A study by the Chinese army shows its troops are significantly fatter and taller than they were 20 years ago, meaning the average soldier won't be able to fit into the communists' tanks or behind their rifle butts soon. They should make awesome capitalist CEOs one day, though.

The Egyptian Army gave a major boost to citizens planning a general strike tomorrow by announcing, on state television, that it won't fire on protesters. In other words, President Mubarak can't resort to a bloody clampdown to save his regime.