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POPSPrivate Security Firms Join Battle Against Somail Pirates When all else fails, send in the *real* security providers. With the failings of the UN, the wimpiness of the International community, and the laws (apparently) all on the side of the criminals....I believe more & more countries and individual companies will be seeking the services of such firms. If I get in trouble....send Blackwater.
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POPSIslamic Tajdeed Society denies cult allegations Mr Al Sharqi said "hardliners" were attacking the group because they feared emergence of a rational movement which may win people's hearts and minds away from extremism. Mr Al Basri said he had documentary evidence and tape recordings to back up his claims and called for the police to question the group's leader and order him to stop its activities. He said he had received death threats as a result of talking about the group, but is determined to expose their activities. Religious leader Shaikh Maytham Al Salman and former managing board member of the Islamic Enlightenment Society described the group's leadership as dishonest and called for action to be taken against them.
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POPSWalking speed in different cities 32) Blantyre (Malawi); 31.60 A new study by quirky psychologist Richard Wiseman has revealed that people's average walking speed in cities has increased by 10% in the last decade. People from 32 countries were timed walking over an 18 metre (60 foot) stretch of un-crowded pavement, and the results were compared to findings from a similar study conducted in the 1990s (by Robert V Levine at California State University).
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POPSSaudi women -- gaining success, breaking barriers "In addition to Al-Dossary, these women include Nahed Taher, who went to Bahrain to set up her own investment bank in 2005 and has since become a major investor in infrastructure and energy projects in the region; Nabilah Tunisi, a leading executive at Saudi oil giant Aramco, who oversees 380 engineers as a manager on project support and controls; and Samra Al-Kuwaiz, the managing director of the women's division of Osool Brokerage Company, which is tapping into the growing wealth of the country's women." "Saudi Arabia is decidedly not an easy place for women to succeed: Women are not permitted to drive or vote..."
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POPSRussian space shuttle clone retired It would have been interesting to see how the Buran would have developed. While we were good at going to the moon and sending probes to planets, the Soviet program was more concerned with the kind of earth-orbit stuff the shuttle's about.
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