Market solutions? I like it! (via Nationalisation: Uruguay’s solution to its drug problem - Americas - World - The Independent)

(via Behind the Curtain | Iranian Graphic Designer Wins Prestigious Award - Tehran Bureau | FRONTLINE | PBS)

Yuck – and way to keep it neutral, HDN.

(via CAUCASUS - Armenians kill five Azerbaijani troops in border clash: Baku)

No more library.nu :( (via The disappearing virtual library - Opinion - Al Jazeera English)

The original gerry-mander

Tragic mining accident.
Fantastic photo.
(via Coal mine explosion in Ukraine - Telegraph)

scientificillustration:

The Orang Otan Simia satyrus

Armenian tourism plug in the Wall Street Journal??
Bribes, sex or scandal, I’m sure. (via Armenia’s Ancient Monasteries - WSJ.com)