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In Consent of the Networked, Rebecca MacKinnon investigates how the governments and corporations that control the digital world can impinge on civil liberties.

Celebrated Syrian novelist Khaled Khalifa died at age 59 in Damascus. An important figure in contemporary Arabic literature, he was known for his outspoken nature and proclivity to critique power.

Gen. Pervez Musharraf won re-election as Pakistan's president Saturday. Attention promptly shifted to Pakistan's Supreme Court, which still must rule on whether it was legal for the general to run for office while still in uniform. The election and turmoil leading up to it has meant little to ordinary Pakistanis.

India's Supreme Court began hearing a case of a gas pricing dispute Tuesday. It's hoped that the court decision can settle a long-running family feud between two of Asia's richest businessmen. Mukesh Ambani controls Reliance Industries; his younger brother Anil heads Reliance Natural Resources. The Reliance business empire was split between the brothers after their father's death.

One large group of protestors marched in support of Palestinians, and sat down in the rotunda of a congressional office building chanting and singing.

Medieval Murder Maps is an interactive website that gives insight into how people were killed in medieval London, York and Oxford.

If you see a body floating down the Ganges, it's usually safe to assume it's dead. Devout Hindus deposit the remnants of their dead into the river, as they believe it purifies the soul. But don't be too sure. Body-surfing has arrived in this, the holiest of waterways.

One family runs India's Congress Party. The party heads the coalition government and is battling to stay in power. Voting begins this week in India's general election, so the family is going around the country campaigning. But there's a family feud.

For the past month, India has been holding a general election. With it seems to have come a lot of noise — at least from TV anchors. And it just happens that this time of year, the temperatures there are sweltering. So where do men in India go to escape the heat and noise?

The Texas Rangers advance to the World Series after defeating the defending champion Houston Astros 11-4 Tuesday night in Houston to win the American League pennant.