Daily Archives: January 19, 2013

The logistics of getting aid into S.Sudan camps

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AlertNet News Blog – The logistics of getting aid into S.Sudan camps By Will Holden | Wednesday at 4:26 PM | Comments ( 0 ) Agility’s Will Holden (R) organises relief… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Alloa private soldier sues his employers for £1.7m over a slipped disk

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18 January 2013 Last updated at 08:21 ET Alloa private soldier sues his employers for £1.7m over a slipped disk Joseph Davidson said he injured his back carrying a heavy colleague… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Jury: KBR Caused Troops’ Cancer; KBR: Pay Up, America!

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Jury: KBR Caused Troops’ Cancer; KBR: Pay Up, America! by Wonkette Jr. A guest post from your comrade “Glasspusher.” Remember when liberals had Dick Cheney’s Halliburton to be OUTRAGED about, like… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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S&P summary: DynCorp International Inc.

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TEXT-S&P summary: DynCorp International Inc. Mon Jan 7, 2013 9:33am EST DynCorp derives almost all of its revenue from the U.S. Defense and State departments, which face significant uncertainty in their… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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How Gun Lube Brought Down the British Empire

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How Gun Lube Brought Down the British Empire 1/19/13 | by Chris Eger In 1857 colonial India, the British East India Company was an enormous publicly traded private corporation that literally… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Sen. Claire McCaskill leaps hurdles to overhauling wartime contracting

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Posted on Saturday, January 19, 2013 Sen. Claire McCaskill leaps hurdles to overhauling wartime contracting Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-MO, in Washington, D.C., in 2012. | Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT By Lindsay Wise… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Kabul’s Detention Of Western Contractors Spurs Tensions

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Wall Street Journal January 18, 2013 Pg. 11 Kabul’s Detention Of Western Contractors Spurs Tensions By Nathan Hodge KABUL—Afghanistan detained several Western employees of a top supplier to the U.S. military… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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