"While Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are working overtime to distance themselves from Rep. Todd Akin's comments on rape, they are contradicting their own records, " said an Obama campaign statement Monday.

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We are, for instance, committed to the Clinton Global Initiative and are working with UNICEF, the International Rescue Committee and Microsoft to launch an innovative new distance-learning program that provides supplementary education for 150, 000 displaced children and members of their host communities.

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Initially, the group was named Working Assets and was aimed at long-distance service.

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"It's not because they are bad or uncaring families, but it's to do with geographical distance, marriage breakdown, multiple caring responsibilities and longer working hours, " he says.

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The maths for working out the average distance to a rat is a bit rough and ready because rodents are not evenly spread.

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These men and women often want to keep working for democratic reform in China -- even from a distance.

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