JOBSEEKERS have been advised to consider what careers they would like to be pursuing in 10 to 15 years’ time because there is every possibility the industry they are considering might have moved to a cheaper economy by then.

ONE of the biggest remaining Darfur rebel alliances yesterday said it would respect a ceasefire and was ready to resume peace talks with Sudan’s government.

Darfurian rebels have partially destroyed an oil field in a rare eastward extension of their campaign toward central Sudan, the rebels and government said.

Darfur rebels have attacked an oil field in Southern Kordofan, making a rare extension of their campaign eastwards toward Khartoum, the rebels and government said today.

Nato’s secretary general today said all 26 member nations will allow their troops in Afghanistan to provide emergency support to allied units anywhere in the country, despite criticism that some are refusing to authorise commanders to send their soldiers into more dangerous regions.

DARFUR rebels called on a former ally to rejoin their ranks yesterday as a top UN envoy said the government had lost two major battles in the western region, with reports of “very high” losses.

DARFUR rebels said Sudanese planes and troops attacked villages in the western region yesterday, hours before the UN Security Council voted on the deployment of UN peacekeepers to the region.

Foreign employment agencies should be banned from operating in the Irish market without a licence, it was claimed tonight.

Nato defence ministers will today seek to calm Islamic anger over the Prophet Mohammed cartoons at their first meeting with counterparts from Israel and six Arab nations.

FRENCH President Jacques Chirac has delivered a double blow to the US at the NATO summit in Turkey.