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60% of CEOs see job cuts as AT&T, DuPont slash thousands

Doha :: Qatar | about 18 hours ago | No category

Posted by mdhafeezz

AT&T, United Airlines and DuPont joined the layoff parade Thursday, as the number of people drawing unemployment benefits hit a 26-year high. • AT&T (T) announced plans to cut 12,000 jobs, about 4% of its work force. • DuPont (DD)...

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FBI files case in Mumbai terror attacks

Doha :: Qatar | about 18 hours ago | No category

Posted by mdhafeezz

MUMBAI: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) registered a case in connection with the audacious Mumbai serial attack that left over 180 people, including six Americans, dead and are helping Indian investigators in cracking codes of Internet telephony used by...

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Resistance bloc says Aoun-Syria relations are frank

Damascus :: Syria | about 17 hours ago | Political News

Source: NOW Lebanon

The Loyalty to the Resistance bloc issued a statement on Friday expressing pride about the Change and Reform bloc leader MP Michel Aounâs courage, honesty and efforts to forge relations with Syria on the basis of frankness concerning the mistakes...

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Saudis deploy 100,000 for hajj security

Jiddah :: Saudi Arabia | about 9 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by kalex

JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia deployed some 100,000 security personnel to keep order as Muslim pilgrims flooded into the holy city of Mecca in preparation for the annual hajj, beginning on Saturday. Nearly 3 million pilgrims from around the...

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Israel preparing to attack Iranian nuclear sites

Jerusalem :: Israel | about 18 hours ago | Political News

Posted by Tangoman

Israel is preparing options that include air strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities even without US consent or cooperation, officials in the Israeli Defence Ministry declared. In an interview with the Jerusalem Post , a senior Israeli Defence Ministry official said...

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Partisan Interests Hinder Constitutional Amendments (Voices of Iraq)

Arbil :: Iraq | about 6 hours ago | Political News

Source: Iraq Updates

Partisan Interests Hinder Constitutional Amendments An Iraqi parliamentarian on Wednesday called on leaders of political blocs to find a common ground on constitutional amendments, which he said have been hindered by political disputes. “National duty compels the leaders of political...

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India tightens visa policy for Pakistanis

Doha :: Qatar | about 18 hours ago | No category

Posted by mdhafeezz

ISLAMABAD: India on Thursday tightened its visa policy for Pakistani nationals in the wake of the deadly terror attacks in Mumbai believed to have been carried out by elements based in this country. All visa applications by Pakistani nationals would...

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Warship rescues pirates, sinks their ship

Aden :: Yemen | about 15 hours ago | No category

Source: The Courier-Mail

Danish soldiers seized several anti-tank rockets and AK-47 assault rifles from the pirate ship, whose engine had failed 90 nautical miles from Yemen, a television reporter aboard the Absalon navy ship said. The pirates, who said they had been adrift...

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Meretz MK Gal-On calls for commission of inquiry into '2008 Hebron ...

Hebron :: Palestine | about 2 hours ago | Political News

Source: Yedioth Ahronoth

Meretz MK Gal-On calls for commission of inquiry into '2008 Hebron events' Knesset Member Zahava Gal-On (Meretz) has called on Defense Minister Ehud Barak to appoint a commission of inquiry into "the 2008 events which took place in Hebron and...

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FOX 45 Baltimore (WBFF): US cmdr spells out Iraq mission under new ...

Baghdad :: Iraq | about 4 hours ago | Political News

Source: Androscoggin News

A top U.S. military commander says the new security pact that sets a timetable for American troops to leave Iraq will require a shift in how the U.S. carries out combat missions in the country...Ray Odierno released Friday says that...

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