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Iraq: The Road to Learning Can Be Dangerous
The income is now a good deal better. "We have started to buy back what we sold during the last 10 years of the previous regime," Prof. Abdullah Mahdi from Diyala University in Baquba, 40 km northeast of Baghdad, told IPS. "We had sold our furniture and all we had just to eat." "Now almost all professors have their own cars for the first time," said Prof. Adnan Juma'a from the university. Today, a newly appointed university teacher can receive a salary of 500,000 Iraqi Dinars (400 dollars). A senior professor can get 1,000 dollars a month. And yet, not many say life is better. The university campus is located seven kilometres from the town. Many professors have been killed or kidnapped by militiamen and criminals en route. "Professors, employees and students have stopped coming to the colleges and to their offices for fear of being kidnapped or killed," the head of one department told IPS on condition of anonymity.
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Holiday Gifts, Expo Survival
During that interview we routinely refer to Playlist's Plays of the Year awards (the year's best digital-music-oriented gear) and also reference Macworld 's Holiday Gear Guide from the December 2007 issue. The second major event is, of course, next month's Macworld Expo, held from January 14–18. To help prepare you, I offer practical tips for surviving and, more importantly, enjoying your week in San Francisco. I am assisted, in this regard, by a guy dressed as an iPhone. Download Episode #101 • AAC version (20.1 MB, 41 minutes) • MP3 version (18.9 MB, 41 minutes) To subscribe to the Macworld Podcast via iTunes 4.9 or later, simply click here. Or you can point your favorite podcast-savvy RSS reader at: http://feeds.macworld.com/macworld/podcast/ You can find previous episodes of our audio podcasts—as well as our video offerings—on the Macworld Multimedia page.
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Sicknote crackdown will hit 30,000 in Hampshire
A Government crackdown on benefits will hit more than 30,000 claimants acorss Hampshire, it has been revealed. From October next year individuals applying for incapacity benefits will be asked to undertake a new test to establish what they are capable of doing, rather than simply having their disabilities measured, Work and Pensions Secretary Peter Hain said yesterday. The new regime, which will initially cover only new claimants, will eventually be imposed on all those receiving incapacity support. As of May this year there were more than 30,000 such people in south west Hampshire - including nearly 10,000 in Southampton. The harder test will assess claimants' abilities to perform certain work-related tasks, such as using a computer keyboard and mouse.
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