Islamist fanatics killed two polio vaccinators in Pakistan.

This is an extreme example of the harm religion does to society.

Three (or more) factions are now fighting over Libya.

I am not sure whether there is a basis to prefer any one of them to the rest.

The EU has taken a feeble first step towards controlling CO₂ emissions from ships, but it won't even start until 2018.

Charging a fee for emissions would cover this naturally; shipping any load by air or sea should be charged for the emissions involved.

In Egypt 78 teenagers were sentenced to prison for protesting for Morsi.

Deforestation in Brazil has become substantially less this year.

It is not clear why.