Monday night links: “Dostoevsky on the 11 Fullerton” edition

World -The violence in the Congo continues. -A top former Rwandan aide, partially implicated in igniting the 1994 genocide there, was apprehended at a German airport recently and stands indicted under French anti-terrorism laws. The legacy of the Rwandan genocide, which saw 800,000 people slaughtered, is at the heart of the bloodshed today in DR Congo. -The lonely fight for a free media: a single reporter in China is suing her government over the state-sponsored censorship of her work. -Meanwhile, in Thailand, a civil war may be brewing. USA -All your questions about the upcoming Minnesota senate vote recount are answered by the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. -Can an 8 year old be tried as an adult? Police in Arizona think so. -Glenn Greenwald talks with the national ACLU's executive director about the priority of restoring civil liberties once Bush is gone. Listen or read the transcript. -Why are the myopic economic architects of our current financial meltdown advising Obama? Dean Baker would really like to know. -Bill McKibben: Obama must take "politically unpopular" action in order to tackle climate change. -Memo to Obama: Don't "fully fund" NCLB - revise it so that it works. Cold here in Chicago. Bite to the wind and a crick in my neck.