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Iran to support even after Nato forces leave: Envoy

Kabul (Agencies)- Iran Ambassador to Kabul Abolfazl Zohrevand says Tehran will continue to support Afghanistan after the withdrawal of foreign forces from the country, Press TV reports. “We have been helping Afghans here in different sectors...
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12 Events That Shaped Afghanistan in 2012

Source- Tolo News It has been an eventful year in Afghanistan, a year of triumphs and tribulations. From the country’s first premier league soccer tournament to progress towards peace, our editors picked 12 events for their potential to...
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7.5 million Youths unemployed around the world

The global economic crisis has hit the younger generation severely, leaving 7.5 million unemployed. This tends to darken the outlook for the global economy and the lives of young people that can potentially give rise to social unrest. Akmal...
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Could mineral wealth transform Afghan economy?

BBC News-Three international energy firms have been shortlisted to develop lucrative oil deposits in northern Afghanistan. It is hoped such deals could reduce dependency on foreign aid. BBC reporters visited three key industrial projects to...
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12 Ultra Rich Greeks That Should Have Bailed Out Greece Themselves

By Kamelia Angelova- Business Insider Greece’s financial troubles forced its people to the streets and its fellow European nations to negotiations about bailing it out. But what about the Greek elite? Are there any wealthy Greeks that...
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To Be a Good Leader, First Be Human

By-Deep Nishar, Senior Vice President, Products & User Experience at LinkedIn One of my favorite activities is to flip through old photo albums with my daughter, poking fun at outdated hair styles and clothes. As we were going through this...
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What I Learned When I Got Fired (the First Time)

By Sallie Krawcheck- Past President of Merrill Lynch, US Trust, Smith Barney There are some things worth being fired over. Sometimes your personal values don’t mesh with the company’s (regardless of what the company’s “Values Statement”...
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7 Things That Make Great Entrepreneurs Tick

By Steve Tobak- Inc.com Silicon Valley has gazillions of successful entrepreneurs and brilliant innovators. You can’t walk down the street in Palo Alto or Mt. View without bumping into two or three top executives who started out in a little...
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Leap before you think?!

By: Hiroshi Mikitani- CEO, Rakuten Inc. To be successful in business, you must act first and think later. This may sound counterintuitive. Indeed, most of us have been counseled since we were children to think first. Don’t just rush out there,...
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Ben Bernanke

Ben S. Bernanke began a second term as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System on February 1, 2010. Dr. Bernanke also serves as Chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee, the System’s principal monetary policymaking...