Its fiery colour and erratic movement across the night sky terrified the ancient Greeks and Romans, causing them to name the planet after their gods of war.

ECONOMIST: Martian chronicles

And of course, a couple of new fiery characters will get written into the last chapter of the history of the labor movement.

FORBES: Kubler-Ross and #OccupyWallStreet

And the mass movement, attractive to the Shia poor, which is loyal to a fiery cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr, appears for the moment to be biding its time.

ECONOMIST: Iraq