- 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.