Confucius is rehabilitated in China.

Canadian Broadcast Standards Council proscribes the original version of 'Money for Nothing' (Dire Straits) for its use of the word 'faggot'.

Michel Gondry is making an animated film documentary about Noam Chomsky. I wonder if this bit of William Buckley's suave nastiness makes in.

The story of art group Voina (pronounced 'Vi-' as in 'vi-king' + 'nu' as in 'nutty') is now partially presented in English here. On January 14, Leonid Nikolaev was denied bail on the grounds that
his certificate of emplyment lacked official letterhead, and that the party providing the bail money was unknown to the court.

Also, openspace.ru reports: The Prosecutor's office in Perm will likely impose a fine on the Perm Museum of Modern Art (PERMM) because of the recent exhibit by Leonid Yuschenko which depicts cops doing silly things. Technically, the depiction of the Russian flag is in question; indeed, it would be just too ridiculous if the same article of Criminal Code was used as the one imputed to Voyna (aggression against specific social group). Perhaps, defense can adduce as an exculpatory evidence depiction of God the Father in some Russian churches.

102 pilgrims die in a stampede at a religious ceremony in India, when a car ran into a human multitude on a narrow forest path.