Prisons, Jails and Probation – Overview The Department of Justice reported that at year-end 2003, federal prisons held a total of 158,426 inmates, of whom 86,972 (55%) were drug offenders. By comparison in 2000 federal prisons held 131,739 total inmates of whom 74,276 (56%) were drug offenders, and in 1995 federal prisons […]
International News Fai
SUVA: A powerful hurricane was heading closer to Fiji’s main islands and tourist areas Friday, prompting warnings from authorities to evacuate low lying areas. Cyclone Daman strengthened overnight to category four on a five point scale and changed course closer to the South Pacific nation’s main populated areas, officials said. By late Friday morning Daman was packing […]
Oil jumps more than $1 on US pipeline fire
Oil prices rebounded by over $1 a barrel on Thursday, after an explosion and fire at an oil terminal in Minnesota shut down most of the main pipeline that delivers Canadian crude to United States Midwest refineries. US crude rose by $1,11 to $91,73 a barrel by 4.35am GMT, recouping some of the previous session’s […]
Former Prime Minister,Bhutto, issues ultimatum to Musharraf
Former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto threatened on Wednesday to lead a mass protest march to the capital unless President Pervez Musharraf quits as army chief, holds elections and restores the Constitution. Bhutto, leader of the largest opposition party and the politician most capable of mobilising street power, gave Musharraf until Friday to comply. Government […]
Effects of Outsourcing IT Positions to Low Cost Countries
BACKGROUND: Off shoring – the transfer of high wage U.S. jobs to lower cost overseas locations especially in Banking Industry is enabled by improved communications technologies and driven by the desire of corporations to establish a business presence in potentially lucrative foreign markets as well as to take advantage of the lower costs of production […]
China Is Really Number Two
China’s coming on strong while our leaders chase the terrorists across the globe. Recently much international press fanfare was generated acknowledging that China had replaced Great Britain as the world’s fourth largest economy. Nobody argues nowadays that China has the highest growth rate of industrialized economics posting annual growth rates in excess of 8.5 percent […]
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