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Basra, Iraq (AHN) – Britain has announced that a majority of 150 of its remaining troops will come home from Iraq by spring next year. According to military spokesman Maj. Gen. Lorimer, Britain is planning to withdraw more than 100 British sailors from Iraq once they finish providing training sessions to the Iraqi navy in the southern port of Umm Qasr.

The spokesman denied any links between the troops’ withdrawal and last month’s defense cuts. However, he added that a small number of Britons would continue training of Iraqi army officers as part of a NATO mission.

It may be noted that British has pulled out majority of its forces from the war-torn nation last May.

Maj Gen Lorimer further said that small Royal Navy team should complete the training session by May 2011, adding that British soldiers would be able to spend additional six months – a period Iraq’s council of ministers agreed on November 10, on the training mission.

Umm Qasr is in Iraq’s Basra provice and is the country’s only deep water port. It is also hub where country receives 80% of its grain supply.

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – A report released Tuesday by TD Bank linksmaternity leave taken by women to lower wages.

According to study authors Beata Caranci and Pascal Gauthier, for every year that a women leaves the workforce to give birth and take care of her children, the female employee loses three percent of her salary.

Although three percent is the average loss, It could increase significantl for women who take maternity leaves more frequently.

The study debunks long-held belief that skills of female workers depreciate with extended maternity leaves. Rather, employers view a woman employee’s frequent entry and exit from the workforce as an indicator of her attachment or commitment to her job.

Caranci, deputy chief economist of TD Economics, pointed out that previous studies on wage differences between the genders could not attribute about half of an observed 20 percent difference in pay to the usual factors such as experience, hours worked, occupation, industry and age.

After going on a maternity leave, when these working mothers return to work, because of more responsibilities waiting for them at home, they are less attracted to job incentives normally offered such as higher salaries in exchange for added or higher responsibilities in the office. Instead, they often select more work-life balance.

To reduce the pay gap, the report suggested that women first build more work experience before they go on maternity leave and, if possible, return to the same employer where their social networks and other company-specific skills are better preserved.

Gauthier, senior economist of TD Economics, said in a statement, “This new insight provides a vantage point for employers on how to reengineer jobs and provide the flexibility this demographic demands, while helping to put employees and companies ahead of the expected skilled labor force crunch.”

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Every UK citizen is eligible to apply for. They must produce their income and residential proof in front of lender. They will get an option to select their car and other terms will be decided afterwards. Seeing your bad credit they may charge you with extra high interest rate. So before approaching any lender go through your credit report very carefully and try to make every possible improvement. If possible settle down some previous debts which you think you can.

Auto loans bad credit is available in two forms short term and long term. In case of short term auto loans money has to be paid back within 2 to 3 years. Interest rate in this case will be a bit high, but with long term auto loans repayment tenure is long and interest rate is low. Overall money to be paid in case of long term will be less.

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