Protesters in Thailand have been agitating for the last few months demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. The protests have grown increasingly violent as the anti-government movement believes that the Shinawatra government is corrupt and does not represent the interests of the urban population. The death of a prominent anti-government protester may force the government to cancel the scheduled election on 2 February. The protest movement does not believe that any election held under the auspices of the Shinawatra government can be fair.
NASA has released a video showing the changes in the temperature of the planet over a period of six decades. The evidence seems conclusive that temperatures have risen during that period. The video, however, does not give us any information about why the temperature has increased.
An historic agreement has been reached between the government of the Philippines and Muslim insurgents located primarily in the southern part of the country. Violence between the primarily Christian north and the Islamic south is long-standing, and the new agreement gives substantial autonomy to the southern province of Mindanao. This agreement is part of a process that was initiated in October of 2012. It is probably too soon to claim that the agreement has solved the dispute, but it is a substantial step forward.
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