A recent poll shows Muslims embrace economic globalization as long as it does not lead to the spread of western culture in their country. The survey, conducted by the World Public Opinion (WPO) polling organization, questioned more than 5,200 respondents over six weeks in January and February 2008, Thu, 28 August 2008 9:27:06 http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=67787&sectionid=3510212 On Sept. 7, 2006, Nouriel Roubini, an economics professor at New York University, stood before an audience of economists at the International Monetary Fund and announced that a crisis was brewing. Fri, 22 August 2008 7:39:32 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/magazine/17pessimist-t.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has reported that Indians living abroad transferred $24.6 billion to India in the fiscal year 2005-2006. India, thus, continues to retain its position as the leading recipient of remittances in the world. The World Bank estimates for 2005 put India in the lead at $23. Mon, 16 June 2008 13:23:26 http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=577 SINGAPORE (AFP)--Tokyo has supplanted Seoul as Asia's most expensive city forexpatriates as the stronger yen pushed up living costs in the world's second largest economy, a survey by ECA International said Thursday.  Thu, 12 June 2008 8:31:10 http://news.morningstar.com/newsnet/ViewNews.aspx?article=/DJ/200806120317DOWJONESDJONLINE000392_uni The research revealed more about this unique and growing breed of extended stay business traveler -- the executive expat. They are largely senior executives who travel extensively -- often on long-term assignment -- and 68% consider themselves 'expatriates.  Thu, 12 June 2008 8:26:47 http://newsblaze.com/story/2008061200030200003.pnw/topstory.html 2008-06-12 01:20:00 Akufo-Addo wins "Symbolic Landslide Victory" Thu, 12 June 2008 8:24:23 http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=145205 A hardy and versatile species that can do surprisingly well in boardrooms, palaces and even diplomatic conferences Wed, 11 June 2008 19:57:53 http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11504783. BANGKOK, June 11 Asia Pulse - With zero fare tickets and packages from as low as 3,419 Baht (US$ 103.50), Malaysia Airlines (MAS) (KLSE:3786) has launched its third wave of promotions to attract the huge Thai and lucrative expatriatecommunity markets in Thailand.  Wed, 11 June 2008 9:38:23 http://asia.news.yahoo.com/080611/4/3knve.html - (Kyodo)-The Diet enacted a bill Wednesday that enables survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki who are now living abroad to apply for the Japanese government's medical benefits without coming to Japan.  Wed, 11 June 2008 9:34:38 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D917J8KG3&show_article=1&catnum=2 LUKA ZAK moved to Spain after graduating from university two years ago but warns that people need to be aware of the pros and cons of living abroad before making such a life-changing decision.  Wed, 11 June 2008 9:33:19 http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/47870 GENEVA, Switzerland (AP) - Turkish expatriates from across Europe flooded into Geneva on Saturday to support their team in its opening match of the European Championship against Portugal.  Mon, 9 June 2008 9:57:10 http://www.pr-inside.com/turkish-expatriates-in-europe-do-their-best-to-make-their-team-feel-at-home ork Oridian has created a dedicated ad channel to target U.K. residents born overseas, particularly within the Polish expatriate community. Including over 400 Polish Web sites, 30 Indian sites, as well as South American, Australian and South African sites, the channel uses IP targeting to Mon, 9 June 2008 9:55:14 http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3629837 Parents living abroad will now be obliged to honour their obligations. © 2008 European Voice. All rights reserved.  Mon, 9 June 2008 9:53:20 http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/2008/06/0208/child-maintenance-to-be-enforced-across-eu/61110.a COLOMBO: The president's fund has not provided the funding to facilitate video conferencing to obtain evidence from the witnesses living abroad, the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) investigating serious human rights abuses said Sunday.  Mon, 9 June 2008 9:51:14 http://www.southasianmedia.net/cnn.cfm?id=505734&category=Human%20Rights&Country=SRI%20LANKA (Xinhua via COMTEX News Network) -- Remittances from expatriate Bangladeshis exceeded 7.0 billion U.S. dollars in the first eleven months of the current fiscal, marking a 31.  Wed, 4 June 2008 9:02:47 http://calibre.mworld.com/m/m.w?lp=GetStory&id=309144921 Guest editor Dave Baxter experiences culture shock of a linguistic kind Culture shock is a strange phenomenon which many are vulnerable to and living abroadfor the first time in my life, I have certainly been at risk.  Wed, 4 June 2008 9:00:22 http://www.expatica.com/de/life_in/int_life/Editor_s-Diary_-Sorry_-ich-hab-deine-Milch-geoeffnet_.ht WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is admitting more Iraqi refugees than before, but Iraq should step up its efforts to encourage its citizens living abroad to come home, the senior U.  Wed, 4 June 2008 8:56:18 http://news.aol.com/story/_a/us-says-iraq-should-promote-refugees/n20080603175309990057 This weekly feature asks Canadian expatriates what it's like living abroad. Laurence Blandford is an MBA student in France. Q: Why on Earth – and where on Earth – did you go? A: After four years working at the embassy of Canada in Tokyo, I came to France to do an MBA at INSEAD, Wed, 4 June 2008 8:54:10 http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/436600 Published: June 3, 2008Someday, the country will recognize the true cost of its war on illegal immigration. We don’t mean dollars, though those are being squandered by the billions. The true cost is to the national identity: the sense of who we are and what we value. It will hit us once the en Tue, 3 June 2008 7:32:37 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/opinion/03tue1.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin British child benefit paid to foreign children living abroad has rocketed by an astonishing 72 per cent in just nine months, to £33million a year. Most of the money is going on 36,000 children still in Poland whose parents are cashing in on European rules that let them claim b Mon, 2 June 2008 11:55:19 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1023400/33m-child-benefit-paid-foreign-chldren-live-abroad.h