With the commencement of the civil rights movement in Iran in June 2009, the moral map of the Middle East is being changed right in front of our eyes, with the democratic will of one nation having thrown a monkey wrench into the geopolitics of the region.

CNN: Commentary: Middle East is changed forever

An alternative is to monkey with one of the existing forces.

ECONOMIST: Cosmology

One man arrived in a bus painted with the Stars and Stripes and accompanied by a pet monkey in a nappy.

ECONOMIST: Lexington