Millions of dollars in Western aid for victims of the Ethiopian famine of 1984-85 was siphoned off by rebels to buy weapons, a BBC investigation finds.

The Dalai Lama’s meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was probably the most interesting part of his visit to Washington D.C. because the State Department is engaged in concrete politics, while the Tibetan spiritual leader is a largely symbolic figure who does not overly concern himself with the Tibetan diaspora.

The "Business Plot" (also the Plot Against FDR and the White House Putsch) was an alleged political conspiracy in 1933 wherein wealthy businessmen and corporations plotted acoup détat to overthrow United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt.