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

Sam Roggeveen
Published 2 Apr 2013 16:53   0 Comments  
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  • 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.

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