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Israel on YouTube

On the 29th of December 2008, in the middest of her operation in Gaza, Israeli Defence Force Spokesperson’s Unit launched own YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/idfnadesk?ob=1). So far, 31 videos including clips from the front line as well as comments from officials were uploaded, and the channel was accessed close to one million times world wide. All [...]

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Reborn

AMIR SALEEM: BORN MARCH 3, 2076 March 3, 2105. The buzzer went off again and I sprang out of my bed; it was 8:25PM and I was late. I was supposed to be there at 8:45PM. I had to rush. I commanded the operating system in my room to pick my dress, shoes, cologne, watch, [...]

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Bengaluru- Land of Opportunities

Go back 20 years down the memory lane and you would have found Bengaluru as a clean calm city filled with Lal baghs, vidyarthi bhavans, MTRs, bugul rocks and the list goes on, probably no one would have ever imagined in their wildest dreams that a city known as “Garden city of India” would one [...]

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Obama On Russia And Around

Since he was elected as next President of the United States on the historical Tuesday, Obama scheduled several meetings with world leaders including President Medvedev of Russia. Two leaders, both relatively young and active, will talk various subjects on mutual disarmament over the next several years. Here are two issues on which Obama commented on [...]

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“Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc” in Pakistan

In Islamabad, a bomb exploded in Marriott hotel, and killed more than 50 people including the Czech Ambassador (as of 21 September). Allegedly, religious extremists and terrorists nesting in Pakistan conducted the strike, according to government officials, scholars, and journalists. Regardless of Pakistani position of the so-called “war on terrorism,” its unstable domestic security is [...]

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Beyond Right or Wrong: The Russian-Georgian Conflict

Given the freedom of speech, I write this article NOT from the ANTI-Russian perspective. I aware that many civilians (2000 plus at the time of writing) have died in face of the Russian attacks. Some of my friends freed Georgia, while some still stay in the country. At the moment, Tbilisi declared the cease fire, [...]

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At the Age of 10

What does any child do at the age of 10?” well that could be a silly question to answer but think again because the answer might not be as simple as it sounds, ‘child labor’ was banned by government with the sole intention to give every child its right, of basic education. Voluntary organization across [...]

Dealing with Stress.

Recession, job cuts, pressure, appraisals, the IT world is being subjected to a lot of pressure day by day. 9 to 5 jobs have been expanded to 9 to 11; stress in offices is slowly creeping up and interfering with every one’s personal life. What is the solution for this? How can stress be reduced [...]

Still Looking

“I promise to learn…if you agree to polish my shoes whenever the maid takes the day off!” “No, no, no!” I had stormed out yesterday leaving my Mum baffled and Shabbi Auntie angry, when she brought in yet another rishta-seeking brigade. Can you blame me? Who do these women think they are, bringing along all [...]

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Policy Makers Need Better Vocabulary

In order to achieve effective results, that is turn ideological aims, goals and concepts into effective practice, policy makers need better vocabulary, similar to business managers, who need better vocabulary to effectively manage and derive optimal results from their team members. The idea stems from an interesting piece written by Nadeem Chauhan of Navitus Consultancy, [...]

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