BBC News: Malaysia massacre fight goes on

By Robin Brant; Full article may be read here

Another one of our gulags...

Fivethirtyeight.com: The Pope and the Planet

By: Nate Silver; Full article may be read here.

Nate Silver is more or less the most gifted 'cool-statistics' finder in the world. This is his latest gig.

Russians Bet on a Market for Dampening Dissent

A great example of the conflicting tendencies of capitalist ingenuity and authoritarian tendencies... there's Russia for you.

The New York Times: The Torturer's Manifesto

They detail how to fashion a collar for slamming a prisoner against a wall, exactly how many days he can be kept without sleep (11), and what, specifically, he should be told before being locked in a box with an insect.

Business Graduates Looking Beyond Wall Street

“A finance major who was minoring in music was suddenly looking into opening a jazz club. All of a sudden, I saw that a lot of Wharton people were interesting.”

EPA Clears Way for GHG Rules

BBC: No winners in Thai crisis

By: Jonathan Head. Full article can be read here.

If you want a better grasp on the situation, very good background article for lay-Asianists like me.

The New York Times: Realpolitik for Iran

By: Roger Cohen. Full article may be read here.

Stunning article. Lucid and creative.

In the recession, does advanced education really pay off?

Full story may be read here.

"In the same boat: A guy with a master's in international relations is working at a supermarket and just went on Medicaid. "

Why, oh why, did I give up my well-paid job to be unemployed and face $100k in debt?

IRIN: Kenya: Coalition cracks and armed militias threaten stability

By: IRIN; Full article may be read here

Once regarded as one of East Africa's most stable, prosperous countries, Kenya looks to be sinking fast. Meanwhile, the armed conflict in the North continues.

Corriere,della Sera: Votare per l'Europa. E sentirsi fessi

By: Beppe Severgnini, full artical may be read here:

Blogger Comment: My apologies for inserting another article in italian. 

Labels: Italy, European elections, op-ed, democracy

Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated By Spies

By Sioban Gorham; full article can be read here.

Blogger Comment: An interesting article with implications for Obama's energy plan (with USD4.2mn going to smart grid development) and an intriguing revelation coming on the heels of cyber espionage sourced in China and aimed at the Dalai Lama and others in SE Asia.

Paris liberation made 'whites only'

By: Mike Thomson. Full article can be read here.
This is not directly related to a current event, but I thought it is important that people should be aware of a story like this, even if it occurred at the end of the Second World War.

Washington Post: Obama calls for world without nuclear weapons

By: M.D. Shear and C. Whitlock; full article may be read here

For me this is a very long expected policy shift. How can you ever ask countries to respect the part of the NPT that prevents them from getting nuclear weapons, if the nuclear powers themselves don't respect art. 35 of the NPT that says they are committed to get rid of them? Very good pressure move in the game they're playing with Iraq, by the way.