One of the many French thinkers who felt the impact of Claude Lévi-Strauss's work was the sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, who explained in a television interview that he had read his books as a "sort of practical anti-racist manifesto."

A blogger following Iranian social networks says that Charlie Chaplin's passionate denunciation of dictatorship in the 1940 film "The Great Dictator," with added Farsi subtitles, is popular at the moment.

If journalism is the first draft of history, what is a Wikipedia entry when it is updated within minutes of an event to reflect changes in a person’s biography? This is the very live issue that cropped up in a heated argument on the discussion page...

On the eve of the first anniversary of the Mumbai attacks, chilling audio excerpts from intercepted phone calls, apparently between the attackers and people directing them from afar during the assault continue to unsettle.

Rom Houben, a Belgian man who spent 23 years lying motionless in bed, suffering from complete paralysis that was misdiagnosed as the result of a coma, was discovered to have been fully conscious three years ago by a doctor using new brain-scan technology.

There were only scattered reports of flight delays Wednesday morning, most due to rainstorms. But with inexperienced travelers packing the terminals today, it still may not be easy to get anywhere with dispatch.

Qaddafi plays the unlikely role of mediator in a growing rift between Algeria and Egypt.

In the aftermath of an election-related massacre, a Filipino journalist said that the Philippine government has "created a monster" by arming clan-based militias to combat Muslim rebels in the country's southern provinces.