There needs to be a re-emergence of common sense policies towards young offenders combined with the imaginative use of social penalties for law breakers.

BBC: Is youth crime out of control?

Although the papers collected here are wide ranging, they reveal the emergence of the concept of a common heritage and plural identity.

UNESCO: Culture

"While al Qaeda's various affiliates are enmeshed in their own local conflicts, hatred of the United States remains a common thread, " it added, citing the emergence of groups such as Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Al Shabaab and Boko Haram.

CNN: Remembering fallen heroes of 9/11

Until the emergence of public baths in the 17th century, nearly all the baths for the common folk were provided by Buddhist temples (the rich and powerful, of course, had their own baths).

ECONOMIST: The Japanese are a super-clean lot. Obsessively so?