The BBC and the Guardian both have interesting interactives showing how the tsunamis developed.

If you come across any other cool interactives, please leave a note below. [ /30 ]

The BBC also did a section in its year-in-review on blogs. I use the story as an opportunity to do some opining of my own.

First things first. The last two paragraphs of the BBC story might well be the most salient:

Four BBC journalists look back on the year that was in Africa: The good, bad and amusing news.

They also try to identify the emerging news from there in 2005.

A BBC journalist, who is Chechen, has put together a photo essay to try and show the human side of her damned little republic.

Here is the introduction:

The Globe and Mail's Andre Picard, an award-winning public health journalist and author, has written a useful article on how to make medical reporting better.

However, substitute the word  'health' or 'medical' for virtually another ...   more »

This NYT story talks about a new U.S. survey which finds that the average U.S. Internet user spends about three hours per day online -- a block of time which is cutting into (gasp!) TV watching ...   more »

This NYT article tells an interesting story about the gowing social instability in China over the ever-widening gap between rich and poor -- one exacerbated by corruption and cronyism.

Welcome to capitalism, folks!

Just saw this at Ianking.ca:  This Magazine's blog ranks Canada's political columnists -- I'm presuming it's a collectivist effort. :)

Here's the top of the class: