Tunisia's Kasserine marks first anniversary of the revolution, Pakistan fires defense secretary amid escalating crisis, Iran accuses Israel of assassinating nuclear scientist in Tehran, and more.
Guantanamo Bay prison still in use despite Obama's campaign promise, Syria's Assad blames unrest on "foreign conspiracy," Yemeni masses reject US-backed immunity law, and more.
(LinkAsia: November 4, 2011) China is restricting the amount of entertainment television that can air each week. Charlie Custer tells us Chinese netizens are not amused. Contributor: Charlie Custer
Catherine Mulbrandon, creator of the blog Visualizing Economics, illustrates the distribution of income in the US, comparing the earnings of the top one percent to those of the bottom 99.