Last refreshed at 1130GMT MondayThe World in a Window | February 8, 2010

1 The Texanist ponders: "Is it wrong to wear your football team’s jersey to church?"

2 Problems encountered when holding an Urdu conference in Karachi: "Most of our foreign participants were ready to come and share their views with us but with every bomb blast the number of participants decreased”

3 New Yorker piece on Michelin inspectors getting much link-love. I didn't much enjoy it, myself. Felt too much like an advertorial for Michelin

4 Clumsy Reuters headline: For victims, lengthy Khmer Rouge trial painful. But presumably less so than original lengthy Khmer Rouge experience

5 African population tops 1bn