Politics

In January 2012, two British tourists were detained at LAX and deported after tweets about destroying America — slang Homeland Security didn't find funny.

Anurup and Sagarika Bhattacharya lost custody of their two children to Norwegian social workers in May 2011, igniting a clash of two countries' parenting norms.

How India stopped polio: one year with no cases by January 2012, removed from the WHO endemic list in February, and the 2-million-worker vaccination

Stephen Colbert's 2012 South Carolina presidential exploration was part joke, part media event, part real Super PAC exposing campaign-finance loopholes.

In January 2012, Indian media reported intelligence warnings that Lashkar-e-Taiba was training female operatives for attacks on India.

In the 2011 Czech census, 15,070 people declared their religion as 'Jedi.' The Force is strong in Central Europe — and the joke has a serious point about

On December 10, 2011, tens of thousands of Russians filled Bolotnaya Square in Moscow to protest rigged parliamentary elections — the largest

In December 2011, Kapil Sibal asked Google, Facebook, Yahoo, and Microsoft to pre-screen content for offensiveness. Why the pushback was immediate — and

In late 2011, the smart money said Barack Obama could not be re-elected with unemployment near 8 percent. Revisiting the case against him — and why it failed.

NATO helicopters killed 24 Pakistani soldiers at Salala on November 26, 2011; Pakistan called it unprovoked, ordered the US out, and froze a critical alliance.

On November 24, 2011, Harvinder Singh slapped Union Minister Sharad Pawar at a Delhi literary function, saying he acted in anger over corruption and price rise.

On November 24, 2011, the cabinet approved 51% FDI in multi-brand retail — then suspended the decision within days. The story of India's most politically

Reader Shubhli Bhalla reflects on the Manu Sharma case — the rich kid's famous line, the parents behind the entitlement, and who really deserves the blame.

November 2011: the IAEA's toughest Iran report yet, Israeli air-defense drills, and mysterious base explosions — the month the shadow war nearly surfaced.

Obama's November 2011 announcement of up to 2,500 US Marines rotating through Darwin — the opening move of the 'pivot to Asia' — drew an angry response from

Dubai's strict laws have landed Western tourists in jail for behavior that's harmless at home. Australia's DFAT published this survival guide for visitors

A provocative headline captures a cynical Pakistani attitude: the civil service as a route to personal wealth. The documented corruption numbers explain the

Many cities fine homeowners for grass over 10 inches. In 2011, one Michigan woman faced 93 days in jail over a vegetable garden — then the charges were dropped.

October 20, 2011: Muammar Gaddafi is captured and killed near Sirte as Libya's eight-month uprising claims his hometown.

They had no demands, they were all unemployed dropouts — the Occupy Wall Street myths, and what the movement actually changed.