BBC:

North Korea says it will not retaliate despite "reckless provocations" from the South, which held live-fire drills on the flashpoint island of Yeonpyeong. The North shelled the island last month after similar drills and had threatened more retaliation this time. But state media quoted the army as saying it was "not worth reacting".

As for the showdown in Côte d'Ivoire? Claire Denis' movie White Material was set in an unnamed country that enters a civil war between the government and rebel troops. That fictional country looks like it's about to have a name in reality. That name is Côte d'Ivoire. Renter the heart of darkness: "So-called 'death squads' have reappeared in the Ivory Coast.."