Pentagon accuses Russia of ‘playing with fire’ over nuclear threats towards Nato – Europe – World – The Independent

“Anyone who thinks they can control escalation through the use of nuclear weapons is literally playing with fire.”

via Pentagon accuses Russia of ‘playing with fire’ over nuclear threats towards Nato – Europe – World – The Independent.

Burundi vice president flees, students break into US embassy – France 24

Maybe the US is not as universally hated as it is sometimes led to believe.

Ignoring armed US Marines watching from the roof of the US mission, around 200 students climbed under the gate and over the wall before sitting inside the compound with their hands raised.

via Flash – Burundi vice president flees, students break into US embassy – France 24.

BBC Blogs – Internet Blog – List of BBC web pages which have been removed from Google’s search results

This is, by far, the most interesting piece of news I’ve seen today. For all it’s faults, I’m glad the BBC has decided to publish this.

Google removed a large number of links from its search results, including some to BBC web pages, and continues to delist pages from BBC Online.

via BBC Blogs – Internet Blog – List of BBC web pages which have been removed from Google’s search results.