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Palestinian militants in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip fired five rockets at Israel on Saturday, according to the Israeli military,further straining a fragile month-old ceasefire.

No one was killed or wounded in the attacks, with two of the rockets striking near the Israeli town of Ashkelon. Palestinian militants have fired more than 100 rockets and mortar rounds at Israel since the fragile January 18 truce that ended Israel’s massive military offensive on Gaza, which killed more than 1,300 Palestinians and 13 Israelis.

Israel has in turn carried out several air raids targeting alleged militants, weapons caches and smuggling tunnels beneath the Gaza-Egypt border. Egypt has been struggling to mediate a more permanent ceasefire between the two sides in recent weeks but the talks have shown little sign of progress.

President Obama told congressional leaders Thursday he’s planning to pull all combat troops out of Iraq by August 2010, which falls short of his campaign promise to bring all combat forces home within 16 months, according to three congressional officials.President Obama says he plans to keep up to 50,000 support troops in Iraq after combat troops leave in 2010.

Under this scenario, all combat troops will be withdrawn within 19 months of Obama’s January inauguration, three months longer than his promise on the campaign trail.In a meeting at the White House Thursday evening, Obama also told lawmakers that he plans to keep a range of 35,000 to 50,000 support troops on the ground in Iraq after combat troops are out, the officials said.

While liberals may be frustrated that Obama is not keeping his campaign promise to the letter, the president could win credit from lawmakers in both parties for giving military commanders more time and flexibility to finish the mission.What may turn out to be more controversial is the number of noncombat troops that will remain in Iraq under Obama’s plan.

Military officials have stressed that residual, noncombat forces would focus on supplies and logistics to protect U.S. interests in the region. But senior Democrats such as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid have expressed concern over such a large number of troops staying in Iraq after combat forces have left.

Bollywood Superstar Amitabh Bachchan popularly known as “Big Boss”  is set to play the renowned tiger hunter and conservationist in a Priyadarshan film. Departing from his usual genre, comedy, Priyan is set to make the first thriller of his career. Titled ‘Grrr’, the film will be about the man-eating tigers of Sunderbans with Amitabh Bachchan playing the role of Jim Corbett.

Corbett, who was a colonel in British Indian Army, is renowned for having killed many man-eating tigers in the jungles of Kumaon in North India under the Raj. He was also a conservationist who stressed the need to save forests and wild life.

Priyadarshan so far directed Amitabh in advertisements, but ‘Grrr’ would be his first film with the superstar. The director says he could envisage none other than Big B in the role of the fearless Jim Corbett.

Indian music maestro A.R. Rahman has won two oscars for Original music score and for Original music song. It’s not only his dream that has turned into reality at the 81st annual Academy Awards, it’s a milestone for Bollywood too.

It’s a tremendous achievement both for Rehmann and Bollywood.The whole of Bollywood celebrated as Rahman bagged the Oscars for best original score in ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ and its theme song ‘Jai Ho’. This amazing music director has created a history that would be remembered by all of us for ages to come.

Before this, only two Indians have won the Oscar in its 80 year history - Satyajit Ray was given the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award in 1992 and Bhanu Athaiya won the best costume design Oscar along with John Mollo for the 1982 film ‘Gandhi.’

Rahman, the first Indian musician to win the annual Academy Award, was listed for three of the film’s ten Oscar nominations - one for his original score and two others for songs composed by him, ‘O Saya’ and ‘Jai Ho’.

The international recognition that Rahman has earned for himself makes every Indian proud. He deserves it more than anybody else for his wholehearted dedication to music. It’s a rare honour. It’s high time for all of us to congratulate the Music Maestro AR Rehmann for all his passion towards music that has made the whole of India proud.

I read an article about “Mayan Calendar”… I would like to share it with you all my friends!!!

According to Mayan Prophecy 21.12.2012 is a time of transition from one World Age to another…. Is it so??? Let’s go in Depth..

The message as per “Mayan Prophecy” says the changes may happen on the choice as how enter our future ahead. Our moving through with either Resistance or Acceptance will determine whether the transition will happen with Cataclysmic changes or Gradual peace and tranquility. It further says that we are living at the end of Galactic day. One galactic day of 25,625 years is divided into five cycles of 5,125 years. The great cycle of Mayan count calendar ends on 2012A.D. We are almost at the end of fifth cycle and this is as much about beginnings as endings..

So friends tell me what you all think about it… Is it a fact based on some Logic… I feel that “Calendars can only say but can’t make it happen. Verdict in God’s hands”

With IT sector experiencing a slow down, the global financial situation is facing a critical time that is being felt by everyone associated with the sector. It also seems that the current situation is so bleak that many employees are quite uncertain about their jobs in terms of security.

The Slump in IT industry is slowly but surely affecting other businesses to a greater extent. The share market getting down day by day which is actually presenting a loss to many of the stack holders. Also the rent offered for flats is dropping by miles. Even if a two bedroom flat whose rent is fixed as Rs.18,000 is offered for Rs.12,000, no one is ready to accept it. The real estate business is dipping too. Cab services are another casualty experiencing 35 to 40% decrease in its turnover. The land owners who are ready to sell their lands at a considerable lower price are also stumbling upon to get their work done as no one is coming forward to buy at this Black time of information technology.

An environment of uncertainty and financial tensions increases stress levels. The employees who are brought to work recently are also experiencing the maximum fear of losing their jobs. For example if in a family both husband and wife are bound to IT then the tension doubles. Also the formula of “Hiring and Firing” make the situation even more complex.When will this situation change???

Can IT recover back??? If so it will reflect in the growth of other businesses thereby increasing the global economy.

GPS utilizes satellite signals to track location. It will monitor and manage your entire fleet from a single computer. By Using Feet GPS Tracking system, you can monitor your cargo, assets, employees, etc. It will helps you if your products are misplaced, stolen, etc.

By Using GPS Tracking system, you can track down the stolen or misplaced products. Technology is getting newer everyday with a lot of new inventions especially in the area of security. GPS Fleet tracking technology in vehicles or any other objects is one of those important technology.

By attaching a GPS device in vehicles or any other objects , we can monitor the vehicles or any other objects from a remote place from anywhere across the globe.

GPS Fleet Tracking will allow their companies to monitor all their vehicles and other assets from a single computer. This will greatly reduce the operating costs for them and eliminating unnecessary cost and wasted time. There are a lot of benefits of using these fleet tracking systems with some different features. Most of these GPS systems are also equipped with alarm systems, cameras, audio (voice) recorders, telephones and added security devices.

These systems also helps their parent to track down where their teenage kids are driving. Parents really just want to make sure their kids are driving to some safest place. but I too feel uncomfortable being monitored while driving. But then again the safety comes first.

These systems also helps in rough terrain such as into the desert or forests it is too easy to lose your bearing and your directions when nightfall. A GPS Tracking System can literally save your life, they have saved many lives in recent years and authorities use them in such locations religiously.

GPS Fleet Tracking Systems are definitely great ways to monitor your business by tracking your vehicles or any other objects. There are so many GPS fleet tracking device are available according to our usage.

Slumdog Millionaire, director Danny Boyle’s neo-realastic film with 10 Oscar nominations stood poised to ride into ultimate cinematic fame at 81st Academy Awards at Los Angeles. Powered by a non-stop winning streak in other international awards, the story of a Mumbai slum teaboy’s unlikely road to riches was the favourite to win the most coveted Oscar-Best picture award.

As the countdown began for the awards ceremony at the kodak theatre and British bookmakers listed it their clear favourite, child actors,10 year old Azharuddin Ismail and 9 year old Rubina Ali went round Mumbai on Friday. They excitedly spoke to the Media and acknowledged the collective enthusiasm of the city. Music maestro A.R.Rehmann, presently in Los Angeles preparing to perform at the prestigious ceremony told it would be a great honour if the film could grab the award.

Nine children who acted in the film were being hosted for the exciting awards ceremony function and Fox Searchlight was paying for visas, travel and accommodation. The film has won rave reviews and sharp reactions for its slum and poverty slot, competes for the best picture with the period drama “The curious case of Benjamin Button”, the political story.

With Danny Boyle and his film heavily favoured to win the Best Director and Picture, Oscar watchers are looking to the acting honours for suspense at the ceremony.

India’s Greatest actor and one of the Biggest star of the world Shah Rukh Khan is extremely worried about an incident that happened to his residence. Bollywood Super star Shah Rukh Khan’s Bungalow in mumbai was attacked with kerosene-filled-bottles by unknown persons on friday morning at early hours. The Bollywood actor currently in London had told to media reports that he is totally worried about this incident and this issue also provokes his thought on the safety of his family residing in India.

It was around 3 a.m on friday morning, the miscreants came in a motor cycle and threw kerosene bottles and fled away. The security men at Star’s Residence tried to catch them up by chasing but they ended up in vain. This incident is a total mystery. There are no clues what so ever about who could be in charge of this terrible incident.This incident has affected the hearts of all the shahrukh’s fans a lot.Hope this should never happen again.