Little Girl Throws Rays First Pitch, Realizes Catcher Is Actually Her Father Returned From ...
Source: BusinessInsider
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-23 22:35:38 -0700 | business-news
Nine year-old Alayna Adams threw out the first pitch for the Tampa Bay Rays game last night, and when the catcher took off his mask, she realized her father had returned from a year-long deployment to Afghanistan...Will Adams appeared on...
Afghan Women Harassed into Unemployment
Source: Inter Press Service
Herāt :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-17 06:55:32 -0700 | business-news
The son of a mujahedeen leader credited with fighting to keep girls' schools open in his northern Takhar province during years of civil strife from the late 1970s until the end of the Taliban era in 2001, Bek is well...
Wanted, an Afghan statesman
Source: The Hindu
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-23 23:05:03 -0700 | business-news
Old feelings and emotions long suppressed, and new urges, are being expressed, even asserted, forcefully and publicly. In the process, the contradictions of Afghan society and polity are being pushed to the surface. The old are using traditional forms: the...
Afghan scrap yards eye US gear ...
Source: Qatar English Daily
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-15 19:26:28 -0700 | business-news
US forces in Afghanistan are hoping that a small steel industry can be born from the mammoth task of withdrawing equipment by the end of next year, jump-starting a scrap trade and injecting cash into local businesses. It will cost...
Transcending Commodities And Limited Imaginations
Source: Forbes
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-15 14:23:07 -0700 | business-news
18 views Transcending Commodities And Limited Imaginations I'm not a big fan of the word commodity. At least, not in how economists would define the term. Sure, it is a perfectly good word with a perfectly reasonable meaning a...
Pentagon staff sent on mandatory unpaid leave
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-24 04:04:16 -0700 | business-news
Defence secretary Chuck Hagel has acknowledged the decision, which will see staff forced to take leave in September, is an unpopular one. But he says he made the decision after every other option to meet the congressionally mandated cuts had...
Reopening old wounds comes at a price
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-24 04:24:06 -0700 | business-news
The Australian Defence Force's compensation bill for victims of sexual and other abuse in the military will reach $84 million more than double the $40 million the government originally forecast. With many more victims coming forward to the government's military...
The Top Veterans Advocate In DC Explains What Is So Cruel And Brilliant About Obama's Budget
Source: BusinessInsider
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-11 05:32:43 -0700 | business-news
This set of cuts comes in the form of Chained CPI, a fix that entails adjusting the economic indicator that determines the annual cost of living adjustments. This effect compounds over time, costing beneficiaries thousands. If you think that sounds...
US Treasury reports $113B surplus in April
Source: The Idaho Statesman
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-24 00:20:06 -0700 | business-news
Treasury said Friday that it took in a rare surplus of $113 billion in April, the largest in five years. Steady economic growth and higher tax rates have boosted the government's tax revenue, keeping this year's annual budget deficit on...
Africa: USAID Director Testifies Before U.S. Senate
Source: All Africa
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-10 08:46:05 -0700 | business-news
Thank you Chairman Leahy, Ranking Member Graham, and members of the Committee...In his State of the Union address, President Obama called upon our nation to join with the world in ending extreme poverty in the next two decades. Today, we...
DAA deal puts Shannon value at under €35m
Source: Independent
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-09 21:28:39 -0700 | business-news
Airport is valued at 35m under the deal that frees the airport from the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA), according to documents seen by the Irish Independent. The DAA will take on 14m of Shannon debt under the deal, according to...
Defence can expect to be no worse off
Source: The Daily Telegraph
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-08 22:12:27 -0700 | business-news
THE Australian Defence Force has seen its cash slashed in recent federal budgets and is hoping it won't be worse off in the next financial statement. Defence Minister Stephen Smith has already said there won't be further cuts in the...
Nine Politicians Who Threw Decorum Out The Window And Went On Crazy Rants
Source: BusinessInsider
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-04 11:59:55 -0700 | business-news
Legislative sessions are full of procedure, courtesy, and rules but every once in a while, all that goes right out the window. That was certainly the case with former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.), when he took to the House floor...
Visas set aside for Iraqis, Afghans in Senate immigration bill
Source: The Hill
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-04 10:54:17 -0700 | business-news
The Senate immigration bill would extend both programs until September 2018 and make a number of changes intended to improve them...Only 22 percent of the visa allotment for Iraqis and 15 percent of the allotment for Afghans has been used...
Slain soldier awarded for service
Source: Fiji Times
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-03 14:22:56 -0700 | business-news
Vaivo died last month in a horrific road accident six kilometres from his home in Germany. His body finally arrived at his parent's home in Tacirua East yesterday. Families and friends struggled to contain their emotions when Vaivo's comrades carried...
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