barbara walters

Newsmakers: Ségolène Royal is back

Kathy Gannon recovers from an attack in Afghanistan, and the Pistorius trial is hard to stomach

After 50 years on television, Barbara Walters announces her retirement

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Newsmakers of the week

Sonia Sotomayor hits Sesame Street, Robert Mugabe is the new Cecil Rhodes, plus a king-in-not-waiting

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Tiger’s tale

COLBY COSH: Why didn’t Woods’s story about kindergarten assault raise any eyebrows before now?

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Wendy Mesley come on down

On two major U.S. networks, women now anchor the evening news. CBC might want to think about that.

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an affair to remember, unwillingly

Usually I try to be funny. On rare occasion I attempt to make a point. But today? Today I am here to help. This is a serious time and collectively we are confronted by a very serious challenge.