russia has been on the brink for a long time, and putin's attempt to co-opt this rather than debate it isn't helping.

(what cnn forgot to mention was that those protesters on the street were largely far-right nationalists, and that it's a youth-driven movement)
http://libcom.org/blog/police-arrest-1600-victims-anti-immigration-riot-moscow-14102013

http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/10/14/francois-hollandes-missteps-put-france-on-levant-sidelines/
http://jacobinmag.com/2013/10/tea-party-yankees/
http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/10/14/egypt-end-of-hope/
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/10/the-wwii-memorial-protest-sound-and-fury-signifying-nothing/280542/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24528306
http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/09012013/article/new-emotional-clues-to-human-and-ape-evolutionary-links