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Archives for September, 2011

Indian outsourcers seek revenues from ‘smart work’

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=118340935&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK For advertising executive Govind Nair, working in India's outsourcing industry for a California telecoms firm means burning the candle at both ends for his customers….

Machinery tycoon tops China rich list

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=118322060&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK A machinery tycoon topped a list of China's richest people released on Wednesday, as the world's second biggest economy continues to create dollar billionaires despite the global crisis….

Taliban suicide bombs kill 24 in Pakistan

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=118318626&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Twin Taliban bombs targeting security forces responsible for the recent capture of senior Al-Qaeda operatives killed 24 people and wounded 82 others in southwest Pakistan on Wednesday, police said….

Algiers conference to tackle Africa desertification

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=118263171&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Regional cooperation to improve the fight against creeping desertification of the African continent is at the centre of a conference that is to open here Thursday….

Clothing brands ‘to probe Cambodia faintings’

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=118251748&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK More than two dozen global clothing brands on Tuesday pledged to investigate a spate of mass faintings among Cambodian garment workers, the UN's labour agency said….

Philippines catches ‘largest crocodile on record’

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=118241370&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK A monster 21-foot (6.4-metre) saltwater crocodile, believed to be the biggest ever captured, has been trapped in the southern Philippines after a spate of fatal attacks, officials said Tuesday….

Malaysia seizes nearly 700 elephant tusks

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=118234247&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Malaysian authorities have seized nearly 700 elephant tusks bound for China, an official said, the latest in a series of hauls indicating Malaysia had become a key ivory transit hub….

Pakistan arrests senior Al-Qaeda figure: army

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=118215754&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK A senior Al-Qaeda leader believed to have been responsible for planning attacks on the United States, Europe and Australia has been arrested in Pakistan, the army announced on Monday….

Islamists deny links to Pakistani arrested in US

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=118213227&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK A powerful Islamist militant group Monday denied links to a Pakistani man arrested in the US on charges of providing support to the outfit blamed for the deadly Mumbai attacks in 2008….

Unpopular US Congress faces debt, jobs fights

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=118149492&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK US lawmakers return to work next week after a month-long break, facing pitched battles over government spending, trade, and boosting the job-starved economy as the 2012 White House race heats up….