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Putting together the control cables, safety gadgets and body electronics in a small space could be a 'tall' order for bigger men. 'They (short men) would be able to do the job comfortably,' M Inder...

A $1.5bn plan to build 30,000 homes is launched to address a housing shortage in the West Bank and Gaza.

FINANCE ministers meeting in the US to grapple with the global financial crisis have also struggled with a problem that has plagued the world periodically since before the time of the Pharaohs: food shortages.

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A shortage of cement is hampering the rehabilitation of a stadium earmakred for Zambia's World Cup qualifiers.

Insurance can be complicated to understand for many Brits. Terms are often very similar but have quite different meaning from a product and coverage perspective. For instance, income protection cover, a long-term insurance solution that pays benefits up to retirement, is often confused with income payment protection, which is a short-term plan under an umbrella of payment protection insurance (PPI) products.

Income protection is a long-term insurance cover that provides benefits up to retirement age, if necessary. Income payment protection (IPP), which is a shorter-term insurance product often confused with income covers, offers payout terms of 12 to 24 months, typically. IPP allows full time employs to protect up to half of their monthly income, or 1000 pounds, whichever is greater.

Cable's strong rebound today and break of 1.9842 resistance indicates that rise from 1.9650 is still underway. Focus is now back to short term falling trend line (now at 1.9926). Firm break of this trend will firstly indicate that fall from 2.0391 has completed. Secondly it will suggest that price...

For most Brits, a house is the most important investment they will make during a lifetime, both from a financial perspective, and a lifestyle perspective. It makes sense, then, that people would do everything they can, within practical terms, to protect this investment. It is strange that only one third of all Brits take advantage of one of the best ways to protect their investments from short-term job or income loss.

It is believe that only about one in every four people has a mortgage insurance protection plan to cover their mortgage payments in the event of a short-term job loss. This is in spite of the fact that the State does not offer financial assistance to the unemployed for nine months, generally. Mortgage cover is a way for many to protect their homes by paying small monthly premiums to cover job losses due to involuntary redundancy, illness, or accident.