As thousand of Syrians die, American get pissed — about the wrong stuff. Context is everything. And we Americans seem to be having a difficult time with that concept right now, which is enough to make one, well … angry.

Apparently students at the University of Massachusetts Amherst aren’t happy for alumnus Victor Cruz, who just won his first Super Bowl in a 21-17 nail-biter against the hometown New England Patriots. They took to the streets and tempted riot police.

On Friday, forces shelled the city of Homs in a horrific massacre that left between 200 and 260 Syrians dead. The U.N. drafted a resolution to oust Assad, but Russia and China blocked it on Saturday. Jerks.

79 people died were killed and more than 150 were injured in an historic clash between rival soccer fans of defending champions Al Ahly and fourth-place Al Masry in Port Said, Egypt. Watch the video from this horrific act of violence.

The more information is attempted to be controlled, Lee Brenner told N. Korean defectors, the more those that are creating digital tools will be impassioned to overcome those restrictions. And those creating the tools are smarter than those creating the restrictions.

“Are you not ashamed?” –Nobel Peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei

Even though we lobbied hard for the nonhuman, nonlethal “pepper spray” to be awarded TIME’s coveted “Person of the Year” distinction, we begrudgingly admit the magazine got it right. And Shepard Fairey’s cover art was a nice touch.

VIDEOS: Major clashes between protesters and police in Cairo…

It’s estimated some 50,000 Islamic protesters descended upon Cairo’s Tahrir Square to press Egypt’s military ruling party to transfer power to elected civilians. Just look at this crowd.

“The return of Ben Ali” featured a gigantic mural of ousted dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. His giant visage was meant to anger people into pulling it down off the building facade. Once pulled down, the mural reminded Tunisians to vote in the election. Powerful.

Reports that Gadhafi killed during capture in Sirte on Thursday…

Three courageous women shared the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, and HV contributor Jos Dirkx can now proudly say she’s had the honor of meeting two Peace Prize winners. Dirkx tells us why it’s about time they were recognized.

The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to three women for for “their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work.”

Amnesty International released a troubling report in which the human rights group claims it has documented the cases of 88 people who have died in Syrian prisons recently as a direct result of torture. Some are as young as 13.

Libya’s leader is now master of a tiny empire…

Al Jazeera’s Alan Fisher takes a look back at Libya’s soon-to-be outgoing leader, Moammar Gadhafi’s rise – and subsequent loss of power. Four decades of rule, over in eight months.

Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, laying on a hospital bed inside a metal cage, denied charges of corruption and complicity in the killing of protesters at the start of his trial today. That he’s even on trial is fairly amazing.

Phillip Mendonça-Vieira claims he didn’t even mean to do this. Luckily for us, he did. Phillip Mendonça-Vieira says he “accidentally collected about 12,000 screenshots of the front page of the nytimes.com.” This is the awesome result.

Wild story of a popular blogger, a stolen identity and a Canadian pen pal

President Barack Obama on Thursday delivered a nearly 5,500-word comprehensive address on the Middle East following the Arab Spring. So why did Matt Drudge put up a headline that says “OBAMA SIDES WITH PALESTINIANS”?