Beijing and the Dalai Lama: Machiavellian Strategy or Driving Off a Cliff?

"Beijing is apparently ignoring the Dalai Lama's comments about giving up on making a breakthrough and Chinese officials said yesterday that the next round of talks between the two sides would go ahead as planned. This is in accordance with their apparent long-term game plan,...

Warning over maternity leave threat to women's careers

A commission has claimed that the right for a woman in the UK to take a year for maternity leave may be making employers hesitant to hire or promote women, for fear of losing them for a eyar down the line."THE right to a year's maternity leave could be ruining women's...

Google could be Facebook…and more on networks and communities

Google could be Facebook…and more on networks and communitiesfrom Library clips by Johnt"There’s a lot of talk about networks and communities, I posted on blog communties or networks not long ago…Collaboration Loop has a comparison. As often put networks are individual...

Was "Kramer" Richards' Racist Rant Staged?

" Was "Kramer" Richards' Racist Rant Staged? Seinfeld DVD sales soar as once forgotten actor becomes hot property; Was public tirade staged for profit and notoriety while simultaneously pleasing hate crime advocates? Paul Joseph Watson & Alex Jones Prison Planet Monday,...

Muslim birthrate worries Russia

"MOSCOW -- Low domestic birthrates and rising immigration from the former Soviet republics are producing explosive growth in Russia's Muslim community, which is on a track to account for more than half the population by midcentury. "Russia is going through a religious...

Study estimates 655,000 Iraqi deaths due to invasion

This number is an enormous increase over previous estimates. The UN, I believe, has reported over 40,000 deaths due to the Iraq invasion. The US does not provide numbers of total Iraqis killed."LONDON (Reuters) - American and Iraqi public health experts have calculated that...