Britain
Fourteen Caribbean nations are seeking reparations and public apologies from their former colonial oppressors over the slave trade and the brutalities of colonialism.
Britain will be joining the ranks of avid extraterrestrial life seekers with a new concentrated effort utilizing seven major telescopes that will sift through radio broadcasts looking for a message from another planet.
Britain has never been known for its diversity of "big cats," but tales of native feral felines have circulated among residents of the isle for decades nonetheless. Common knowledge suggests that the big cats which roam the nation were let loose upon the wild as a result of the 1976 Wild Animals Act, which outlawed the ownership of potentially dangerous pets. Yet, researchers from the University of Southampton recently reassessed the remains of a Eurasian lynx in the basement of a British museum, only to find that the breed had been wrongly identified.
Margaret Thatcher, the "Iron Lady" who transformed Britain and inspired conservatives around the world by radically rolling back the state during her 11 years in power, died on Monday following a stroke. She was 87.