Topic: London (England)

Nureyev's was a life of drama and dance

Rudolf Nureyev was a troubled man, a difficult friend, and an undisputed talent.

'A Golden Age' tells of a mother's love tangled by war

A Bangladeshi widow will do anything for her rebel children.

The Olympics in China: a moment for pride – and world scrutiny

Chinese officials are treating the Games as proud confirmation of their country's emergence as a global force to be reckoned with.

Terrorism & Security
Liberian war-crimes trial resumes for Taylor

The Hague boosted the defense budget for former Liberian president Charles Taylor in a signal to his supporters in Liberia and Sierra Leone that he will get a fair trial.

World

New on DVD: 'The Kingdom' and 'Eastern Promises'

'The Kingdom' offers up a foreign-policy lesson amid lots of gunfire. A London woman becomes deeply enmeshed in the inner workings of the Russian mafia in 'Eastern Promises.'

Global elections watch: All eyes on U.S. race

Who would foreigners like to see at the helm of the world's superpower – a Republican or Democrat?

Culinary lessons in Paris: less than totally dreamy

A journalist writes of her year at Le Cordon Bleu.

She'll always have Paris

Kathleen Flinn left the corporate world to pursue a dream – cooking in Paris.

New genre of literature hits bookstores – the 'Conditional Confession'

Look soon for such 'Con-Con' entries as, 'If me and a Few Other Guys Did It' by Lee Harvey Oswald.

Zip along with shared cars, bikes

The Zipcar and Flexcar merger, and cities' interest in bike-sharing, show openness to novel transit.

Backstory: Saving the planet, one car at a time

Switching an old convertible to run on plug-in power is tricky, expecially in front of an expectant crowd. Part 2 of two.