The Atlantic | There were many odd things about my recent Havana stopover (apart from the dolphin show, which I'll get to shortly), but one of the most unusual was Fidel Castro's level of self-reflection. […]

Ubergizmo | It is unlikely that Alexander will be successful at mitigating criticism against the government for not being responsive enough to cyber-security vulnerabilities. […]

Europarl | Mr. Farage gets on Barroso's case for his State of the Union. […]

UPI | A decline in the world's bee population has been accompanied by a drop in pollination critical to the world's food supplies, a Canadian researcher says. […]

Christian Science Monitor | South Korea on Wednesday reluctantly joined the US-led drive for sanctions against Iran after an internal struggle that pitted financial interests against diplomatic interests – and strained the US-Korean alliance. […]

Alliance for Natural Health | The CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) figures shows that in 2001, there were only 257 deaths directly attributable to flu. […]

Lauren Fisher | In a letter to its members last week, Associated Press made the announcement that bloggers should be cited as a news source. […]

The Star | Movie fan Martin Smith landed in court on a racism charge after he downloaded part of the soundtrack from the 1980s comedy film Rita, Sue and Bob Too! and installed it as a ringtone on his mobile. […]