The Bloghdad was back on line on the 24th after a two-day hiatus, but now he has gone silent again. Apparently they are having some trouble with the phone lines in Baghdad. There has been a lot of dispute on the net about whether this guy is for real or not (see the links in the blog itself for more info), but for the moment he appears to be real and actually in Baghdad.

More on the Killer Virus in Beijing. One doctor says there may be 100 cases . . .

Now it is official: the Killer Virus Has Hit Beijing. And there are - what? - five or six planes a week to Ulaan Baatar from Beijing. This thing could jump the Gobi real quick. As if Mongolia doesn't have enough problems already. . .

Would you belief that Chingis Khan has 16 million descendants in China and Central Asia? See Chingis's Genes. According to this study "half of one percent of the world's male population can probably claim descent" from Chingis Khan. True, The Washington Post had named Chingis the "Man of the Millennium", but I don't think this is what they had in mind.

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