John Dramani Mahama

An employee works with documents at the Russian State Archives.

From Russia with smut: Inside the Soviet Union’s porn collection

Global Scan

Russia allowed a rare glimpse inside its secret trove of porn, which Soviet officials snatched away from its citizens. Elsewhere, Ghana’s government sent a planeload of cash to its World Cup heroes in Brazil to end a pay dispute. And PRI’s The World answered all of your questions on the unfolding war in Iraq. That and more in today’s Global Scan.Russia allowed a rare glimpse inside its secret trove of porn, which Soviet officials snatched away from its citizens. Elsewhere, Ghana’s government sent a planeload of cash to its World Cup heroes in Brazil to end a pay dispute. And PRI’s The World answered all of your questions on the unfolding war in Iraq. That and more in today’s Global Scan.

Mars

Mission to Mars? Not if some Islamic clerics get their way

Global Scan