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POPS Marry or lose job, says Iran firm In the same vein, the governor of the eastern province of North Khorasan ruled recently that only married people would be hired for official posts in the region :rolleyes:
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POPSHunger, water scarcity displaces thousands of Afghans Faced by violence in the past two years, the bloodiest since the Taliban's ouster in 2001, and frustration from many Afghans about perceived lack of development, the government has been seeking ways to import flour or wheat to curb rising food prices
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POPS Cambodian 'Killing Fields' journalist dies Schanberg described Dith's ordeal and salvation in a 1980 magazine article titled "The Death and Life of Dith Pran". Schanberg's reporting from Phnom Penh had earned him a Pulitzer Prize in 1976. Later a book, the magazine article became the basis for The Killing Fields, the highly successful 1984 British film starring Sam Waterston as the Times correspondent and Haing S. Ngor, another Cambodian escapee from the Khmer Rouge, as Dith Pran. The film won three Oscars, including the best supporting actor award to Ngor. Ngor, a physician, was shot to death in 1996 during a robbery outside his Los Angeles home
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POPSResearchers find a 1791 time capsule atop Mexico City Cathedral tower Researchers spent the next three months opening the airtight box and preserving its contents. Among them was a small case of wax blessed by the Pope that served to protect against mishaps, said Rev. Ruben Avila, rector of the cathedral. Also inside was an engraving of Saint Barbara, a Roman Catholic martyr associated with lightning whose image served as "a religious lightening rod, to protect against damage," said archaeologist Xavier Cortes, director of historic buildings for the National Council of the Arts and Culture.
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POPSIndian elephants turn thespians to save wild mates Villagers are increasingly encroaching on forest land, while elephants are increasingly barging into villages, killing dozens of people each year, often by trampling on them. The villagers' tactics involve building makeshift electric fences from electric pylons around villages, which electrocute elephants on contact. A dozen elephants have been killed in this way in eastern India so far this year, conservationists say Only about 120,000 square km (46,340 square miles) of India's landmass -- less than four percent of the total -- is suitable for elephants, according to a survey by the environment ministry last year
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POPS Revealedix: the Gaul of Asterix was no joke after all "I have read about the new discoveries, but to be honest I don't think we will be reworking the Asterix stories," said Florence Richaud, a spokeswoman for Albert Rene, publishers of the series of albums. "The illustrator Albert Uderzo did try to make it authentic, but rather than educational material these are stories designed basically to make children laugh." Uderzo, 80, who has illustrated all of the Asterix adventures, is working on his memoirs and has no plans to give new life to his ferocious, moustached creation
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POPSGandhi letter not to go under hammer In the January 11, 1948 letter written for the Harijan newspaper, which he edited, Gandhi makes an emotive appeal for tolerance towards Muslims. "My view remains unalterable especially at this critical juncture in our history. It is wrong to ruffle Muslim or any other person's feeling when there is no question of ethics," Gandhi wrote, just 19 days before Nathuram Godse shot him dead
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POPS Central government accused of 'selling out' Bhopal gas victims The deadly gas leak from the Union Carbide pesticide factory in Bhopal on December 3, 1984, has killed more than 20,000 people so far. An estimated 150,000 people continue to suffer from toxic effects of the gas, including diminished vision, cancer, respiratory, neurological and gynaecological disorders
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