Contributor ReportsHouse approves $447 billion omnibus spending bill
Source: Washington Post
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Thu Dec 10 21:19:27 -0800 2009 | business-news
The House voted Thursday to approve half a dozen spending bills contained in one large package, as the chamber races to complete its work before adjourning for the year. The $447 billion measure, which combines six appropriations bills, passed 221...
Google joins forces with newspapers
Source: The Guardian
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Thu Dec 10 08:59:34 -0800 2009 | business-news
Using certain advantages of online publishing Living Stories organises information according to how stories are developing. It suggests Google is entering a phase in which it is actively engaging with news organisations – by developing tools for them, for example....
QinetiQ warns on profits over Afghanistan uncertainty
Source: Times Online
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Wed Nov 25 16:14:29 -0800 2009 | business-news
UK political and economic factors were delaying the letting of contracts, while in the US, the finalisation of policy for Afghanistan continues to affect government decision-making. QinetiQ said that, given the risk around closing pending orders in the US and...
Fox’s Volley With Obama Intensifying
Source: The New York Times
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Mon Oct 12 15:10:41 -0700 2009 | business-news
We’re going to treat them the way we would treat an opponent,” said Anita Dunn, the White House communications director, in a telephone interview on Sunday. “As they are undertaking a war against Barack Obama and the White House, we...
Understanding Our Hollow "Centrists"
Source: Truthout
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Mon Nov 30 09:10:07 -0800 2009 | business-news
Joe Conason, t r u t h o u t Op-Ed The puzzling thing about politicians of either party who claim to be "centrist" or "moderate" is how much they sometimes sound like party-line right-wing Republicans. Distinguishing among these species...
Eye on the consumer
Source: CNN
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Mon Nov 30 01:40:05 -0800 2009 | business-news
Wall Streeters returning Monday after an almost five-day holiday weekend better be well rested: the week ahead brings an onslaught of reports on retailers, consumer spending and the jobs market. Financial markets were closed Thursday for Thanksgiving and Friday's half...
Martha Stewart Caught in Bed With Big Government [Media Crack]
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Source: Gawker
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Wed Nov 25 13:47:40 -0800 2009 | business-news
Our archnemesis Martha Stewart ('s magazine, Martha Stewart Living, along with several other home decorating magazines) is involved in a scheme to "decorate" various rooms in the US State Department building...Why don't you just go over to Afghanistan and start...
Troops hone artillery skills to protect civilians
Source: Dubuque Telgraph Herald
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Tue Nov 17 08:39:56 -0800 2009 | business-news
Deep in the woods on the Kentucky-Tennessee line, soldiers who call in powerful weapons like mortars are learning how to get close enough beforehand to better identify targets, a key element of the military's new mandate to reduce Afghan civilian...
Osama's greatest loves were his golden Mercedes, growing best ...
Source: NewKerala
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Sat Oct 17 06:35:05 -0700 2009 | business-news
Najwa revealed that Osama banned the use of electrical appliances in his home and tried to toughen up his sons by making them climb desert mountains without water. �My father would not allow my mother to turn on the air...
Killed soldier left poignant message
Source: The Age
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Fri Oct 23 06:11:39 -0700 2009 | business-news
THE special forces soldier killed this week while training for Afghanistan has left his family a poignant message, telling them he would love them forever and saying that he was prepared to risk death to make life better for Afghans....
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