- The US is planning to give aid to Boko Haram and is pressuring Nigeria to appoint Boko Haram members to government offices.
- BBC’s Panorama has accused Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation of bribing Metropolitan Police Commander Ray Adams and Surrey Chief Inspector Lenh Withall to illegally publish the contents of Murdoch’s pay-per-view competitors. Adams and Withall are accused of founding the computer crime organization The House of Ill Compute on behalf of Murdoch. News Corporation is also the parent of Fox News.
- Syria’s rebels are expelling Christians from conquered areas.
- Fraud artists have broken into the US pension system database and have collected billions of dollars worth of fraudulent pension checks.
- China has forced Internet services Tencent and Sina Weibo to temporarily disable comments.
- Syrian forces crossed into Lebanon to attack rebel positions.
- Al-Qaeda’s forces continue their march through Yemen, seizing the town of Radum.
- The war between Sudan and South Sudan has flared up.
- John Howell, British Member of Parliament, has received numerous death threats for opposing the artillery bombardment of Israeli cities.
- The Taliban infiltrated a police unit in Paktia and killed nine of its members.
- Jacey Fortin provides an informative review of the scandal that brought down Chinese politician Bo Xilai.
- Tunisian liberals are condemning the United States for supporting the Muslim Brotherhood.
- The US Congress has rescinded an invitation to security analyst Bruce Schneier to discuss airport security policies. Schneier is a well-known critic of the current policies.
- Terrorism promoter George Galloway won election by claiming to be a Muslim and accusing his Muslim opponent of lacking faith. Until this campaign, Galloway was considered a socialist.
- Spanish police have arrested a man they accused of running a major al-Qaeda web forum.
- Sara Sidner and Mitra Mobasherat discuss the currency trade in Afghanistan.
- A Vietnamese court sentenced Christian priest Nguyen Cong Chinh to eleven years in prison for agitating against the government.
- A German court has fined an internet user 2,500 euro for blasphemy against Islam.
- A student at a state high school in Indiana has been expelled for cursing on the Internet.
- Private Eye Magazine accused Robert Fisk of habiutually fabricating stories.
- A US court has dismissed the most serious charges against the Hutaree militia.
- Canada will cease minting the penny due to inflation.
- Ron ben-Yeshai reports that the US government is publishing information on Israel’s military capabilities to allow Iran to prevent an attack on its nuclear weapons production facilities.
- Frank Rich discusses the US Republican Party’s hostility towards women.
- Nick Cohen discusses “How the Left turned against the Jews.”
- Lawrence King, David Stuckler, and Patrick Hamm argue that the policy of economic privatization led directly to economic depressions in the former Soviet states.
- Nick Bilton notes that putting one’s personal information on the Internet allows stalking and harassment.