Pro-Russian subversives in Georgia tried to fund a "Gay pride" rally to provoke attacks from bigots, which (they hoped) would create friction between Georgia and the west.

Georgia can make itself invulnerable from this direction by teaching Georgians that bigotry against gays is bad for the nation.

Urging people to "cheer up" when they are miserable makes them feel worse.

I have always found it frustrating to be subject to that sort of "help". I understand it as a demand, "Stop being a downer!"

Poachers in Africa are using poison that kills vultures. It is so effective that the vultures could be wiped out.

Libyan human rights advocate Salwa Bugaighis was assassinated.

Egypt has held Khaled Al-Qazzaz in prison without charges for a year based apparently on his having a government job under Morsi.