A couple days ago I happened to pick up Andrew Bacevich's fascinating, yet frustrating book, American Empire. Though it is almost a decade old by now, the topic remains as controversial as ever.

Term limits prevent the reelection of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, currently the most popular second-term president in Brazil's history.

Twitter wears many hats. Anyone who stays abreast of international protests and politics knows that the "SMS of the Internet" has become an important rallying tool, a platform for dissent, and a crucial method for communication between activists when other forms of communication have been cut off.

Terrorists, it seems, are finding their way to the Far East. South Korean news agency Yonhap reported that a 31 year old Pakistani man was arrested for entering and exiting South Korea 17 times with a fake passport within the last seven years.

If you're planning a heist in the near future, you may want to use some common sense.