we need more Gates'es in the world

'Since it began in 2000, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has donated $17.3 billion (£11.6 billion) and still has $35.1 billion at its disposal. In fact, Bill Gates has donated so much that this year he ceased to be the world’s richest man, after 13 years in the top slot – although the man who stole his title, US investment tycoon (and Bill’s sometime bridge partner) Warren Buffett, has pledged the Gates Foundation most of his $62 billion fortune, which he is already handing over in $1.6 billion annual instalments.'

some serious cash going toward fixing some serious problems in the world!

At last!

Nepal's civil war seems to have been settled,
the corrupt monarchy have been evicted
and the doors to the world's favourite atrium are back open to the public

remember what you eat

cos your body remembers what it is you eat

How to adapt 500 million farmers to the 21st century

a 5 part documentary from a chinese speaking bbc reporter and crew

Sino-Russian border trade

a sign of the future trade relationship between the 2 BRIC super-economies;
one has oil and the other cheap commodities
(beware the dairy products!)

what really happened

in the Korean war,

- ex pres, Roh Mu Hyun, had many detractors
but as a human rights lawyer, he left a legacy of 'living with the truth' for South Koreans

post slump analysis

from PJ O'Rourke

Who is he really?

how much do americans know about their new pres?

Where reality meets the road

capitalism is flawed by greed,
is this the age of modern socialism?

local Pandas show signs of life

yeh, right!

Mr Bush in 400 words

thanks to Liberal Larry for the pic

just down the road from me

a brand new airport with a view of a 5000 metre glacier,
yahoooooo

the growth of psycho-analysis in China

powered by a healthy aversion to the kind of drug taking that is slowly but surely destabilising the health and sanity of the west

and their crazy grandparents

estimates have more than 40% of Japanese citizens will be older than 65 by 2050...
who's gonna make them do their homework and wipe their butts?

oh, those crazy Japanese military types

this comes just days after the other top guy got fired for denying Japanese war atrocities during the 20th century

rebuilding after the Sichuan earthquake

how much do you think it will cost?

I am constantly amazed at the number of jobs that machines don't need to do in China
(cos there are so many people wanting to work for a wage, regardless of how laborious the task)

Sarah Palin- the last of the culture warriors

thank the mighty white God for that!!

only 5 communist states left

which will be the next to turn?