The head of an opposition party in Burundi was assassinated during a protest.

Saudi Arabia and some other Middle East countries are sending lots of weapons to the non-PISSI enemies of Assad's Syrian government, which include al Qa'ida.

Qatar forbids Nepalese workers from going to Nepal for the funerals of their relatives.

One idea for stopping poaching of rhinos is to flood the market with artificial imitation rhino horn.

If the imitation is good enough to fool people, sellers will all switch to it. Since they are willing to wipe out a species illegally, they won't mind lying about the origin of their product. However, making the imitation that good may be difficult.

Many avenues are being pursued to reduce, eliminate or cure dengue fever.