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That's right, Mila Kunis (pictured) turns 30 today. But enough about that because members of Libya's minority Berber, or Amazigh, community have stormed the parliament building in Tripoli. A spokesman for the General National Congress (GNC) said that windows were smashed, furniture was destroyed, and documents belonging to deputies were stolen. There were no reports of any injuries after the incident, which happened during a break in a regular session. The Amazigh were demanding that the future constitution recognise their language, ethnicity, and culture. Though they currently make up just 5-10% of Libya's six million population, Amazigh predate the Arab settlers who brought Islam with them from the east. They suffered decades of repression and discrimination during the rule of Gaddafi, who was overthrown and killed during an uprising in 2011. So maybe it is time their voices be heard and their differences be recognised. There was nothing great about the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. There is also nothing great about the fact that 20 people were injured last Friday, with seven sent to hospital, when a promotional stunt in Seoul for LG's G2 smartphone went wrong. LG has cancelled a series of events promoting the handset as a result of the incident in Seoul on Friday. People arrived with BB guns and knives on sticks for a race to grab smartphone vouchers hanging from helium balloons. LG has taken responsibility for the situation and said it would cover related medical costs. The contest played out like this: LG released 100 helium balloons, each with a free smartphone voucher, at the so-called G in the Cloud event, which took place in an outdoor park in the South Korean capital city. The phones, which sell for 950,000 won (NZ$1060) in South Korea, would be given to people in possession of the voucher. One regional TV channel has dubbed the scrum "World War G" - a comparison to the film World War Z and a scene in said movie where zombies scramble over each other to climb over a wall. And speaking of the LG G2, it was revealed last week that they were hoping to shake up smartphone design by placing the only physical buttons of its new flagship model on the rear of the handset. The firm said the G2 addresses the problem that mobiles become harder to control the bigger they get. But cellphone's aren't the only thing getting bigger - two airlines are planning to increase in size too. They will be merging into the world's largest airline, but there's just one problem: The US Department of Justice has filed an anti-trust case to block the merger of American Airlines and US Airways. The multi-billion-dollar deal was backed by a federal judge in March and has been approved by the European Union. The complaint says customers would see a price rise as the merger would "substantially lessen competition" in the domestic market. And it would also mean one less choice for those consumers. And speaking of consumers, American consumers continued spending steadily in July, signaling shoppers are likely to remain the engine of the economy's slow but steady expansion in the months ahead. Retail sales climbed a seasonally adjusted 0.2%, the fourth consecutive month of increases, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. The previous month's gain was revised up to 0.6% from 0.4%, amid brisk demand for cars and furniture. Shoppers are "seeing the value of their homes and retirement accounts go up," said John Venhuizen, chief executive of Ace Hardware Corp., an Oak Brook, Illinois-based retailer cooperative with 4,700 stores globally. "That wealth effect is making people feel more comfortable buying higher-priced items like barbecue grills, which increased by double digits in July" from a year earlier, he said. Consumers started the year confronted by higher taxes, surging petrol prices, and the impact of federal budget cuts. However, more than halfway through 2013, they are notching the highest confidence levels in years. Economists attribute the optimism to a gradually improving jobs picture, rising home values, and the bull market in stocks. Soon, there'll be no more recession to have to contend with (let's hope).