A Ukrainian rebel leader claims to have 1200 soldiers who were trained in Russia, as well as 30 tanks.

They could not have captured 30 tanks from the Ukrainian army in that area. If the claim is true, most of those tanks must have come from Russia. Perhaps Russia captured Ukrainian tanks in the Crimea and sent them to Ukraine.

Al Sharpton exhorted Ferguson protesters to avoid weakening their case by engaging in crimes such as looting.

This is wise advice: blacks of the 60s won advances in civil rights through discipline, and protesters today need discipline too.

Since then, a curfew has been imposed. I don't expect the protesters to disperse quietly just because someone told them to.

China released human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng from prison, starved and with smashed teeth.

His teeth fell out because he was given limited food. He was tortured both physically and mentally. Now he can hardly speak.

Apple is storing the data of iThing users in China on servers in China.

Since Apple can extract lots of personal data from an iThing remotely, I think Apple will have great difficulty refusing when China demands that it do so.

How US media spin the civilian casualties in Gaza — including claiming that civilians working for Hamas in non-military roles count as combatants.