- Spain: Protesters defy ban with anti-government rallies--Rubber bullets, tear gas, agent provocateurs, and more budget cuts... oh my.
- Most Greeks feel new austerity measures are unfair: poll--And things are turning ugly.
- Crisis in social care costs Britain over £5bn a year
- Angela Merkel: Europe must stay the course with painful reform
- Germany's big worry is China, not Greece
- Depression, Suicides Rise as Euro Debt Crisis Intensifies
- Everything you wanted to know about the euro crisis (but were afraid to ask) --Or you can do it Twilight-style.
- Mainland tells UN Japan 'stole' disputed islands
- China's Brainwashed Youth - Manufacturing Hate in the 21st Century
- Hong Kong: Japanese couple attacked--"Anti-Japanese sentiment turned physical after a Japanese couple, walking along the Tsim Sha Tsui East waterfront, were battered by a Chinese man who quickly fled the scene."
- Anti-Japan Protests Reach Fever Pitch as Panetta Visits Beijing
- China cancels diplomatic event with Japan over islands
- China launches aircraft carrier amid rising tensions with Japan
- Audi Asked China Dealership to Remove Anti-Japan Banner--It said, "Even if the whole of China is covered with tombs, [we] must kill all Japanese; even if no grass grows in China…."
- Could Asia really go to war over these?--"The bickering over islands is a serious threat to the region's peace and prosperity."
- Japanese firms closing China plants--As a temporary measure to wait out the protests.
- Japan wants China to compensate for damages from protests
- Hundreds in Tokyo rally against China in island row
- Japan tried but failed to avert disaster in China dispute
- In Hong Kong Election, Democrats Gain Despite Pro-Beijing Rebound--Beijing was also trying to ram down patriotism classes down their throats.
- China is flexing its muscles: time to worry
- China: For Many Expats, It's Not Worth It
- Mural draws fire from China--The mural is in Oregon.
- Chinese protester opposing government takeover of village land 'is crushed to death by state-controlled road-flattening truck'
- In Quebec It's Official: Mass Movement Leads to Victory for Students
- Stephen Harper's democracy award a sad joke on Canadians--Half of them have given Harper a thumbs down.
- Canadian gets three months in jail for not serving in Israeli army
- Huge turnout for Catalan independence rally
- As Spain sinks, many in Catalonia want out
- Why Catalonia Isn’t Likely to Leave Spain Anytime Soon
- Statistical model suggests widespread fraud in Russian election
- Thai Deputy PM resigns amid corruption probe
- Police chief at heart of Bo Xilai scandal jailed for 15 years--A man reportedly being groomed for the country's leadership has been booted off the party.
- Indian cartoonist arrested on sedition charges after criticizing government corruption
- Vietnamese anti-corruption bloggers jailed--"Three prominent dissident bloggers have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms for 'conducting propaganda against the Socialist Republic of Vietnam'."
- German parliament bans laptops; members bring a typewriter
- A new breathalyzer law drives anger in France
- UK: Secret royal veto powers over new laws to be exposed--"Information commissioner orders release of guide to how Queen and Prince Charles must be consulted before laws are passed."
