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A three-week-old baby elephant plays in the mud in its compound at the zoo in Munich, southern Germany.
Malhotra getting back up to speed
Vancouver Canucks' Manny Malhotra skates during hockey practice in Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday May 28, 2011. Malhotra, who is recovering from an eye injury and surgery after being struck in the eye by a puck during a game in March, has been cleared to play in the Stanley Cup Final. The Vancouver Canucks and Boston Bruins play game 1 of the NHL's Stanley Cup Final Wednesday.
B.C. Mountie facing assault charges has his pay withheld
Buddy Tavares in Kelowna, B.C., Jan10, 2011.
Will the real Roberto Luongo and Tim Thomas please stand up
Tim Thomas #30 of the Boston Bruins celebrates after they defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 1 to 0 in Game Seven of the Eastern Conference Finals during the 2011 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at TD Garden on May 27, 2011 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
The Merry Wives of Windsor: A gimmick-free merry time
From left: Lucy Peacock as Mistress Ford, Geraint Wyn Davies as Sir John Falstaff and Laura Condlln as Mistress Page in The Merry Wives of Windsor at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ont.
Blue Jays ensure Reyes's bizarre 'streak' comes to end
Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Jo-Jo Reyes pitchers against the Cleveland Indians during second inning AL action in Toronto on Monday, May 30, 2011.
Reyes finally cracks the win column
Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Jo-Jo Reyes gets gatoraded by Blue Jays catcher J.P. Arencibia while doing an interview after getting his first win against the Cleveland Indians during AL action in Toronto on Monday, May 30, 2011.
Shunning Hamas not just about Israel
Barry Rubin
Manny Malhotra has his best day
Vancouver Canucks' Manny Malhotra skates during hockey practice in Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday May 28, 2011. Malhotra, who is recovering from an eye injury and surgery after being struck in the eye by a puck during a game in March, has been cleared to play in the Stanley Cup Final. The Vancouver Canucks and Boston Bruins play game 1 of the NHL's Stanley Cup Final Wednesday.
Claims of sexual abuses in Tanzania blow to Barrick Gold
Dan Hamhuis applauds Hockey Canada's 'zero-tolerance' on head shots
Deaths put focus on prescription abuse
Brampton man faces murder charge in 10-year-old son's death
Higher snowpacks in B.C. increase risk of flooding
Forecasters fear a sudden heat wave could unleash a torrent of snowmelt into B.C.'s rivers.
Canucks are already the champs - in marketing
Ryan Kesler of the Vancouver Canucks waits for a pass along the sideboards as the Green Men look on.
B.C. premier uses legislature debut to get aggressive over shipbuilding contract
B.C. premier Christy Clark speaks to reporters following her swearing-in ceremony at the Legislature in Victoria on Monday May 30, 2011.
One-quarter of Canadian soldiers return from Afghanistan with mental-health problems
PM's farewell to Kandahar: 'Afghanistan is no longer a threat to the world'
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, right, serves lunch to Cpt. Francesca Scorsone of Toronto as he visits a forward operating base in the district of Sperwan Ghar, Afghanistan on Monday, May 30, 2011.
Guy Laroche: Commanding officer in Quebec's water wars
NDP leader Jack Layton, right, takes a walk along a street immersed in flood waters alongside St-Paul fire chief Gilles Bastien in the town of St-Paul-de-I'lle-aux-Noix, Que., Monday, May 30, 2011.
Exercise, diet, precautions are key in preventing seniors from falling
Broadmead Care Society resident Gene Seward walks through a hallway wearing track pants with a hip protector. A soft padded energy absorbent padding worn to prevent hip fractures.
Stakes high as Nova Scotia, B.C. premiers lobby for shipbuilding contracts
Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter.
Getting nervous about nuclear power
Blue Jays put Indians to the sword
Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Jo-Jo Reyes pitchers against the Cleveland Indians during second inning AL action in Toronto on Monday, May 30, 2011.
Blue Bombers sign Henoc Muamba
St. Francis Xavier's Henoc Muamba solidified his position as the top available linebacker in the draft. The six-foot, 230-pound native of Mississauga had a 4.72 40-yard dash time but was especially solid in the 1-on-1 drills and really impressed with his on-field quickness and tenacity. The 10th-ranked draft prospect captured the President's Trophy last year as Canadian university's top defensive player and is a potential first-round selection.
Quebec will challenge Harper's Senate reform bill in the courts
A view of the Senate chamber on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday Jan. 13, 2011.
Thrashers on verge of 'elite status'
Andrew Ladd #16 of the Atlanta Thrashers celebrates his goal against the New York Rangers during their game on April 7, 2011 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.
Ford wants court to delay review of his campaign expenses
Milan Lucic: hero and villain
Dobro (L) and Snezana (R) Lucic are Serbian immigrants who have lived in the same East Van house for 25 years seen here at their home May 30, 2010 are the parents of Boston Bruins' Milan Lucic who face off against the Canucks Wednesday night in game one of the final round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Harper won by targeting economy over 'pseudo' issues, Giorno says
Guy Giorno, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's chief of staff, appears before the Commons ethics committee on April 13, 2010.
Apparently 'Grandpa' just isn't good enough any more
Sarah Palin mystique finds new life
Konrad Yakabuski
Bionic Sami Salo
Roy MacGregor
Bruins adapt accordingly
Eric Duhatschek
Targeted killings a rising scourge in Pakistan
A hospital staff covers the bodies of men who were killed by unidentified gunmen after were they brought to Bolan Medical College in Quetta May 18, 2011.
Ford Bros. talk up Toronto's potential as NFL destination
Toronto mayor Rob Ford is photographed during an interview in his City Hall office on Dec, 21, 2010.
Toronto gets early start on 2012 Grey Cup plans
Argo QBs on the job in off-season
Toronto Argonauts quarterback Cleo Lemon launches a pass during first half CFL Eastern Conference Semi-Final action against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in Hamilton, Ontario on Sunday November 14, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Toll climbs in European E. coli outbreak
A farmer displays a cucumber cut in half in a greenhouse in Algarrobo, near Malaga, southern Spain May 29, 2011.
Parliament needs to discuss regime change in Libya
Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi poses after an interview with TRT Turkish television reporter Mehmet Akif Ersoy at the Rixos hotel in Tripoli March 8, 2011.
No limits on Senate reform
Is that a bubble in your beverage stock?
David Milstead
Flaherty to re-examine Canada's outlook
Renting v. buying a home: an affordability check
Attention train lovers: You know you want to sleep in a caboose
The caboose on Jason Thornhill's property in Mossleigh, Alta., is no ordinary railcar. The former Canadian Pacific caboose serves as a cabin that can be rented by the night or week.
The CDS + Alpha = TMX value equation
TMX Broadcast Centre manager Kris Backus pauses in front of the centre's display board in Toronto on Monday May 16, 2011.
Christy Clark, the HST and the BC Conservatives
B.C. Premier Christy Clark at her swearing-in as a member of the Legislative Assembly for Vancouver-Point Grey in Victoria on Monday May 30, 2011.
A portfolio packed with Canadian income stocks
Paranoia preventing reconciliation, Thaksin says
Thailand's former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra speaks during an interview in Dubai, May 27, 2011.
Renting v. buying your home: an affordability check
Rob Carrick
Canada keeps keen eye on Champions League final ahead of Gold Cup
Thai's Yingluck hoping to ride on brother's coattails
Tech giants that still offer a bang for your buck
John Reese
Beckie Scott selected to Canadian Ski Hall of Fame
FILE--Canadian cross-country skier Beckie Scott displays her gold medal she was awarded at a ceremony in Vancouver, Friday, June 25, 2004. The expulsion of two Russian cross-country skiers for doping violations upgraded the bronze Scott won in the women�s five-kilometre pursuit on Feb. 15, 2002, in Salt Lake City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Bolin
Hyderabad throws down the high-tech gauntlet
Microsoft India employees play ping pong in the global technology giant's campus in Hyderabad
Natural gas: the turnaround kid in waiting
Workers change drilling pipes on a natural gas rig near Towanda, Pa.
Showing signs of revival, Rogers at a turning point
Skot Kortje
Yellow Media shares sink to all-time lows
February 3, 2006-- Workers pass by a Yellow Pages reference room in their Montreal offices on February 3, 2006. For Business. Globe and Mail/Christinne Muschi
Track and field records tumble in Guelph
Italian bond sale takes the heat off Rome
A protester sprays graffiti of Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou during a rally against a new austerity package in Athens Monday.
Fashion photos of the week: May 30
The Canadian consumer: Big debts, heftier costs of living
Michael Babad
Vancouver police taser, tackle sword-wielding man who rode transit train for 10 stops
A man (seen at right) brandishes a sword wrapped in a red covering at the intersection of Burrard St. and West Georgia St. in downtown Vancouver, May 30, 2011.
Thrashers owner indicates end is near
That Summer in Franklin, by Linda Hutsell-Manning
What a postal strike means
Shaw Festival's acting ensemble shines in two plays
Corrine Koslo as Constance Constantia and Thom Marriott as Hector de la Mare in "Drama at Inish: A Comedy"
Party photos of the week: March of Dimes
Bob Woodruff
Malcolm McDowell, 40 years after 'A Clockwork Orange'
Malcolm McDowell in the 1971 film "A Clockwork Orange" (left) and last week at the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France.
Halifax exhibition looks at gay subculture at sea in 50s and 60s
Jo Stanley, co-author of the book, "Hello Sailor: The Hidden History of Gay Life at Sea," displays part of a travelling exhibit at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax on May 18, 2011.
Adam Lind closing in on return
Toronto Blue Jays infielder Adam Lind. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
LinkedIn IPO 'mispriced,' investor charges
LinkedIn Corp. displays its logo outside headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.
Montgomerie, Fisher miss out on U.S. Open spots
Colin Montgomerie
Bombers take receiver Kito Poblah first in CFL's supplemental draft
Floods continue in east Montana, threaten more of U.S. Midwest
In pictures by Peter Power
Someone has placed a "hopes" sign high in a tree at Bellevue Square, near Kensington Market.
Dollar recovers, manages small gain
Rob Ford calls toll road idea 'nonsense'
North and south Sudan to negotiate end to Abyei crisis
South Sudan's Vice President Riek Machar speaks at a news conference after meeting north Sudan's Vice- President Ali Osman Mohamed Taha in Khartoum.
Cooling the symptoms of menopause
A worker prepares traditional Chinese herbal medicines at Beijing's Capital Medical University Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital May 25, 2011. The hospital distributes around 20,000 prescription doses daily, more than five tonnes of ingredients, from their stock of 600 different types of plants, herbs, and animal organs. Almost all traditional Chinese herbal medicine has been banned from sale in European Union (EU) countries since May 1, following the implementation of the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive that was originally passed in 2004. Under the guidelines, all herbal medicinal products are required to obtain a certificate before entering the EU market, and have a history of at least 30 years, including 15 years in EU regions. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS)
The close: Commodities lift TSX
A general view of the TSX Broadcast Centre in Toronto.
Greasing the wheels at transit stations
Vancouver's Skytrain passes over the intersection of Broadway and Commercial.
Should a woman buy her own engagement ring?
Kim Kardashian shows off her engagement ring at AmberLounge Fashion Monaco 2011 on May 27, 2011 in Monaco.
Same culprits will cause new crisis: Mobius
Uranium miners slip on Germany's nuclear exit
This handout photo received 13 February 2007 courtesy SXR Uranium One Inc. in Toronto, shows the SXR Uranium One Dominion processing plant in Klerksdorp, South Africa. Canadian mining group SXR Uranium
My nephew's birth gave me hope
Ralph Frederick Martin
Ralph Frederick Martin
Almost half of Facebook users have profanity on their pages
In this Feb. 11, 2011 photo, a Facebook page is seen on a computer in Montpelier, Vt. Facebook on Thursday, Feb. 17, added civil unions and domestic partnerships to the list of relationships that its users can pick from to best describe their romantic status.
Party photos of the week
Inge Spindel and Michael Klax at 36 Hazelton
In pictures: Harper's surprise visit to Kandahar
Oil: The biggest economic risk
New ETFs arrive for investing in agriculture
Don Vialoux
How battle for Baffinland ended in compromise
Bruce Walter
Festival TransAmériques: There's at least one Bonanza
A scene from "Bonanza"
Booked your tickets? Time to book an appointment with your doctor
Jay Keystone of the Tropical Diseases Clinic at Toronto General Hospital says travellers should look into medical precautions.
NPAC pictures of the year 2010 by Globe photographers
A boy with autism hides his face during in a special needs class at Market Lane School in Toronto. Children with autism are rare to make eye contact.
First place photo story of the year from NPAC
B.C. unconvinced by Clark's HST changes
Protesters on the front lawn of the B.C. legislature before the Throne Speech in Victoria August 25, 2009 protesting the HST.
E3 2011 preview
A member of the media using a video camera records the front entrance of the Los Angeles Convention Center in preperation for the E3 Expo on June 5, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. The Electronic Entertainment Expo officially starts on Tuesday.
The Numi toilet: Chinese design for a global market
The Numi toilet, showing illuminated panels
Avril Lavigne criticized for swearing during baseball-game gig
Avril Lavigne threw out the first pitch at the Tampa Bay Rays' home game on Saturday in St. Petersburg, Fla. Later she threw out her good manners and swore at the audience.
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