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...will say "I want to be a nurse, so I can go abroad." The outflow of Filipino workers is about supply and demand. It is about globalisation and economic growth. I just hope that this phenomenon is temporary and our country does not find it has been forced to destroy the fabric of family life. Lisa Crisostomo, RILLAAR, BELGIUM...
...First proposed by Ronald Reagan in 1983, the concept behind ballistic missile defense is simple. It aims to provide a way to destroy missiles in transit and to thus circumvent the endgame of “mutually assured destruction.” Technologies have varied, with initial plans favoring nuclear-powered lasers and more recent variants using interceptor missiles. Its initial proposal stirred rancor, but the Defense Department and its agencies have funded ballistic missile defense projects ever since the Reagan administration, sinking at least $30.7 billion into the most recent wave...
...Muslims are supposed to hate - democracy, dogs, women with uncovered hair - we can now add yoga. A council of muftis in Malaysia issued a fatwa over the weekend banning yoga for Muslims, claiming that the sweaty 'Oms' and other Hindu elements of a standard 60-minute yoga class could "destroy the faith of a Muslim...
...argued, the Solidarity movement was in the throes of an internal power struggle between radicals and moderates, with Moscow watching closely, having reinforced the Soviet troop contingent stationed in Poland. The Soviets had previously sent troops to crush a popular rebellion in Hungary in 1956, and to brutally destroy a reformist Czech communist regime in 1968, and Jaruzelski was acutely aware of the danger that Poland could suffer a similar fate. Martial law was "a dramatically difficult decision," but it "saved Poland from a looming catastrophe," according to Jaruzelski...
...Bangkok airport, PAD executive Puchong Tirawatana continued to stoke antigovernment ire. "This is all because of one man, Thaksin Shinawatra," he said, as a yellow-hued sea of protesters armed with plastic hand-clappers milled around near him. "[Thaksin is] a selfish criminal who is willing to destroy the country for his own personal gain. I'm really worried that violence will increase and the country will be in a civil war." Then, in a marked change of tone, Puchong apologized for the siege that had stranded thousands of tourists in an airport whose Thai name, Suvarnabhumi, or "golden land...