Russia to Seek Neighbours? Backing Over Georgia (Institute for War and Peace Reporting)

Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:55:44 GMT

Moscow to adopt softly, softly approach to keeping neighbours on board and allaying their concerns about recent conflict. A meeting of former Soviet states in Bishkek presents Moscow with an opportunity to shore up support among its traditional allies following its conflict with Georgia.

Chinese-led research team creates bionic gecko feet (China Economic Net)

Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:43:00 GMT

A U.S. research team led by Chinese scientists has created a nanotube-based dry adhesive that surpasses the stickiness of gecko feet -- no easy feat, since the animals can cling to nearly any type of surface.

When nations kill their own (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)

Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:00:00 GMT

At the height of the bloody suppression by the Burma (Myanmar) regime of protesting monks last year, the heated question was whether the international community should intervene. In response, a well-known Chinese professor told an American newspaper "China has used tanks to kill people on Tiananmen Square. It is Myanmar's sovereign right to kill their own people, too."