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Nov 17 2010, Marco Villa

A Lebanese supporter of slained prime minister Rafiq Hariri drags her maid with her to carry the Lebanese flag.

To state that there is abuse of maids and migrant workers in the Middle East in an understatement. What takes place in the region is...

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Senate Approves $60 Billion For War, While House Cuts $24 Billion For Unemployed Workers And State Aid

Kevin, Columbia

The Senate easily passed an almost $60 billion war funding bill Thursday, but anxiety over out-of-control budget deficits led House leaders to drop tens of billions of...

Politics & Society, Afghan War, Afghanistan War

made popular May 28 2010

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Manpower Export: Blessing or Burden?

Karim Khan, Peshawar

This year, Pakistan’s export of manpower to the Middle East and Libya is expected to go up by as much as 25%, as told in a news post reporting information from the...

Business, manpower export, Middle East

made popular Feb 27 2009

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Secret plot to let 50-million African workers into EU

Chad, Pretoria

than 50 million African workers are to be invited to Europe in a far-reaching secretive migration deal, the Daily Express can reveal today.

Politics & Society, African, workers, EU

made popular Oct 16 2008

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CEO Beaten to Death by Laid-Off Workers

Sukhbahar, Ludhiana

More than 60 former employees of an Italian manufacturing company in India have been arrested for allegedly beating to death the company’s local chief executive...

Politics & Society, CEO, Workers, Death

made popular Sep 24 2008

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Unemployment rate hits 5-year high of 6.1 percent

Brittany, Ca

The unemployment rate soared to a nearly five-year high in August as employers trimmed jobs for the eighth straight month, the government reported Friday.

Politics & Society, Unemployment, employers, workers

made popular Sep 6 2008

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Marry or lose job, says Iran firm

Kenneth, Chicago

Single workers at one of Iran\’s major state-owned companies have been told to marry by September or face being fired, Iranian newspapers have reported.

Politics & Society, Iran, Workers, Firm

made popular Jun 11 2008

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Robots Could Take 3.5 Million Jobs by 2025

Hiromasa, Tokyo

ROBOTS could fill the jobs of 3.5m people in greying Japan by 2025, a thinktank says, helping to avert worker shortages as the country’s population shrinks.

Technology, Robots, Jobs, workers

made popular Apr 9 2008

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Working Attitude in Government Offices

veena, delhi

Last week I read an article in Mail Today where the writer was lamenting about the negative working attitude at the airport classifying all workers as rude,...

Politics & Society, sincere, government, workers

made popular Mar 27 2008

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A Filipino worker pours out shellfish, which earns him around 40 pesos (less than $1) per sack, at a market in Manila, Philippines on Wednesday March 4, 2009. Many Filipinos settle for low paying jobs to cope with widespread poverty in the country.