Chinese dissident and whistleblower Li Xin has disappeared in Thailand.

At least one of the Hong Kong publishers was apparently taken from Thailand. It appears that Thailand is basically unsafe for anyone that China wants to grab.

This resembles what the US did, kidnaping a man in Italy and sending him to Egypt to be tortured. One former CIA agent is going to be extradited to Italy for trial for this.

Global warming has caused sea level to rise at the fastest rate in the last 2,800 years.

It is not clear whether sea level rose faster 2,800 years ago, or we simply don't know how fast it rose then.

This study forecasts only 1.3 meters (4.3 feet) of sea level rise by 2100, but we don't know how much global heating will melt the Greenland ice cap in this century.

In any case, sea level will continue rising, and over centuries the rise could amount to 25 meters. Many of the world's major cities will be inundated.

Privatization of probation officers in the UK led naturally to mistreating them and the people on probation.

China has imprisoned a Tibetan blogger for reporting visible facts people were not supposed to talk about.

Africa's Forests 'Threatened by Palm Oil Rush'.