the border with the contested British overseas territory of Gibraltar.
Nazi-era war criminal dies awaiting justiceHungarian police officer Laszlo Csatary allegedly helped deport more than 15,000 Jews to a Nazi death camp. He was arrested in 2012 鈥� 65 years after being sentenced in absentia.
Nagasaki bombing: Remembering - and starting to forget - its legacyNagasaki bombing: Sixty-eight years ago, the US dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city, just three days after the attack on Hiroshima.
Good Reads: From domestic violence, to lion survival, to the cost of MedicareIn this week's round-up of Good Reads includes fighting domestic violence, a look at how lions survive, why apps can't end poverty, Greek youth unemployment, and the Medicare panel that decides your health-care costs.
North Korea lifts ban on South Korean workers at joint industrial complexThe Kaesong Industrial Complex, shuttered earlier this year, is one of the only areas of cooperation between rivals North and South Korea.
Kazakhstan's unnoticed journey from Soviet nuclear dangerMonitor writer Ben Arnoldy visited one of Kazakhstan's active nuclear reactors near the country's largest city, where batches of toxic uranium were stockpiled as recently as 2009.
Khodorkovsky still in Russian prison 鈥� but not for long?The dissident billionaire has been in prison since a widely criticized 2005 show trial. But the length of his sentence keeps changing.
Turkey issues sentences in Ergenekon coup plotTurkey's government critics say the Ergenekon case is an attempt to stifle dissent, but supporters say it is a victory for democracy because it sidelines the military.
