The Campaigners Who Won't Forget the Schoolgirls Kidnapped by Boko Haram.

Rescuing prisoners is difficult and risky. The government could do a better job of fighting Boko Haram, but freeing the girls will be possible only with a lot of luck.

A Chinese version of Android has a universal back door.

In fact, nearly all models of mobile phone have a universal back door in the modem chip. So why did Coolpad bother to introduce another? Because this one is controlled by Coolpad.

Some kinds of birds know enough to avoid getting hurt by offshore windfarms.

US citizens: call for cancellation of the planned pointless and destructive road through the Tongass National Forest.

Palestinian bus drivers in Jerusalem face attacks from Jewish bigots; there is an attack every day. 100 bus drivers have quit because of the danger.

The media talk about Palestinians that attack Israeli strangers, not mentioning that it goes the other direction too.

But it's not always random bigotry. A Palestinian woman was shot by a soldier after she stabbed an Israeli — but she says she was defending herself from him.