The Sky's the Limit: Sky News Goes Arabic

Sky news joins the global news networks to have gone the Arabic way as BBC, launching its 24-hour Arabic news channel; Job-hunting as one Arab blog-ess abroad observes is driving job seekers to desperate measures; Since Bin Laden's Death; And social rites of passage using speedos.

Sky News is to launch its Arabic channel

The Next Web: Middle East [2]

Sky's the Limit: Sky Goes Arabic

Sky News is launching its 24-hour Arabic news channel tomorrow. "Having just been made available in the US and Canada via Livestation, Sky News is launching a 24-hour Arabic news channel, which has been two years in the making. Tomorrow, Sky News Arabia, the multi-media news platform is finally launching at 4pm GMT (8pm UAE time)."

Huffington Post Blogs [3]

The Job Market: Stand Out or Put Out

On being in your 30s, and having to do the rounds yet again to seek gainful employment. 'I recently bumped into my very fancy-looking, highly-educated, unemployed girl friend who was frustrated about being so fancy-looking and unemployed. Life has not treated her well, she said. "I went to an Ivy league school. I have a master's degree," she explained. "And," she paused, "I'm not 25. I cannot go through this again." '

Salon [4]

Since bin Laden’s death

It's not over til the fat lady sings: In the wake of Osama bin Laden’s summary execution one year ago, many predicted that the War on Terror would finally begin to recede. Here’s what has happened since then:

Kabobfest [5]

On Chafed Oddballs, Siberian Socialites and Missed Opportunities

Social rites of passage serve us well. "Although the Speedo brand is relatively unconcerned about the elasticity of their swim briefs, high-testosterone teens are committed to exploring the nature of it. The subject of these experiments is usually an unworldly kid, dangling from the pegs of a P.E locker room in an atomic wedgie after swim class. This experience translates as an important life lesson, there is a heightened awareness of what’s expected and accepted in social circles."