UK: 'Gurkhas have swapped their homes in the shadow of Mount Everest to solve a recruitment crisis for a bus operator in rural Wales. Swansea-based 2Travel has employed 21 of the former British Army soldiers to drive passengers in Carmarthenshire. The company was so desperate for new drivers it opened a recruitment office in the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu.' (BBC)
Wednesday, June 16, 2004
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