The Current from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Hilary Clinton is all about connectivity and is re-inventing diplomacy - 140 characters at a time. Today we're @Twiplomacy ... that place in cyberspace where a diplomat who is all thumbs, is in fact the most connected. This first-ever study on the use of Twitter in politics and diplomacy gives a thumbs up to the Obama administration. And though our Prime Minister got his twitter handle long before many, world leaders critics say Canada is missing real opportunities to tweet itself into new territory on the diplomatic front.

South African miners say they can barely survive on their wages in a country fueled by the mining industry, where decades after apartheid White workers make an average of 8-times a Black workers' salary. Critics of the government say the miners are emblematic of a wider problem, of poverty and inequality that the ANC was supposed to address long ago. We're looking for answers today.

Canada's door to diplomacy with Iran has been slammed shut. What is less clear are the implications and what may have triggered this action by the Canadian government at this time. Today we speak with the last Canadian Ambassador to Iran and the wife of an Iranian-Canadian on death row in Tehran.

There are concerns that police in certain Ontario police departments have or are using steroids. Steroids aren't illegal but the buying, selling and production of the controlled substances are against the law. And steroids can lead to very aggressive and erratic behaviour. The CBC"s Dave Seglins brings us this story.

Economists refer to the free market as the invisible hand. But according to Michael Sandel, it's become more like a scratching claw. Michael Sandel says market ideology has come to shape, mould and influence parts of our lives and societies where it has no proper place.

Rob Ford is facing a conflict of interest allegation, which could actually result in Ford being kicked out of office. Setting aside the fact that the Rob Ford story is really the only Toronto story the rest of the country enjoys hearing about, we ask the question today: Is it time for Ford to go?

Meet the Canadian who's taking on what may be the toughest job in diplomacy. Mokhtar Lamani is heading to Damascus to see what can be done to stop the chaos.

A young Christian girl is accused of blasphemy. Not far away, an Imam sits in another cell accused of framing her for the crime. Some activists believe the case shows how troubling the law is. But debating blasphemy in Pakistan can be lethal.

An armed man drives to Montreal, tries to enter the auditorium where a crowd celebrates political victory and then after one man is killed and another injured, he shouts a political statement as police take him away. Was the incident at Pauline Marois' victory rally simply a random act of violence? Or something motivated by the politics of the day? Should we even be asking?

This morning Quebec is facing the aftermath of a dramatic night. Jean Charest is ousted. The province has chosen the Parti Quebecois to govern (with a minority). And in a troubling turn of events -- a fire, and shots are fired inside the venue where she's delivering her acceptance speech. One man is dead, another critically injured. An historic night in Quebec politics suddenly thrown into the turmoil of a shooting and a killing.

There's a phrase for it in Afghanistan, the "Green-on-Blue Attack" when Afghan police or army troops turn on the international soldiers training them. There have been 34 such attacks this year, 12 just last month. With the U.S. suspending its training, the questions are flying … Is the training of Afghan security forces a waste of time? We debate this today.

Our project "Line in the Sand" explores the increasing push for access to drugs that are unproven for patients fighting death. Perhaps for loved ones, there is no line but for doctors and the drug makers there are Lines ...and there are Laws ... and there are Exceptions.

Wars don't get much more confusing than the one that still shakes the ground in Afghanistan. You can't tell enemy combatants from farmers. Battlegrounds lack front lines. Into that whirlwind stepped the Canadian army and with them Captain Robert Semrau. His second combat tour in 2008 became his last. Robert Semrau has written a book about his days serving with OMLeT, the operational mentor liaison team... an inside, provocative and sometimes gruesome account. He's never spoken publicly about the incident that ended his military career, but today Robert Semrau shares his story.

Robert Spitzer, a well known U.S. psychiatrist, conducted a study more than a decade ago which concluded gay people could be converted. This spring he admitted the study was faulty and apologized to the gay community. Now, despite the damage done, Dr. Robert Spitzer is looking for redemption.

Voters in Quebec head to the polls in a hard-fought provincial election. Political observers say whatever happens in Quebec City will have ripple effects in Ottawa, especially for the Official Opposition. And ... our fulminating front man, Stephen gets the Last Word today.