Moscow police on Saturday briefly detained several opposition leaders as well as a dozen other activists while they were protesting against the intensifying crackdown on Russian opposition.The world is so strange lately. Authoritarians are rearing up their ugly heads, worldwide. It's like a plague.
About 270 miners were charged Thursday with the murders of 34 striking colleagues who were shot by South African police officers, authorities said, a development that could further infuriate South Africans already shocked and angered by the police action.Up is down. Black is white. I can't even be shocked by this authoritarian world anymore. It's here, it's there, it's everywhere. Just ask Pussy Riot.