Tuesday links: One-child policy, Star Wars, Mali, big data, nukes and more

2 April 2013 16:53

The 25 least visited countries in the world. North Korea is not as high on this list as you might think, but no.1 is a familiar name in the Australian media. (H/t Kottke.)
A reporter travels through Mali with French forces. Warning, the photos are gruesome.
Nice CNN infographic on the world's nuclear stockpiles.
Has China's infamous one-child policy worked?
650 million subscribers: Africa's mobile phone market now second only to South Asia.
Economist Cass Sunstein calls for simpler government.
A link-rich review of the latest research and thinking on big data.
Thirty years ago, Ronald Reagan asked, 'Wouldn't it be better to save lives than to avenge them?' Thus 'Star Wars' was born.

'Down and out down under'