- China is offering a sizable bounty to the first person who reports porn websites.
- Egypt is preparing a formal request for the return of the Rosetta stone from a British museum.
- Some Somali pirates have created their own stock exchange. An investor can buy into a pirate ship and share in the bounty.
- Christmas trees have been banned at the Copenhagen climate conference because of the religious overtones. Of course, the real origins are pagan.
- Authorities are preparing to halt a baby-tossing festival in India.
- New Zealand heads the list of least corruptible countries, followed by Denmark and Singapore. The United States comes in nineteenth. Last place is Somalia with Afghanistan just a notch above.
- In Venezuela, police are responsible for 20% of the crimes.
- Egypt’s banning of veils and all-encompassing robes is creating tensions within its society.
