We are the World

"British man on round-the-world sailing trip with wife battered to death by Burmese pirates." The boat was called Mr. Bean. But they didn't kill him for his boat, they killed him for the dinghy. The Daily Mail.

P.S. China blocks YouTube. North Korea warns against UN action to block missile launch (why bother--UN action? He has Obama pegged, though doesn't he.) China has urged "restraint". Pols in Europe fret. Meanwhile, in Iran,"U.S. journalist held in Iran suicidal, father says":

U.S.-born Saberi has worked for National Public Radio, the BBC, ABC News and other international media outlets.

An Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman had said Saberi was working illegally after her press card was withdrawn two years ago.

Saberi's father said she was arrested ostensibly for buying a bottle of wine, which is banned under Iran's Islamic law.

Oh, well.

Oh, and countries with the most executions. Hint--it's not the US by any measure. No word yet on the most stonings, lashings, etc.