A map showing reported deaths in Syria since protests began at the beginning of the year contained some errors. The Golan Heights were located north of Damascus, some distance from the Israeli border. The city of Idlib appeared twice, once in its correct location and again near Hama. The same city, normally referred to in [...]
A Dec. 10 placeline and article about Canadian Special Forces who travel the world training foreign militaries to fight terrorism incorrectly stated the location of a conference on the future of special operations as Kingston, Jamaica. In fact, the conference was in Kingston, Ont. Link Report an error
No, that’s not Wisconsin. An ESPN screenshot grabbed by Darren Rovell: Thanks, Daniel! Report an error
“Ecuador asks: how much is the rainforest worth?” (News Review, last week) said a new oil field had been found in Yasuni national park “close to the Brazilian border”. Ecuador and Brazil do not share a border. The park borders Peru. Link Report an error
In an Aug. 11 “Slatest” blog post, Peter Fulham stated that Ellis Island is home to the Statue of Liberty. The statue is on Liberty Island. In the Aug. 8 “Well-Traveled,” a map mislabeled Germany and Austria. Link to both Report an error
A Herald Sun report about a mistake made by CNN during its coverage of Cyclone Yasi: US media giant CNN's reporting of Cyclone Yasi blew Queensland off the map, when it depicted the weather-ravaged state as being in Tasmania. The international news breaker was roundly mocked around the world, when its map of Australia on [...]
A previous Web version of this story incorrectly said North Korea instead of South Korea in reference to possible trade pacts. Link Report an error
The photo caption accompanying a front-page picture Thursday misplaced the city of Edinburgh. Although part of Great Britain, Edinburgh is in Scotland, not England. Link Report an error
A headline on a capsule summary in some editions on Monday about China’s new ambassador to North Korea misidentified the location of a weekend party welcoming him to the country. It was in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang — not, of course, in the South Korean capital of Seoul. (The article, which noted the [...]
An earlier version of the story incorrectly mentioned Moldavia as a fictional place. The error has been corrected. Link Report an error
In an article on 16 December 2009 about procedures that can be open to misuse to enhance performance in sport, we were wrong to say that the English Institute of Sport endorses “blood spinning”; it says it does not. “Blood spinning” describes a process in which a quantity of blood is taken from an athlete [...]
In “Underqualified for the Overrated” we incorrectly said that the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Stockholm. In fact, it is given in Oslo. We also said the Italian daily La Stampa is based in Rome. It’s based in Turin. NEWSWEEK REGRETS the errors. Link Report an error
Madonna : In Saturday’s Calendar, a Quick Takes item about Madonna being booed for comments in Bucharest about discrimination against Gypsies said Bucharest was in Hungary. Bucharest is in Romania. Report an error
Crossed consonants: the accidental substitution of an “r” for an “x” led to the incorrect labelling of Paros and Antiparos as “Paxos” and “Antipaxos” in our map of “Greece’s Hidden Corners” (Escape, 10 May), thus relocating the latter from the Ionian to the Aegean sea. And, furthermore, the capital of Turkey is Ankara, not Istanbul, [...]
In yesterday’s instalment of the World factfile series, Ukraine was incorrectly identified as Kazakhstan in a small map of the region on page 6, and Romania as Macedonia on page 21. Link Report an error
A Champions League football report said yesterday: “As Liverpool seized a two-goal lead inside 28 minutes, we were back in the remote moonscape of the Ataturk Olympic Stadium to the west of Turkey’s capital, an unlikely setting for a magical transformation” (Defiant Liverpool shine a light in the dark of sorrow, page 2 and 3, [...]
In an April 7 “XX Factor” post, E.J. Graff originally wrote that she wanted to run up to Burlington, Vt., to kiss every legislator who voted in favor of gay marriage. Vermont legislators work out of the state capital, Montpelier. Link Report an error
The Canadian Press moved a story April 3 that erroneously reported The Wilkins Ice Shelf was originally part of Jamaica. In fact the Ice Shelf, located on the western side of the Antarctic was originally the size of Jamaica. Thanks, Andrew! Report an error
We said that in 1709 “from Czechoslovakia in the east… everything turned to ice” (7 February, p 46). No such country existed in 1709. It was founded in 1918 and split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993. Link Report an error
“My trip to Canada is all fond kisses” (Comment, Scottish edition, last week) described the Fraser River as being in Halifax but it actually flows through British Columbia and reaches the Pacific near Vancouver. Halifax is on the Atlantic coast. Link Report an error
Pennsylvania Avenue: A map accompanying an article in Tuesday’s Section A about historic landmarks along Washington’s Pennsylvania Avenue showed wrong locations for an FBI building and the Willard Hotel. The FBI headquarters was shown in its present location on 9th Street, but at the time the bureau was spying on Martin Luther King it was [...]
Inauguration map: In a graphic on Page 7 of today’s special section on Barack Obama’s inauguration, a map of the National Mall area gave the wrong location for 1st Street. Also, a label for the White House should have been placed farther to the right. Link Report an error
WesternZagros Resources Ltd. operates in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, not the country of Kyrgyzstan. Incorrect information was published yesterday. Link Correction November 22: The above correction was originally attributed to the Guardian. In fact, it was published by the Globe And Mail. Thanks, Siobhain! Report an error
In some versions of this story, we incorrectly described New Mexico as “the swing state next to Nevada.” New Mexico and Nevada are not contiguous. Link Report an error
Afghan assassination: An article in Sunday’s Section A about the slaying of an Afghan provincial governor said the Taliban movement ruled Pakistan until late 2001, when it was toppled by a U.S.-led invasion. It was Afghanistan that the Taliban ruled. Link Report an error
