– by Mong Palatino More than 4,000 people are dead after cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar last weekend. Cyclone Nargis, a Category 3 storm packed winds of 190 km (120 mile) per hour. It was the world’s deadliest storm in ten years. In 1999 a cyclone in South Asia killed more than 10,000 people. Initial estimates put the casualty […]
Annapolis would be a joke if it were not so tragic
“You’ll be happy to know, my whole motorcade of a mere 45 cars was able to make it through without being stopped but I am not sure if that happens to the average person.” – President Bush, 11 January, 2008; joking about Israeli checkpoints with the media after concluding his three day visit to […]
Guantanamo Bay detention camp
Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a cooperative military prison and detention camp under the leadership of Joint Task Force Guantanamo since 2002. The prison, established at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, holds people accused by the United States government of being terrorist operatives, as well as those no longer considered suspects who are being held pending […]
Voting For General Election In Russia Starts
Currently, eleven parties are completing for the seats in the lower house called the Duma. Only seven percent of votes are required to qualify for a seat in the lower house. The government has been accused by opposition parties of stifling their campaigns and acts of intimidation. Independent monitors have also claimed that their attempts […]
Effects of Outsourcing IT Positions to Low Cost Countries
BACKGROUND: Off shoring – the transfer of high wage U.S. jobs to lower cost overseas locations especially in Banking Industry is enabled by improved communications technologies and driven by the desire of corporations to establish a business presence in potentially lucrative foreign markets as well as to take advantage of the lower costs of production […]