Beggars found staying at five-star hotels in UAE

Begging is a sin in the Islam and banned in most of the Islamic countries. Now Police in the Gulf  state of Abu Dhabi have started a special campaign against  begging. Much to their shock some beggars who were caught red-handed, were found staying in expensive...

Bollywood Unplugged on Fox Business TV with India EU Film Initiative

"With 1000 films and about 4 billion cinema tickets per year, Indian film industry is attracting world's attention for another reason; it's phenomenal growth, about 17 per cent, during the last two years. On...

Nearly half of UK troops think of quitting

A new survey showed that nearly half of British troops think about quiting regularly.The biggest concerns the respondents voiced which make them have such thoughts were the frequency of tours, levels of pay and the quality of equipment and housing. 9,000 troops were involved...

Morale is like a Garden, It needs to be Watered

Whether we are struggling with a cold, car troubles, financial headaches or people issues, all this affects our morale, our day and ultimately our work.In his April essay Be Good, Paul Graham shows how this applies to startups and offers some recipes for success.Some days are...

Half a Decade of War: Five Years After Iraq Invasion, Soldiers Testify at Win...

" AMY GOODMAN: [Five years ago] on March 19th, 2003, the US began bombing Baghdad. The invasion was on. Six weeks later, President Bush stood under a banner reading “Mission Accomplished” and declared an end to major military combat operations in Iraq. Now, half a...

Irishman among crew captured by pirates

"Six people, including an Irish citizen, are being held on a ship captured by pirates off the coast of Somalia. Four Russian crew members, an Irish chief engineer and a British captain were aboard the Svitzer Korsakov, an ice-class tug vessel, when it was seized on Friday as...

Scarlett Johansson Visits Troops In Kuwait

Scarlet 'Morale Booster' Johansson made a splash at this year's "USO/Morale Welfare Recreation entertainment tour". "Scarlett Johansson boots morale (and a whole lot more) for nearly 600 troops at Camp Buehring,...

Swearing at work boosts team spirt, morale: research

I love that this kind of research gets funding.  Forget curing cancer, let's investigate the F-bomb:"LONDON (AFP) - Regular swearing at work can help boost team spirit among staff, allowing them to express...

Flying Pig Moment

"This may be THE Flying Pig Moment of 2007. The New York Times has published an editorial by MICHAEL E. O’HANLON and KENNETH M. POLLACK that reflects much of the cautious optimism that we’ve seen since the...

Death Before Dishonor; An Officer Takes His Own Life, Rather Than Deal With C...

"It's a measure of how bad it's gotten. Iraq is a land of corruption, lawlessness, and human rights abuses. Armed gangs wander the streets, terrorizing the populace. The rule of law doesn't reach these gangs and...

Holiday Office Party Do's and Don'ts

"Going to the company office holiday party this year? You can take advantage of the office party to have some fun and advance your career or misbehave and cripple your career. Here are some basic rules to survive and thrive at any company-sponsored party. * Do remember...

What Ails The CDC

"Staff turnover, morale problems and charges of mismanagement couldn't have come at a worse time for the guardians of U.S. public health. Julie Gerberding was still a deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2001 when someone started mailing...

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