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Road salt levels fell ‘perilously close’ to running out last winter

The end of the battle for Kosovo | Simon Tisdall

The fine art of making a drama out of a crisis | Nick Cohen

Nelson Mandela gives World Cup a dream finale with a wave and a smile

Spain: Religion, costumes and conquests – all a town needs to party

UK attempt to ban the burka would be disproportionate and intolerant | Michael White

Arne Nordheim obituar

G20 accord: you go your way, I’ll go mine

Is there an end in sight in Afghanistan? | Robert Fox

Russia unveils ski resorts plan for troubled north Caucasus

Jimmy Dean obituary

Rat fur: the latest fashion accessory

Is Sochi Safe Enough for the Olympics? (Time.com)

Russian Olympic scam exposed

Tea Party ousts veteran Republican Bob Bennett in Utah

Music mogul Cowell backs Tories (AFP)

Beehives face ‘catastrophic’ decline

Letters: Social justice and public services on the line

Core inflation dips as travel costs ease (Reuters)

Iceland volcano: imagine a world without planes

Embedded war reporting cannot escape its own bias | Alison Banville

Angelie Jolie, Brad Pitt in surprise visit to Sarajevo (AFP)

Bob Dylan cancels Asia tour after Beijing rejection: report (AFP)

Survivors shiver in Turkey after quake kills 51 (AP)

Vancouver medals in condom distribution

Medvedev rips Olympic ‘fat cats’

Games’ legacy: Canadian resiliency

Korea’s Lee gifted men’s 10,000m gold (AFP)

Canada’s McIvor wins women’s ski cross gold (Reuters)

Partying Vancouver really in the Games groove (Reuters)

Europe and Asia sweep medals as U.S. falters (Reuters)

Japanese oldie’s golden dreams never die (AFP)

In London, PPQ proposes short shorts for winter (AP)

Olympic luger buried in Georgia

Vancouver Olympic Volunteers: Unpaid Job Draws Global Help (Time.com)

Canada’s Montgomery wins men’s skeleton gold (Reuters)

Amy Williams sets new track record, set for gold (AFP)

Canada’s Ricker wins women’s cross gold (Reuters)

Warm temps hit some Olympic events

Games first golds won in wake of tragic death (Reuters)

Whistler track reopens day after luger Nodar Kumaritashvili death (The Christian Science Monitor)

Death overshadows Olympic ceremonies

Luger killed in Olympics practice crash

25 Winter Olympic Athletes to Watch (Time.com)

Whistler and Vancouver: a tale of two Winter Olympics (The Christian Science Monitor)

Oil rises above $75 as traders eye stocks, dollar (AP)

Cash-strapped Brits happy to be at Games (AFP)

Nanjing picked as 2014 Youth Games host (AFP)

Vancouver’s drug problem

UN supports Olympic Truce

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