But on April 3rd areas around Sortony in North Darfur were hit by aerial bombardments and attacked by pro-government militias on the ground, forcing thousands of civilians to flee and sparking fears that the bad old times are back.

ECONOMIST: Sudan and South Sudan

Let us wonder out loud whether change is really necessary or whether in fact the old ways of doing things, stretching back to feudal times, are the best ways.

BBC: Change America can believe in

"It looks an old woman with a white dress and a long white cape down her back, " said 17-year-old Ryan Bell who claims to have seen the ghost at least six times.

BBC: Traffic jam after 'ghost sighting'

The unlikely pair met amid the neon lights of New York City's Times Square over the weekend and headed back to the squat brick home of 73-year-old Joseph Galfy Jr. on a quiet cul-de-sac in suburban Clark, N.

WSJ: Pa. coffee run leads to hatchet hitchhiker arrest