by Yu Zhixiao, from Xinhua BEIJING, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) — Russia and China’s double veto of an Arab-European draft resolution on Syria Saturday was aimed at further seeking peaceful settlement of the chronic Syrian crisis and preventing possible drastic and risky solutions to it. It was the second time since last October that Russia and

From Think Defense , a discussion of UK lessons from Libya and a detailed run down of some possible solutions to fill the gaps: two things the UK effort lacked was organic shipboard unmanned ISR and precision land attack. We've discussed the US shortages of those assets here and several times previously. As acquisition choices are made on platforms such as the F-35C versus say the Sea Avenger...

Europe’s motorcycle industry is having a tough ride in the current economic times despite being touted as one of the solutions to road congestion and pollution. More »

video platform video management video solutions video player It had been a pretty good week for Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign. He put in a strong performance in Monday night's debate, he got a near-endorsement from Sarah Palin (she said ‘If I had a vote in South Carolina, in order to keep this thing going, I'd vote for Newt.’), a poll yesterday

Sadiq Khan MP, Shadow Justice Secretary, commenting on the impending crisis in the prison estate, said:

Globalisation has thrown up a set of vital issues that demand international solutions and make it worth preserving a European ideal

Just in case you missed it, the last of these Frank Jisms is this: This morning I started work on my next book for HarperCollins. Thanks to the sales of Obama: The Greatest President in the History of Everything, I was asked to write another book. This one will be on my solutions for all the problems facing America. Hopefully it will start a movement when it comes out with me as leader. Earlier in...

EU leaders have to find a way out of the economic crisis and to do so they need to look at long-term solutions to tackle the negative impact of the financial crisis on people with disabilities, Yannis Vardakastanis, president of the European Disability Forum, said in an interview with EurActiv. More »

Whilst reading a discussion on the state of Social Security I noticed some conceptual errors, which if not corrected, could lead to very bad results. Social Security is not a welfare program. It is not a wealth redistribution program. It was created in FDR's time as a one size fits all retirement fund. Every working person is forced to pay a percentage of their income into it so that upon ret...

The annual study of how people’s lives are changing by the National Centre for Social Research showed that despite widespread concern over economic disparity, the public does not believe greater government intervention is justified. Britons are increasingly looking to themselves for solutions to social problems rather than the Government, it found. Seventy five per cent