Afghan forces take over responsibility for their country's safety, Brazil's protests get bigger, Turkey's protests get quieter, and Egyptian TV gets manlier.

So, it turns out, Big Brother is indeed watching. But, ho hum, who cares?

We remember the weapons they used. Whether fertilizer or box cutters or pressure cookers, certain objects have become icons for the worst terrorist acts lodged in this country’s history. But one kind of weapon stands out for its spectacle, violence and implications. he bomb, says Professor Pete Kraska, represents “who (the attackers) were, the type of killing that took place.” It taps into our collective fear of random violence that we hear about in other countries but do not expect in the US. “We have to acknowledge that it is a different medium of killing that seems akin to what occurs in other countries than what occurs here,” says Kraska, who researches criminal justice theory and militarization at Eastern Kentucky University.