Fuad Hussein, an Iraqi who has returned from abroad and is now in charge of revising the curriculum, says he plans to set up a committee made up of Iraqis from different religious, political and ethnic groups to debate and rewrite Iraq's history.

ECONOMIST: Teaching history in Iraq

It is a measure of how far South Africans have got used to the idea of Mr Mbeki being in charge that Mr Mandela's recent absences abroad have scarcely been noticed.

ECONOMIST: South Africa

Sky's On Demand service also includes access to box sets such as Mad Men, An Idiot Abroad and Mad Dogs available at no extra charge to Sky customers.

ENGADGET: Sky+ launches 7-day Catch Up TV, 2TB HD DVRs and adds zeebox extras to its iPad app

The chancellor's ambition of "fairly" taxing multinationals' UK activities and profits, and imposing a controlled foreign companies charge on profits that in some sense have been "artificially" diverted abroad, is a worthy ambition, many would say.

BBC: What's a fair contribution from multinationals?