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| MPI: The Rise in Remittances to India, A Closer Look | |
| Mon, 16 June 2008 13:23:26 | |
| 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 $23. | |
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| Tokyo Is Asia's Costliest City For Expatriates - Survey | |
| Thu, 12 June 2008 8:31:10 | |
| SINGAPORE (AFP)--Tokyo has supplanted Seoul as Asia's most expensive city forexpatriates as the stronger yen pushed up living costs in the world's second largest economy, a survey by ECA International said Thursday. | |
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| At Home in Beijing ... or Bangkok: Research Studies Executive Expats Abroad | |
| Thu, 12 June 2008 8:26:47 | |
| The research revealed more about this unique and growing breed of extended stay business traveler -- the executive expat. They are largely senior executives who travel extensively -- often on long-term assignment -- and 68% consider themselves 'expatriates. | |
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| Akufo-Addo wins "Symbolic Landslide Victory" | |
| Thu, 12 June 2008 8:24:23 | |
| 2008-06-12 01:20:00 Akufo-Addo wins "Symbolic Landslide Victory" | |
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| The Economist: Trooping the tribal colours | |
| Wed, 11 June 2008 19:57:53 | |
| A hardy and versatile species that can do surprisingly well in boardrooms, palaces and even diplomatic conferences | |
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| Malaysia Airlines Launches Zero Fare Campaign in Thailand | |
| Wed, 11 June 2008 9:38:23 | |
| BANGKOK, June 11 Asia Pulse - With zero fare tickets and packages from as low as 3,419 Baht (US$ 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. | |
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| Law to simplify A-bomb survivors' benefit applications+ | |
| Wed, 11 June 2008 9:34:38 | |
| - (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. | |
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| Entrepreneur misses hustle and bustle of home | |
| Wed, 11 June 2008 9:33:19 | |
| 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. | |
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| Turkish expatriates in Europe do their best to make their team feel at home at Euro 2008 | |
| Mon, 9 June 2008 9:57:10 | |
| 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. | |
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| Ad Network Oridian Targets Ex-Pats Living in U.K. | |
| Mon, 9 June 2008 9:55:14 | |
| 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 | |
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| Child maintenance to be enforced across EU | |
| Mon, 9 June 2008 9:53:20 | |
| Parents living abroad will now be obliged to honour their obligations. © 2008 European Voice. All rights reserved. | |
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| COI lacks funding: Commissioner | |
| Mon, 9 June 2008 9:51:14 | |
| 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. | |
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| Bangladesh's remittance inflow exceeds 7 bln USD in 11 months | |
| Wed, 4 June 2008 9:02:47 | |
| (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. | |
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| Editor's Diary: Sorry, ich hab deine Milch geoeffnet! | |
| Wed, 4 June 2008 9:00:22 | |
| 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. | |
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| U.S. says Iraq should promote refugees' return | |
| Wed, 4 June 2008 8:56:18 | |
| 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. | |
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| Frenetic Tokyo to small-town France | |
| Wed, 4 June 2008 8:54:10 | |
| 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, | |
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| NYT: The Great Immigration Panic | |
| Tue, 3 June 2008 7:32:37 | |
| 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 | |
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