Archive for September, 2010
1 ‘censored’ bar won’t stop online prostitution (AP)
AP - Craiglist's "adult services" section has been shut down in the U.S., but prostitution on the Internet is alive and well — even, quite possibly, on Craigslist. View post: 1 'censored' bar won't stop online prostitution (AP)
Despite formal combat end, US joins Baghdad battle (AP)
AP - Days after the U.S. officially ended combat operations and touted Iraq's ability to defend itself, American troops found themselves battling heavily armed militants assaulting an Iraqi military headquarters in the center of Baghdad on Sunday Continued here: Despite formal combat end, US joins Baghdad battle (AP)
Congo: 70 dead, 200 missing in 2 boat capsizes (AP)
AP - Two boats capsized over the weekend in separate incidents on Congo's vast rivers, leaving 70 people dead and 200 others feared dead, and both vessels were heavily loaded and operating with few safety measures, officials said Sunday. See the original post: Congo: 70 dead, 200 missing in 2 boat capsizes (AP)
9 years gone, everyone’s a ground zero stakeholder (AP)
AP - It is a place of sacrifice. More here: 9 years gone, everyone's a ground zero stakeholder (AP)
Guatemala mudslides kill at least 38; 2 buses hit (AP)
AP - Torrential rains from a tropical depression caused landslides that have killed at least 38 people in Guatemala — some of them rescuers trying to save people already buried under a wall of mud. Read the rest here: Guatemala mudslides kill at least 38; 2 buses hit (AP)
Future hiring will mainly benefit the high-skilled (AP)
AP - Whenever companies start hiring freely again, job-seekers with specialized skills and education will have plenty of good opportunities. Others will face a choice: Take a job with low pay — or none at all. Go here to see the original: Future hiring will mainly benefit the high-skilled (AP)
Police say suicide attack in NW Pakistan kills 17 (AP)
AP - A suicide bomber detonated a car in an alley behind a police station in a strategically vital town in northwest Pakistan on Monday, killing at least 17 police and civilians in an explosion that shattered the station and neighboring homes, police said. More here: Police say suicide attack in NW Pakistan kills 17 (AP)
