* The week in world news: Serbia holds an election, Michelle Bachelet becomes president of Chile, and Slovaks go to the polls. * When passenger jets mysteriously disappear, conspiracy theories abound. * Cartoons on the Ukraine crisis. * Survey of modern Ukrainian literature provides context for recent weeks. * Drunk Canadian tourists, "covered in
* Army's chief prosecutor for sexual assault suspended for alleged assault at sexual assault legal conference. * Sixteenth-century artillery manual suggests strapping bombs to cats and doves. * Mr. Obama has fixed ideas about how best to pursue peace in the Middle East, and a far less solicitous style than
* Statistics show the ACT is gaining popularity among high school students; the SAT is remodeling itself to imitate it. * College women more likely to adopt eating disorders, dislike their bodies after using Facebook. * Graphic designer crowd-sources funding to produce an "average Barbie." * Sex after rape: Survivors of
* French scientists revive a huge—but harmless—virus after 30,000 years in the Siberian permafrost. * Related: The ancient virus sets the record for the longest a virus has remained alive. * World's oldest woman, 116, shares her secret to longevity: "Eat a good meal and relax."
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Evidence of diversity emerging in Northeast Tennessee, historically one of the United States’ most conservative, homogeneous regions.
* Kerry arrives in Kiev and offers $1 billion in loan guarantees, with sanctions to punish Russia coming later this week. * Mounting tension between Russia and Ukraine, in pictures. * John Oliver's satirical news podcast "The Bugle" blocked by China. * Views on gay marriage reveal new distinction between
* Ukraine is the latest example of Putin's top priority as president: To expand Russia's influence in Eurasia. * See also: how Ukraine lost its definite article. * By storing Russia's money, Europe has disabled its ability to stand up to Putin. * Special Economist report on democracy&
* UN reports 300,000 Nigerians uprooted and displaced as a result of Boko Harem violence. * Unlike Standard Oil and Carnegie Steel, Facebook and Google are everywhere and nowhere, making today's image of "the worker" similarly invisible. * President Abe reconsiders Japan's official apology to "
* January storms leave 21,341 sea birds dead off the coast of France, the country's worst bird "slaughter" since 1900. * Surge in U.S. teenagers with head lice blamed on group selfies. * Selfies from five cities compared for regional differences—gender, expressions, ages, even head tilt.
