Need to know:
British police have nabbed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on suspicion of rape. Assange, who denies the charges, has threatened to release many more diplomatic cables if legal action is taken against him or his organization.
More than 100 people are thought to be trapped underground after landslides in Bello, Colombia. Rescue efforts had uncovered 23 bodies by Tuesday, and President Juan Manuel Santos will visit the mountainside area instead of going to the Cancun climate conference, even though climate change is likely to blame for his country's tragedy.
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Want to know:
As Haiti waits for the results of its dysfunctional presidential election, GlobalPost takes a look at another one of the country's good ideas gone wrong: Camp Corail. Haiti's only "official" camp, Corail was touted as the government's solution to providing earthquake survivors with a permanent and legal setting. Instead, it has quietly become a symbol of the government's ineptitude.
Nineteen countries - not to mention the U.N. human rights chief - have said they will boycott Friday's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony for Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, but only one has called the Nobel committee "interfering clowns." Find out which one, and who else is staying away..
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Dull but important:
China hits back under pressure from the U.S. to rein in its ally North Korea. Urging dialogue, China said Tuesday that responsibility for maintaining peace on the Korean peninsula should be "shouldered by all parties in the region."
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Just because:
When the film "Swastika" was shown at the 1973 Cannes festival, someone threw a chair at the screen. Why? The film shows Adolf Hitler, the personification of evil, cuddling his dog, playing with children and discussing "Gone with the Wind." But times have changed. Are Germans ready now to see Hitler as human?
Shanghai's been hitting the books. With China's debut in international standardized testing, Shanghai students stunned onlookers by outscoring their counterparts in dozens of other countries.
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Wacky:
A wild boar tore through a small-town butcher shop in Germany, causing more than $6,000 in damages. The shop's owner takes consolation in the fact that he will make up part of his losses by selling slices of the slain beast - as ham and wurst.
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| GlobalPost invites: This Thursday at noon, GlobalPost will host a free web-chat with our Iran correspondent, Jason Rezaian. He'll "talk" about the increasingly tense situation in Iran - with nuke negotiations, a bomb targeting nuclear scientists, WikiLeaks allegations and the shadowy Stuxnet virus.
If you'd like to join us, please email passport@globalpost.com for instructions.
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