Liberia has come close to extinguishing transmission of Ebola virus.

Russian dissident Alexei Navalny was kept under house arrest with no legal grounds, so he has defied it.

A Pirate Party representative is in charge of a plan to rewrite copyright law for Europe.

The UK's problem, like that in the US and many other countries, is small government (and big corporations).

The .1% of richest in the US now own 22% of the wealth. Pseudo-recoveries, and ensuing bailouts, tend to benefit them the most.