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Indonesian police kill 2 suspected militants JAKARTA, Indonesia ? Indonesian police hunting the mastermind of last month’s attacks on hotels in the capital raided two houses Saturday, killing two suspected militants, arresting five others and seizing explosives and a car bomb, a senior officer said. The developments appeared to be the first major break in the investigations

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Indonesian police raid house, kill 2 militants; lay siege to second property

Barenboim concert for ‘Arab capital’ Jerusalem GENEVA ? Maestro Daniel Barenboim brought his troupe of young Arab and Israeli classical musicians to Geneva on Friday for a concert dedicated to the late Palestinian-American academic Edward Said and the contentious choice of Jerusalem as this year’s “Arab Cultural Capital.” In a news conference that featured the iconoclastic Israeli

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Barenboim?s Arab-Israeli orchestra gives concert for Jerusalem the ?Arab cultural capital?

Rebels admit leader’s arrest, return to Sri Lanka COLOMBO, Sri Lanka ? Tamil Tiger rebels have acknowledged their new leader has been arrested in Malaysia and handed over to the Sri Lankan military. The group says in a statement Friday that Selvarasa Pathmanathan was captured near a hotel Wednesday by the Malaysian Royal Intelligence Corps

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VA works to prevent veterans from repeating crimes DENVER ? Bracing for an influx of soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, the Department of Veterans Affairs has launched an ambitious effort to locate veterans who’ve had minor brushes with the law and offer them treatment to try to prevent repeat crimes.

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Veterans Administration begins effort to help keep arrested veterans out of future trouble

I recently had an opportunity to experience excellent customer service from the opposite side of the coin (as a customer). Since we don’t always take time to reflect on experiences we have in our personal lives and how it might translate into business, I thought it would make a valuable lesson to provide some insight into the client’s perspective.

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Customer Service 101: The Customer’s Perspective

David L. Simon, a highly respected entertainment industry veteran who has held senior level executive positions at DreamWorks Animation, Fox Television Station Group and Disney among others, has been named to the advisory board of The Box Ltd, the Israeli content creation and new media company. The announcement was made today by Yaki Gani, vice president, The Box Ltd.

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Disney, DreamWorks Exec Named to The Box Board

Designed by R&R Associates , the “Diamond” is a luxury liner that calls for an opulent cruise. With its elegance and glamor, this ultra mega yacht is inspired by the sharp clean edges of a diamond slicing through the shimmering water with its knife like figure containing 40 suites to accommodate numerous guests. Royalty would be envious of the luxurious and spacious lounge area, located on the main deck, which creates an ambiance of a ravishing high tech dream floating on water.

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Diamond yacht: A high-tech dream floating on water

I’ve just read a statement that’s come in from a Zimbabwean NGO called Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development . The statement calls for an audit of “Zimbabwe’s unpayable and odious loans” and asserts, “Zimbabwe’s debt – much of which has resulted from the post colonial burden, failed IFI structural reform programs in the nineties, and the lack of access to debt reduction programmes that other countries have benefited from.” Whilst there is an urgent need for this kind of audit there is also an urgent need for organisations like ZIMCODD and Transparency International-Zimbabwe to charter that scary and unpopular course of demanding that public servants like Mugabe have his wealth investigated and audited. According to the statement “Debt relief from both multilateral and bilateral creditors is imperative if Zimbabwe is to be able to meet the basic needs of its people”

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Audit Mugabe’s wealth

our heads and shoulders are decorated with flecks of gold flurries of falling jacaranda leaves colouring our world as we sit in the circle touching the warming earth beneath my feet it has been too long since I have felt the ground the crackling dry leaves the warming round rocks weavers are already beginning their nests intricate works of art Celtic knots no beginning no end and the web weaves around us threads of light reaching from across the planet touching ground as Zimbabweans begin this journey of self reliance ‘what can I contribute?’ ‘where do we connect?’ General invites the other communities to his organic gardening workshop in Kuwadzana Chikukwa comes to Epworth to speak of community building counsellors and therapists and small organisations begin to connect ‘what have we got to share?’ bronze mannekins on dry branches picking up the courage to come to the seed warm earth cold wind golden flecks

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The end of July

Myanmar criticizes Clinton following ASEAN meeting YANGON, Myanmar ? A Myanmar state-run newspaper on Sunday accused U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton of interfering in the affairs of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations after she urged its members to press for more democratic reforms in the country

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Myanmar accuses Hillary Clinton of interfering in ASEAN affairs after she criticizes the junta

I recently read a Plus News report entitled:  Male circumcision does not protect women .  There has been enough literature, media attention, and so on to see that male circumcision has been a hot topic over the years.  My interest is not to disagree with the argument that male circumcision can, to a degree, reduce the risk of contracting HIV for that man.  In fact, I support the idea of disseminating information and making male circumcision more accessible in Southern Africa.  That is as long as the reduce aspect is thoroughly emphasized as male circumcision does not eliminate risk, the potential side effects are conveyed, and it is not an imposed procedure. The questions I do wish to raise concern the lengths that are being taken to scientifically prove the relationships between black African male circumcision and HIV risk for black African men and women.  And relatedly, the potential for unintended consequences when the path followed is such a rigorous and relentless insistence on absolute, detailed quantitative scientific proof.  My overall concern is this. The Plus News headline I mentioned could just as easily read: Clinical trial comes to an end, 25 women contracted HIV.  When I think about that alternative headline, my mind goes a couple directions

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Ethics, subjects, and proof

According to Zimbabwe’s 2005 Demographic Health Survey (DHS), 47% of women aged 15 to 49 reported an experience with either physical or sexual violence in their lifetime. Statistically speaking, it is difficult to make an over-time comparison because the 1999 DHS did not collect data on incidences of violence against women.  I suspect, and literature supports the argument that including incidences of violence in the 2005 DHS is the result of recognition that violence against women in Zimbabwe has been increasing.  Beyond statistics I see the pressing and complex question as follows.  If you ask a Zimbabwean man:  What do you think your wife would do if you hit her?  Or a Zimbabwean woman: What would you do if your husband hit you?   I suspect, more often than not, the answer to either of those questions would not be an immediate, without hesitating….

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Violence and masculine performances

On Saturdays, we survey the best public speaking articles from throughout the public speaking blogosphere . This review features topics including: revealing personal information in speeches; the value of mnemonics; when to address opposing arguments; PowerPoint 2010 preview; and handing difficult Q&A.

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Best Public Speaking Tips and Techniques: Weekend Review [2009-07-18]

PollDaddy joined the Automattic team last year, and we have been working on adding some of our great features directly into the WordPress platform ever since. Ratings The PollDaddy rating feature that was enabled on WordPress.com last week has really started to see some use