They have serious jobs that come with serious levels of stress. So, who can blame emergency and military staff the world over for wanting to shake off some of that weight.
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Behind the scenes with Bear Grylls
Footage from an airline safety video featuring adventurer Bear Grylls on Fiordland’s Routeburn Track has been released.
Al-Qaeda Now
Which is scarier, the noise or the silence?
Joining the Fight for Freedom at the Underwear Counter
Majid wants to show me a negligee.
Ivory Coast: Gbagbo’s Last Stand as General Mangou Defects
The stage is set for a final showdown in Ivory Coast after the army chief of staff abandoned strongman Laurent Gbagbo. General Philippe Mangou sought refuge with his family in the South African ambassador’s home on the night of March 30
U.N. staff killed in Taliban attack in Kabul
Taliban militants attacked a private guesthouse in central Kabul on Wednesday morning, killing up to six U.N. staff members and wounding nine more, according to a U.N
McCain warns against ‘historic’ error in Afghanistan
Sen. John McCain said any added military deployment in Afghanistan smaller than the 40,000 troops reportedly requested by the top U.S
Israeli settlers burn fields after illegal outpost dismantled
Israeli settlers on Sunday set Palestinian fields and olive groves on fire after their illegal outpost in the West Bank was dismantled, Israeli military sources told CNN. Asked whether he thought the war in Afghanistan could be won with fewer troops than Gen
Obama’s Surprising Nobel Wake-Up Call
“This better be good.” It was 5:45 a.m. and like many West Wing staffers on Friday, Deputy White House Spokesman Bill Burton had been awoken by a phone call, in this case from an ABC News correspondent, Yunji De Nies, who told Burton that President Obama had just won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
Why the Pentagon Axed Its Afghanistan Warlord
Public beheadings in Afghanistan are usually associated with the Taliban, but on Monday it was Defense Secretary Robert Gates metaphorically wielding the ax from the Pentagon platform. Gates announced that he had asked for and received the resignation of his top commander in Afghanistan, Army General David McKiernan, after McKiernan spent only 11 months in that theater