- How much energy will Africa need as it grows richer and more populous? Lots. (H/t Pielke.)
- After 10 years in Afghanistan, a dramatically transformed German military.
- Clive Kessler says despite Abbott's soothing words, Malaysia won't quickly forget what he said in Opposition.
- Will oil shortages, or the threat of them, play any part in future wars? Lessons from a China-Taiwan scenario.
- A new study dramatically revises down the 2006 Lancet estimate of the number of Iraqis who have died in the war.
- What China thinks of the US government shutdown.
- On Monday we featured a trailer for a Chinese film A Touch of Sin. Here's an interview with director and screenwriteer Jia Zhangke and star Zhao Tao:
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