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The Iraqi protestors against Americans are increasing day by day, and the U.S. enemies seem to be multiplying in Iraq. The Iraqis are not ready to accept the leadership of the U.S. government in Iraq but the United States is making every effort to rule in Iraq.

Iraq's capital city of Baghdad now has little law or order, with looters taking whatever they can from government buildings. Residents of the Baghdad slum called Saddam City are largely Shiites, who have been oppressed by Saddam Hussein's Sunni-dominated government for the past 30 years. Reprisal killings, perhaps even by Iranians or other outsiders, could be widespread.

Political protests in China between 1989 and 1999 have changed from those in Tiananmen Square in support of westernized democracy to those outside of the US embassy protesting the NATO bombing of a Chinese embassy during the Kosovo conflict. The chilled relations between the US and China affect economic negotiations and have infused the Chinese idealism of the 1980s with cynicism.

The Indonesian military was a major force in the events that forced Suharto to resign. Suharto finally gave in when he lost all political support. The new government headed by Suharto crony B.J. Habibie may be as unstable and ineffective at solving economic problems as the old one. Economic reforms will be the real test of Habibie's government.

U.S. intelligence seeks to correct its monitoring procedures after India's tested nuclear devices with three simultaneous 30-kiloton explosions which occurred without CIA knowledge. Economic pressure had been applied by the U.S. government, but Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee defied warnings.

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan left Baghdad on Feb 22, 1998 with an agreement with Saddam Hussein that Iraq will give UNSCOM, the UN weapons-inspection team, access to all sensitive sites. The UN officials and member countries greeted Annan with cheers and applause, but some in Congress argue that President Clinton and his administration have undermined US foreign policy. The possibility of force still remains high since Saddam has a habit of breaking deals.

According to an internal survey by China's Communist Party, corrupt officials and their spouses are second on the list of citizens' grievances, after abusive police officers. The relatives of top leaders--frequently referred to as 'princelings'--can accumulate vast wealth from the privatization of state assets and poorly regulated financial markets.

This article examines China's celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic. Relevant points include Chinese leader Jiang Zemin's warning the US that China seeks good relations but will not tolerate the separation of Taiwan.

Ten years after the massacre at Tiananmen Square, Chinese protestors have taken to the streets with the same slogans, but this time 'Blood for Blood' is directed toward US-led NATO forces who claim to have accidentally dropped a bomb on the Chinese embassy in Belgrade. The Chinese government provided buses and permits for the protesters and President Jiang Zemin praised the anti-American demonstrations.

A 700-page report given to the US Congress by Congressman Christopher Cox details a 20-year-long spying campaign by the Chinese to steal US information on making nuclear warheads and satellites. The report advises US conduct surprise inspections to investigate whether China has been diverting computers from civilians for military purposes. Protection of sensitive technology has already led to the rejection of several trade deals between the US and China.

Chinese officials are concerned about the many couples who hope to have a child just after midnight on Jan 1, 2000. Promoters have been advertising gifts for the infants who are born first in the new millennium. Officials fear a surge in births will strain medical services, eventually crowd schools, and aggravate China's population problem. China's population increases annually by 13 mil.

China's rulers have considered Taiwan a defector province that must be reunited with the Chinese mainland even by force if necessary since 1949 and at present Chinese officials offered Taiwan a gift in the form of two pandas to resolve the standoff. Though the Taiwan people are happy but Taiwan's President wants the government to refuse this offer as he and the Taiwanese media feel that accepting the pandas as a gift could be equivalent to accepting Beijing's claim that Taiwan belongs to China.

China has an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 e-police who collectively serve as an Orwellian Big Brother for the country's nearly 100 million Internet users. E-police proactively influence Web content in ways beneficial to the regime and pre-empt citizens from organizing politically, aiming to stifle dissent and control the free flow of information, and increasingly, to shape public opinion in cyberspace.

Washington used to have most of the chips in six-party talks over Pyongyang's nuclear program however Beijing is the key player now. The North Korean nuclear agreement was evidence of a perceptible shift in power balances, both in Asia and around the world, as for the first time, America hewed to the Chinese line, and the Bush administration weakened by Iraq, hurricane damage and falling poll numbers was willing to compromise.

The Chinese economy is showing evidence of retreating from a boom widely viewed by economists as unsustainable. Falling prices and profits, and a drop in the country's demand for oil imports signal that the breakneck boom is shifting to a safer speed.

Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein asserts his rights before an Iraqi Special Tribunal judge as the tribunals' biggest responsibility is to make sure this defendant gets an impeccably fair trial. The tribunal is looking at Saddam in connection with 14 separate alleged crimes against humanity, including gas attacks and mass executions of thousands of Kurdish and Shiite civilians and the killings of religious and political figures over three decades.

Ten innovations, which can change the normal lives of human beings with an eye on the future, are presented. These ideas which looks to be silly, impractical and dangerous in the first place when developed actually enhances one's life and these innovations are finding commercial applications also.

The power struggle, which rules China, is reported. The shadowboxing between Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao is murky but could have global implications, and both have different priorities while Jiang has packed the military leadership with his supporters and is said to ally Zeng Qinghong to become CMC vice chairman, Hu remains threatened who reportedly favors adding two additional CMC vice chairmen, both his supporters.

China has become the world's second largest oil importer and to satisfy its oil demands, China is aggressively searching for overseas oil suppliers. China is now involved in building and maintaining good relations with the oil rich countries like Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Angola.

The U.S. military is the biggest, toughest force in Iraq but the studies states that their power could not ensure calm in Iraq. A Kurdish member of governing council had stated that the Americans had won the war but they couldn't win the peace because they had lost the support among the Iraqi due to their act.

The U.S forces in action against the radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the earlier days of occupation and the trouble they are in to because of this is discussed. The American occupiers can take heart that the ruthless al-Sadr's rebellion has not broken in to a full fledged Shiite revolution, al -Sadr's reputation is growing everyday and the frustration of the American commandants who were pleading for action against the cleric when he was only a minor nuisance then is detailed.

Refugees from North Korea are pouring into Chinese borders destabilizing the Chinese frontier and the cases of robbing and killing Chinese citizens and more violent cases are reported. The government should take preventive steps to control the situation and different examples of Chinese people getting duped by North Koreans are described.

Muhammad Mohsen Zubaidi, a former Iraqi exile who slipped back into Baghdad, Iraq, even as regime was collapsing, began acting like the power broker in Baghdad after the liberation. Zubaidi, who was a secret agent, and ran networks of informants and saboteurs inside Iraq to bring down the Saddam regime, is aiming to run Baghdad.

The looting that followed after Baghdad was captured is elaborated. The fact that Shiite majority that was oppressed by Saddam may rise is reported and the peopleEs want for an Islamic rule is highlighted.

A reporter relates her experiences in Baghdad as the US bombs the city and the government of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein begins to unravel.

The loyalties of Iraqi tribal leaders towards Saddam Hussein are examined. The tribes and their leaders are rewarded for their loyalty with infrastructure projects, weapons and cash.

Iraqis are storing food, water and other supplies in anticipation of a war with the US.

China launched a space shuttle on 15 October 2003 and plans to launch a space station. In addition, they intend to use the space environment to solve the farming related problems.

The impact of the massacre of Nepal's royal family in June 2001 is discussed. The monarchy has been weakened and the country is becoming chaotic giving the Maoist rebels a chance to take over.

Human rights in China in 2001 are discussed, with focus on the need to reform the repressive labor camps where nearly a quarter of a million Chinese are detained, including supporters of democracy and Tibetan monks.

The huge success of the Chinese film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon at the Oscars and the film career of its star Zhang Ziyi are discussed. The growth of the Chinese film industry and the financial success of its exports in the US are described.

The use of herbs and tonics by Chinese athletes is discussed.

Islamic militant groups in Indonesia, including the Laskar Jihad based in Java, are looking to the Internet to boost their membership and increase donations to their cause. Laskar Jihad leaders claim that their web site is visited 2500 times per day.

Maoism, anti-fascism, and old-style communism are seeing a resurgence in the mountains of western Nepal. The Maoist movement started up in 1996 when Nepal's Communist Party went underground, and called for a proletarian people's republic.

An account of the murder of the Nepalese royal family is presented. The murderer was Crown Prince Dipendra, who killed his parents, brother and sister with an automatic rifle, among other relatives. An argument over the choice of bride for the prince preceded the slaughter.