Osprey Publishing.
Osprey Publishing 443 Park Avenue South #806, New York NY 10016 www.ospreypublishing.com Terry Crowdy's MILITARY MISDEMEANORS (9781846031489, $16.95) covers faux pas, bungles, acts of incompetence, and just stupidity--over seven such scandals are gathered under one cover and celebrate bungles throughout history, from Caesar...

Brill's companion to Thucydides.
9789004136830 Brill's companion to Thucydides. Ed. by Antonios Rengakos and Antonis Tsakmakis. BRILL 2006 947 pages $336.00 Hardcover DF229 The first wide-ranging collective work on Thucydides in 38 years, this volume...

FLAG Telecom forms alliance with global co.
NEW DELHI: FLAG Telecom, the undersea cable arm of Reliance Communications, has entered into an alliance with a global submarine cable operator which will enable it to enhance the reach of network to both South America and Australia. The company, however, refused to divulge the name of...

Inter-American Summit on Conflict Resolution Education Set for Tri-C.
Presenters to come from the Americas and Europe CLEVELAND, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Government officials and representatives of non-governmental organizations from across the U.S., Central and South America and Europe will gather at Cuyahoga Community College's Metropolitan Campus (2900 Community College Ave.) for the Inter-American Summit on...

Soap & detergent in the Middle East: consumer laundry habits are characterized by high incidence of presoaking and line drying. Manual dishwashing is the norm, while the surface care market is relatively small due to the use of multi-purpose powder detergents for general cleaning.
THE MIDDLE EAST is a subregion of Asia that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. The Middle East has been at the center of world affairs, and has been a very strategically, economically, politically, and culturally important region. Total GDP of the area in 2004...

Joining EU not too easy.
Byline: DEUTSCHE PRESSE AGENTUR BRUSSELS/Berlin - Founded in 1957 by six pioneering nations seeking an end to war and conflict in Europe, today's 27-member European Union has grown into the world's most sophisticated experiment in regional cooperation and collective sovereignty. The original EU members --...

Airline News - Africa / Middle East.
Apr 23, 2007 South African Airways, All Nippon Airways All Nippon Airways and South African Airways filed an alliance agreement with their respective governments allowing the carriers to codeshare on services between Japan and South Africa via Hong Kong, with expanded cooperation possible in the...

Bulgaria, Romania expand GSP market.
Local exporters can now expand their markets to two European countries of Bulgaria and Romania under the European Union's Generalized System of Preferences (GSP scheme). Charge d' Affaires to the European Union Roger De Backer told the Philippine government that since January 1, 2007 Bulgaria and Romania...

Tax misery: India 13th on list.
NEW DELHI: Not happy with the amount of tax you pay every month? Cheer up. You're much better off than those living in countries like France, Belgium and China. According to the 2007 Forbes Tax Misery and Reform Index, India is ranked 13 along with Indonesia as...

Around The Nation.
DFA warns vs illegal recruiters of minors The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has sounded an alarm over the illegal recruitment of underaged Filipinos as domestic workers in Bahrain. The Philippine embassy in Bahrain issued a stern warning against illegal recruiters who send minors to...