Tibetan singers who praised self-immolation protests have been sentenced to prison.

A Tunisian singer was sentenced to prison for "insulting the police". He called them "dogs"; I think "thugs" is a more accurate description of how they attacked people at the end of the trial.

How Google and Silicon Valley Screw Their Non-Elite Workers.

More polio vaccination workers were shot in Pakistan by Islamist fanatics.

This parallels the Christian theocrats that keep girls ignorant so that they get pregnant, then kill them by denying them abortions. However, this is even more deadly, since it could keep polio a real danger world-wide.

The UK spied on diplomats' messages at G20 meetings in London in 2009.

It planned to snoop on a Commonwealth meeting too.

Nevada has decided to replace a pollution-spewing coal-powered electric plant with renewable generation.

This is a step in the right direction, but if the coal is exported to be burnt elsewhere instead, this won't make a difference as regards global heating. We need to reduce the total amount of coal mining in the world, and drastically.