- New figures from human rights groups in Syria find the death toll in that country's civil war has doubled from last year, putting estimates at over 310,000 killed.
- Support for the death penalty in the US has dropped to a 40-year-low according to the latest Pew Research Center survey, down to 56%.
- Chinese journalist Gao Yu has been sentenced to seven years in prison for leaking state secrets to a book publisher in 2014.
- German and Greek officials are beginning to consider what would happen to the eurozone if Greece really did exit the euro currency.
- New Zealand internet mogul Kim Dotcom is in trouble with the law again and could face deportation, this time for driving 150kph in a 50kph zone.
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. -- Benjamin Franklin
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