http://www.janera.com/janera_news.php JANERA.COM is an online publication and social network for and by the vibrant comunity of Global Nomads. en-us PHP/4.4.7 http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=577 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 $23.5 billion, with China and Mexico close behind at $22.4 billion and $21.7 billion, respectively. Read more Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:23:26 -0700 http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=577 http://news.morningstar.com/newsnet/ViewNews.aspx?article=/DJ/200806120317DOWJONESDJONLINE000392_uni SINGAPORE (AFP)--Tokyo has supplanted Seoul as Asia's most expensive city forexpatriates as the stronger yen pushed up living costs in the world's second largest economy, a survey by ECA International said Thursday.  Read more Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:31:10 -0700 http://news.morningstar.com/newsnet/ViewNews.aspx?article=/DJ/200806120317DOWJONESDJONLINE000392_uni http://newsblaze.com/story/2008061200030200003.pnw/topstory.html The research revealed more about this unique and growing breed of extended stay business traveler -- the executive expat. They are largely senior executives who travel extensively -- often on long-term assignment -- and 68% consider themselves 'expatriates.  Read more Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:26:47 -0700 http://newsblaze.com/story/2008061200030200003.pnw/topstory.html http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=145205 2008-06-12 01:20:00 Akufo-Addo wins "Symbolic Landslide Victory" Read more Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:24:23 -0700 http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=145205 http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11504783. A hardy and versatile species that can do surprisingly well in boardrooms, palaces and even diplomatic conferences Read more Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:57:53 -0700 http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11504783. http://asia.news.yahoo.com/080611/4/3knve.html BANGKOK, June 11 Asia Pulse - With zero fare tickets and packages from as low as 3,419 Baht (US$ 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.  Read more Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:38:23 -0700 http://asia.news.yahoo.com/080611/4/3knve.html http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D917J8KG3&show_article=1&catnum=2 - (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.  Read more Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:34:38 -0700 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D917J8KG3&show_article=1&catnum=2 http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/47870 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.  Read more Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:33:19 -0700 http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/47870 http://www.pr-inside.com/turkish-expatriates-in-europe-do-their-best-to-make-their-team-feel-at-home 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.  Read more Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:57:10 -0700 http://www.pr-inside.com/turkish-expatriates-in-europe-do-their-best-to-make-their-team-feel-at-home http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3629837 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 serve tailored ads in non-premium content to users visiting non-U.  Read more Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:55:14 -0700 http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3629837 http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/2008/06/0208/child-maintenance-to-be-enforced-across-eu/61110.a Parents living abroad will now be obliged to honour their obligations. © 2008 European Voice. All rights reserved.  Read more Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:53:20 -0700 http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/2008/06/0208/child-maintenance-to-be-enforced-across-eu/61110.a http://www.southasianmedia.net/cnn.cfm?id=505734&category=Human%20Rights&Country=SRI%20LANKA 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.  Read more Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:51:14 -0700 http://www.southasianmedia.net/cnn.cfm?id=505734&category=Human%20Rights&Country=SRI%20LANKA http://calibre.mworld.com/m/m.w?lp=GetStory&id=309144921 (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.  Read more Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:02:47 -0700 http://calibre.mworld.com/m/m.w?lp=GetStory&id=309144921 http://www.expatica.com/de/life_in/int_life/Editor_s-Diary_-Sorry_-ich-hab-deine-Milch-geoeffnet_.ht 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.  Read more Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:00:22 -0700 http://www.expatica.com/de/life_in/int_life/Editor_s-Diary_-Sorry_-ich-hab-deine-Milch-geoeffnet_.ht http://news.aol.com/story/_a/us-says-iraq-should-promote-refugees/n20080603175309990057 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.  Read more Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:56:18 -0700 http://news.aol.com/story/_a/us-says-iraq-should-promote-refugees/n20080603175309990057 http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/436600 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, an international business school in Fontainebleau, a small town near Paris famous for its castle and its forest where French kings used to hunt.  Read more Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:54:10 -0700 http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/436600 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/opinion/03tue1.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin 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 enforcement fever breaks, when we look at what has been done and no longer recognize the country that did it. Read more Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:32:37 -0700 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/opinion/03tue1.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1023400/33m-child-benefit-paid-foreign-chldren-live-abroad.h 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 benefits in the UK after working and paying taxes here for a year.  Read more Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:55:19 -0700 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1023400/33m-child-benefit-paid-foreign-chldren-live-abroad.h http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=169874 Tehran Times - IranThe trouble is that the politics of globalization lags ever further behind the economics. For all its tacit recognition that power has been flowing ... Read more Sun, 01 Jun 2008 11:43:49 -0700 http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=169874 http://www.latimes.com/business/investing/la-fi-petruno31-2008may31,1,4941781.column Los Angeles Times - CA,USAIn part, we can credit globalization, as foreign demand for US exports has mushroomed. Overall, the numbers indicate that "the probability of a 1930s-style ... Read more Sun, 01 Jun 2008 11:40:25 -0700 http://www.latimes.com/business/investing/la-fi-petruno31-2008may31,1,4941781.column http://www.silobreaker.com/DocumentReader.aspx?Item=5_861970689 The database of expatriate workers held by the Ministry of Higher Education, Employment and Social Security has been hacked, with changes made to 370 individuals' profiles by the hacker, police revealed in a press conference on Thursday.  Read more Tue, 27 May 2008 08:44:28 -0700 http://www.silobreaker.com/DocumentReader.aspx?Item=5_861970689 http://www.silobreaker.com/DocumentReader.aspx?Item=5_861615873 DUBAI The consumer electronics sector has emerged as a key growth industry in the Middle East, driven mainly by rising regional disposable incomes, a large product, and technology hungry expatriate population, and a burgeoning tourism industry, according to UAE Minister of Foreign Trade Shaikha Lubna Al Qasimi.  Read more Tue, 27 May 2008 08:40:48 -0700 http://www.silobreaker.com/DocumentReader.aspx?Item=5_861615873 http://www.silobreaker.com/DocumentReader.aspx?Item=5_861775617 The Asian bootleggers caught selling local brew openly in the market. Kuwait : Patrol officers of the Capital Governorate arrested two Asian expatriates who were selling locally brewed alcohol in a public place in Murqab.  Read more Tue, 27 May 2008 08:39:05 -0700 http://www.silobreaker.com/DocumentReader.aspx?Item=5_861775617 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/080525/FinancialTimes/ft307.html Sunday Times.lk - Columbo,Sri LankaGlobalization has been around for a long time but there are recent enablers which have really given it a spur. First and foremost, in my view, ... Read more Mon, 26 May 2008 08:34:57 -0700 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/080525/FinancialTimes/ft307.html http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/1017/42/367722.htm The Moscow Times - RussiaStrolling through the Latvian capital, Riga, earlier this month, I had a "globalization moment" -- sort of a "senior moment," except that I remember it just ... Read more Mon, 26 May 2008 08:28:08 -0700 http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/1017/42/367722.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/24/us/24immig.html?_r=1&th=&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&emc=th&adxnnlx=12117 WATERLOO, Iowa — In temporary courtrooms at a fairgrounds here, 270 illegal immigrants were sentenced this week to five months in prison for working at a meatpacking plant with false documents. Read more Sun, 25 May 2008 10:07:02 -0700 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/24/us/24immig.html?_r=1&th=&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&emc=th&adxnnlx=12117 http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=219850&version=1&template_id=45&pa BEIJING: Tibet’s government-in-exile has urged Tibetans living abroad to stop protesting outside Chinese embassies worldwide and raise money for victims of an earthquake which killed more than 40,000 people in southwest China.  Read more Thu, 22 May 2008 09:24:46 -0700 http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=219850&version=1&template_id=45&pa http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/opinion/21friedman.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin By THOMAS L. FRIEDMANPublished: May 21, 2008There has been much debate in this campaign about which of our enemies the next U.S. president should deign to talk to. The real story, the next president may discover, though, is how few countries are waiting around for us to call. It is hard to remember a time when more shifts in the global balance of power are happening at once — with so few in America’s favor. Read more Thu, 22 May 2008 07:42:03 -0700 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/opinion/21friedman.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin http://newsblaze.com/story/2008052007530500013.pnw/newsblaze/MARYLAND/Maryland.html 'Preparations for the Olympics, the recent earthquake and other ongoing situations inChina point to the need for organizations to continuously monitor events, prepare for potential disruptions and stay in communication with travelers, expatriates and facilities in the entire region, ' said iJET's President Bruce McIndoe Multinational organizations are preparing for the games at a time when China is still recovering from and evaluating effects of the 7.  Read more Wed, 21 May 2008 08:01:44 -0700 http://newsblaze.com/story/2008052007530500013.pnw/newsblaze/MARYLAND/Maryland.html http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=499789&category=Frontend&Country=SRI%20LANKA COLOMBO: The United States, Canada and the European Union have come forward to provide funding for the Presidential Commission investigating serious violations of Human Rights (CoI) to continue with the video conferencing facility to obtain evidence from witnesses now living abroad.  Read more Wed, 21 May 2008 07:59:11 -0700 http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=499789&category=Frontend&Country=SRI%20LANKA http://www.newser.com/story/23784.html Harry's Bar in Venice has offered hospitality to tourists and expatriates since the days of Ernest Hemingway.  Read more Tue, 20 May 2008 10:46:48 -0700 http://www.newser.com/story/23784.html http://news.yahoo.com/s/bw/20080519/bs_bw/may2008db20080516257739 Wary of losing much-needed cash from recession-battered Americans, Mexico Starting in June at five main airports, foreign tourists who have spent at least 1,200 pesos ($115) in approved shops will be able to use kiosks to claim back the 15% tax that had been charged on souvenirs and other goods they bought at various resorts and cities, the Mexico Tourism Ministry Tourism brought $13 billion into Mexico last year and was the country's third most important source of foreign income, after oil  Read more Tue, 20 May 2008 10:38:27 -0700 http://news.yahoo.com/s/bw/20080519/bs_bw/may2008db20080516257739 http://education.guardian.co.uk/egweekly/story/0,,2280967,00.html Scientifically speaking, exactly what makes April in Paris delightful? A computer scientist of my acquaintance, a Paris native now living abroad, analysed the question and wrote up a study that will be published soon, albeit pseudonymously.  Read more Tue, 20 May 2008 10:35:38 -0700 http://education.guardian.co.uk/egweekly/story/0,,2280967,00.html http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/20/world/africa/20safrica.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin JOHANNESBURG — The man certainly looked dead, lying motionless in the dust of the squatter camp. His body seemed almost like a bottle that had been turned on its side, spilling blood. His pants were red with the moisture. Read more Tue, 20 May 2008 07:38:45 -0700 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/20/world/africa/20safrica.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200805u/joseph-oneill to buy this book] Pantheon 272 pages On the face of it, the story of an expatriateDutchman obsessed with playing cricket might not seem to have the makings of a quintessentially American novel.  Read more Thu, 15 May 2008 06:41:08 -0700 http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200805u/joseph-oneill http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.prnt_article?e=C&f=&t=11&m=A13&aa=1 So much for the prime minister's pledge last year to pass an overseasballot law. Critics accuse the government of making false promises forpolitical ends KATHY TZILIVAKIS The issue that remains unresolved is how the overseas ballot system should be organised BEFORE a new breed of globetrotting Greek politicians can be born and before registered voters  living abroad can get their hands on an absentee ballot, the ruling New Democracy government must first convince opposition lawmakers of the  Read more Thu, 15 May 2008 06:37:53 -0700 http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.prnt_article?e=C&f=&t=11&m=A13&aa=1 http://www.kbc.co.ke/story.asp?ID=50068 Sudan has asked the international community to list the Darfur rebel that led the weekend attack near the capital as a terrorist group. It wants Justice and Equality Movement leaders living abroad to be handed over to the authorities in Khartoum Read more Thu, 15 May 2008 06:35:22 -0700 http://www.kbc.co.ke/story.asp?ID=50068 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=anJPacBVZaGw&refer=latin_america By Alex Emery May 14 (Bloomberg) -- Mexican and Central American economic growth will be hurt by a decline in remittances from workers living abroad because of a slowdown in the U.  Read more Thu, 15 May 2008 06:33:11 -0700 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=anJPacBVZaGw&refer=latin_america http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/stage/chi-parts-desire-ovn-0508may08,0,653324.story Chicago Tribune – 05/13/2008, 15:05 pmWords matched: expatriateIn the most arresting section of Heather Raffo's compelling solo docudrama '9 Parts of Desire,' an Iraqi expatriate details the horrors of Saddam Hussein's former re- gime.  Read more Wed, 14 May 2008 07:07:24 -0700 http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/stage/chi-parts-desire-ovn-0508may08,0,653324.story http://www.silobreaker.com/DocumentReader.aspx?Item=5_856927493 Silo Breaker – 05/13/2008, 10:56 amWords matched: expatriateHEALTH REFORMS: Priorities will include the provision of affordable healthcare for all and building patient trust. Abu Dhabis health authority on Monday unveiled a five year plan to overhaul healthcare in the emirate to meet the demands of rising birth rates, long life-expectancy and increasing numbers of expatriate workers.  Read more Wed, 14 May 2008 07:05:43 -0700 http://www.silobreaker.com/DocumentReader.aspx?Item=5_856927493 http://bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=23278 Bulgarian News Net – 05/13/2008, 12:00 pmWords matched: living abroadSergei Stanishev The creation of a council for Bulgarians living abroad, subordinated to the Cabinet, is part of Bulgaria's new state policy towards Bulgarians living outside of the country, Pm Sergei Stanishev announced Tuesday. Read more Wed, 14 May 2008 07:03:38 -0700 http://bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=23278 http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/425158 Toronto Star Online and 1 other source – 05/14/2008, 07:03 amWords matched: living abroadThis weekly feature asks Canadian expatriates what it's like living abroad. Emily Huckson runs a preschool in Vietnam. Q: Why on Earth-and where on Earth-did you go? A: After living in Japan for a few years, I had travelled to Vietnam to seek new beginnings.  Read more Wed, 14 May 2008 07:01:50 -0700 http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/425158 http://www.newkerala.com/one.php?action=fullnews&id=56875 Expatriate Keralites hit by rising rupee Kochi, May 6: The rising value of the rupee from 2003-04 onwards has been inflicting a silent but hard blow on Keralites living abroad by reducing the rupee realisation of their foreign currency remittances to Kerala, according to a new study.  Read more Mon, 12 May 2008 07:28:13 -0700 http://www.newkerala.com/one.php?action=fullnews&id=56875 http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2008&mm=05&dd=10&nav_id=50125 BELGRADE -- Serbian nationals living abroad eligible to vote are today casting their ballots in four states, one day ahead of the elections in the country.  Read more Mon, 12 May 2008 07:24:12 -0700 http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2008&mm=05&dd=10&nav_id=50125 http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20080512/lead/lead10.html Janet Silvera, Senior Gleaner Writer WESTERN BUREAU: Burmese expatriates in Jamaica will today stage a peaceful march to show solidarity with their countrymen who were devastated by a cyclone last week and have received negligible aid because of tight controls by the military dictatorship Read more Mon, 12 May 2008 07:22:06 -0700 http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20080512/lead/lead10.html http://www.tampabay.com/features/books/article493100.ece Tampabay.com - St. Petersburg,FL,USABy Steve Weinberg, Special to the Times Globalization is a common word in the lexicon of journalists who write about occurrences across borders. ... Read more Fri, 09 May 2008 08:18:58 -0700 http://www.tampabay.com/features/books/article493100.ece http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssEnergyNews/idUSL0857818820080508 Reuters - USATRIPOLI, May 8 (Reuters) - Libya on Thursday told Italy it would no longer help protect Italian shores from waves of illegal African migrants because Rome ... Read more Fri, 09 May 2008 08:15:34 -0700 http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssEnergyNews/idUSL0857818820080508 http://www.turkishweekly.net/comments.php?id=2896 Journal of Turkish Weekly - Ankara,TurkeyThe last one or two decades have witnessed an important change in migration trends and character. One aspect of this new migration trend is reflected ... Read more Wed, 07 May 2008 08:25:44 -0700 http://www.turkishweekly.net/comments.php?id=2896 http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/africa/news/article_1403790.php/UNHCR_Somali_migration_to_Yem Monsters and Critics.com - USABy April 20, more than 15300 people arrived in Yemen on 324 boats, and 361 people were killed or missing during those hazardous voyages, ... Read more Wed, 07 May 2008 08:22:29 -0700 http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/africa/news/article_1403790.php/UNHCR_Somali_migration_to_Yem http://www.nationalinterest.org/Article.aspx?id=17636 The National Interest Online - Washington,DC,USAMoreover, the 2007 Pew Global Attitudes survey revealed the extent to which there is broad support for democracy, capitalism and globalization throughout ... Read more Wed, 07 May 2008 08:15:31 -0700 http://www.nationalinterest.org/Article.aspx?id=17636 http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2008/05/an_important_ne.html Fareed Zakaria is one of the most thoughtful foreign policy analysists of our day and his new book, The Post-American World, is a must-read for anyone interested in globalization—or the Presidential election for that matter. I know Fareed from the Council on Foreign Relations and his great columns in Newsweek and this book is as important at Tom Friedman’s The World is Flat. Read more Sat, 03 May 2008 05:11:30 -0700 http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2008/05/an_important_ne.html http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0805/S00017.htm Azilal, Morocco : To Americans living abroad, the slow sickening slide of the Dollar vs. every other currency has been a visceral painful spectacle, whether you were converting to Rubles, Crowns, Euros, or currently, Moroccan Dirhams. Read more Fri, 02 May 2008 11:20:51 -0700 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0805/S00017.htm http://www.feer.com/essays/2008/may/beijing-embraces-classical-fascism In 2002, I speculated that China may be something we have never seen before: a mature fascist state. Recent events there, especially the mass rage in response to Western criticism, seem to confirm that theory. More significantly, over the intervening six years China’s leaders have consolidated their hold on the organs of control—political, economic and cultural. Instead of gradually embracing pluralism as many expected, China’s corporatist elite has become even more entrenched. Read more Thu, 01 May 2008 12:50:47 -0700 http://www.feer.com/essays/2008/may/beijing-embraces-classical-fascism http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/30/america/LA-FIN-Mexico-Remittances.php MEXICO CITY: Mexican remittances have fallen 2.9 percent this year due to the U.S. economic downturn, the central bank said Wednesday. Read more Thu, 01 May 2008 06:16:23 -0700 http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/30/america/LA-FIN-Mexico-Remittances.php http://www.expatica.com/nl/life_in/feature/Dutch-royals-here-to-stay_.html Three quarters of Dutch people living abroad oppose abolishing the Dutch royal house. But the role the House of Orange should have meets with less unanimity. On the eve of Queen's Day, celebrated every year on 30 April, Radio Netherlands Worldwide polled more than 1,000 expats and emigrants. Read more Thu, 01 May 2008 06:15:36 -0700 http://www.expatica.com/nl/life_in/feature/Dutch-royals-here-to-stay_.html http://www.expatexchange.com/lib.cfm?networkID=159&articleID=1429&clk=ok It's time again to deal with Uncle Sam, even though you may be living abroad. Unfortunately, people holding U.S. citizenship or green-card resident-alien status do not escape U.S. tax liability on their foreign earnings -- even though the foreign country also has a right to tax these same earnings. Read more Thu, 01 May 2008 06:13:51 -0700 http://www.expatexchange.com/lib.cfm?networkID=159&articleID=1429&clk=ok http://allafrica.com/stories/200804290677.html AllAfrica.com - Washington,USAA Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr. Amos Anyimadu, has argued that self-driven globalization per se will not automatically lead to ... Read more Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:23:38 -0700 http://allafrica.com/stories/200804290677.html http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKDHA31357620080427 Reuters UK - UK"Politics has hit a phase of infertility," said analyst, Abul Kashem Fazlul Haque. An interim government was supposed to organise elections early last year, ... Read more Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:23:51 -0700 http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKDHA31357620080427 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/index_view.php?id=309695 Czech Happenings - Pragues,Czech RepublicPrague- Czech Interior Minister Ivan Langer will submit to the government on Monday a plan to launch projects that would curb possible illegal migration ... Read more Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:18:45 -0700 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/index_view.php?id=309695 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/crossing_continents/7362791.stm BBC News - UKBy David Goldblatt Beitar Jerusalem may be top of the Israeli football league but the behaviour of its hard core fans is casting a shadow over their success ... Read more Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:06:05 -0700 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/crossing_continents/7362791.stm http://www.cfr.org/publication/16069/pa_voters_eye_globalization.html?breadcrumb=%2F Pennsylvania was not only the last large delegate-rich state up for grabs in the Democratic presidential primaries, it also provided one of the biggest battlegrounds yet for an intensifying national debate on revitalizing the U.S. economy in a globalized world. Read more Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:19:00 -0700 http://www.cfr.org/publication/16069/pa_voters_eye_globalization.html?breadcrumb=%2F http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20080420/business/business6.html It is hard to imagine nations less like each other than the islands of the Caribbean and Iceland.Despite this, the government in Reykjavik recently made it clear that it shares many of the region's concerns and wishes to develop a stronger relationship with the Caribbean. Read more Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:26:12 -0700 http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20080420/business/business6.html http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-lugo20apr20,0,886758.story Los Angeles Times - CA,USAThe leading presidential candidate is seen as an agent of change by supporters and as a leftist fanatic by critics. By Patrick J. McDonnell, ... Read more Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:30:42 -0700 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-lugo20apr20,0,886758.story http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=edf78c7c-daa1-41bd-93dd-4c5c83a5de23 Ottawa Citizen - Ontario, CanadaNow 75, he has published more than 20 books, including Islam Between Globalization and Counterterrorism. He holds appointments at three universities, ... Read more Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:24:08 -0700 http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=edf78c7c-daa1-41bd-93dd-4c5c83a5de23 http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1397393/ Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USAACCRA, Apr 19, 2008 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- -- Limiting the impact of a potential global slowdown and ensuring that the benefits of globalization reach all ... Read more Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:21:29 -0700 http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1397393/ http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/12/us/12naturalize.html?_r=1&scp=4&sq=deportation&st=nyt&oref=slogin SELINSGROVE, Pa. — Dr. Pedro Servano always believed that his journey from his native Philippines to the life of a community doctor in Pennsylvania would lead to American citizenship. Read more Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:48:26 -0700 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/12/us/12naturalize.html?_r=1&scp=4&sq=deportation&st=nyt&oref=slogin http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=139455 The Sarıkeçililer Yörük tribe, one of the few remaining Turkish nomadic tribes in Anatolia, has begun its difficult journey from the Mediterranean province of Mersin to the plateaus of the central Anatolian provinces of Konya and Karaman. Read more Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:03:32 -0700 http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=139455 http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1389786/ Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USASIARGAO ISLAND, Apr 17, 2008 (Asia Pulse Data Source via COMTEX) -- -- The Philippines has been recognized as the "best migration system" in the world by ... Read more Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:57:34 -0700 http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1389786/ http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2008-04/18/content_6627694.htm China Daily - ChinaInternational trade and globalization in general, it seems, are the emerging favorites to play the dartboard. Watching Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on ... Read more Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:54:21 -0700 http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2008-04/18/content_6627694.htm http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=166435 Tehran Times - IranIt is also a consequence of globalization. Globalization has increased the volume, velocity and importance of cross-border flows of just about everything, ... Read more Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:43:37 -0700 http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=166435 http://www.moscowtimes.ru/article/600/42/362120.htm The Moscow Times - RussiaThe winners of the great globalization push of the 1990s were small states, such as New Zealand, Chile, Dubai, Finland, Ireland, the Baltic countries, ... Read more Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:41:31 -0700 http://www.moscowtimes.ru/article/600/42/362120.htm http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0804158818191349.htm Islamic Republic News Agency - Tehran,IranIranian lawmaker Mirmorad Zehi said here Tuesday that the phenomenon of globalization has widened the gap between poor and rich nations. ... Read more Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:58:22 -0700 http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0804158818191349.htm http://www.wptv.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=d16b9869-424a-4479-b9a4-9fa87679b021 WPTV - West Palm Beach,FL,USA“They're out there basically looking for anyone leaving or noticing any kind of trend - any kind of mass migration,” says Beasley. ... Read more Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:55:41 -0700 http://www.wptv.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=d16b9869-424a-4479-b9a4-9fa87679b021 http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-04-14-voa28.cfm Voice of America - USAUS officials say the goal of the program was to improve African navies, so they can enforce local laws and combat illegal fishing and migration and drug ... Read more Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:02:27 -0700 http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-04-14-voa28.cfm http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080414/OPINION03/804140377/1008/OPINION01 The Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USAAmericans have lost confidence in free trade; polls show that a majority of Americans believe that globalization is bad for America. ... Read more Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:58:09 -0700 http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080414/OPINION03/804140377/1008/OPINION01 http://www.economist.com/surveys/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10950394 AT THE Nomad Café in Oakland, California, Tia Katrina Canlas, a law student at the nearby university in Berkeley, places her double Americano next to her mobile phone and iPod, opens her MacBook laptop computer and logs on to the café's wireless internet connection to study for her class on the legal treatment of sexual orientation. Read more Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:25:25 -0700 http://www.economist.com/surveys/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10950394 http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=business6_april14_2008 Manila Standard Today - PhilippinesTherefore, universities are embracing globalization, encouraging more student exchanges, and are heavily recruiting international students. ... Read more Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:57:44 -0700 http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=business6_april14_2008 http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=business6_april14_2008 Manila Standard Today - PhilippinesTherefore, universities are embracing globalization, encouraging more student exchanges, and are heavily recruiting international students. ... Read more Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:57:17 -0700 http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=business6_april14_2008 http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=business6_april14_2008 Manila Standard Today - PhilippinesTherefore, universities are embracing globalization, encouraging more student exchanges, and are heavily recruiting international students. ... Read more Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:56:47 -0700 http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=business6_april14_2008 http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/04/14/world.food.crisis/index.html?iref=topnews (CNN) -- Riots from Haiti to Bangladesh to Egypt over the soaring costs of basic foods have brought the issue to a boiling point and catapulted it to the forefront of the world's attention, the head of an agency focused on global development said Monday. Read more Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:43:19 -0700 http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/04/14/world.food.crisis/index.html?iref=topnews http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/11/RVHDVM6UC.DTL A rabbi now lives in Dharamsala, India, the home-in-exile of the Dalai Lama. Apparently too many young Israelis who come there after their military service are straying over to Buddhism. Read more Sun, 13 Apr 2008 08:17:54 -0700 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/11/RVHDVM6UC.DTL http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/books/review/Zakaria-t.html?_r=2&ex=1365566400&en=d5afc3a9b4b53a9c Picture the moment. It is Dec. 2, 1988. A beautiful woman, 35 years old, walks into the presidential palace in Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital, flanked by liveried and turbaned honor guards. She is wearing a green silk tunic and a white gauzy shawl that barely covers her hair. Read more Sun, 13 Apr 2008 08:04:12 -0700 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/books/review/Zakaria-t.html?_r=2&ex=1365566400&en=d5afc3a9b4b53a9c http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iryjP6Nf3yBZPnXLud_OZ-EO2PJw AFP - ... hardship and bureaucratic obstacles in trying to rebuild their lives in the war-torn country, the International Organisation for Migration said Friday. ... Read more Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:55:24 -0700 http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iryjP6Nf3yBZPnXLud_OZ-EO2PJw http://allafrica.com/stories/200804110757.html AllAfrica.com - Washington,USAMonteiro said the Club and CGG are supporting and strengthening women's participation and performance in politics and to attain high level leadership ... Read more Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:52:40 -0700 http://allafrica.com/stories/200804110757.html http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=4d40740a-8c3a-4146-82b1-627f5a6563ac Ottawa Citizen - Ontario, Canada'The Olympics shouldn't be about politics, it should be about sport," moaned John Furlong to the Globe and Mail. Furlong is the president of the Vancouver ... Read more Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:44:01 -0700 http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=4d40740a-8c3a-4146-82b1-627f5a6563ac http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/08/business/worldbusiness/08inflate.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin BAT TRANG, Vietnam — The free ride for American consumers is ending. For two generations, Americans have imported goods produced ever more cheaply from a succession of low-wage countries — first Japan and Korea, then China, and now increasingly places like Vietnam and India. Read more Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:46:19 -0700 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/08/business/worldbusiness/08inflate.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7&section=0&article=108723&d=8&m=4&y=2008 Arab News - Jeddah,Saudi ArabiaAfter all, politics are supposed to have no place in the Olympics. But here, for the first time, the president of the IOC is making a link between the Games ... Read more Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:57:54 -0700 http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7&section=0&article=108723&d=8&m=4&y=2008 http://euobserver.com/9/25937 EUobserver.com - Brussels,BelgiumBritain and France should be applauded for recognising the need for a European approach to migration in place of the 27 - often contradictory - immigration ... Read more Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:54:17 -0700 http://euobserver.com/9/25937 http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2008/03/31/080331crbo_books_mishra Dalai Lama; “The Open Road” (Knopf; $24); Iyer, Pico; Buddhists; Monks; Tibetans; Exileast November, a couple of weeks after the Dalai Lama received a Congressional Gold Medal from President Bush, his old Land Rover went on sale on eBay. Read more Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:14:02 -0700 http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2008/03/31/080331crbo_books_mishra http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/apr/06/immigration.britishidentity David Rose has spent the past two months investigating the effect of immigration on one town, Slough in Berkshire. And while last week's report by a House of Lords committee found that immigration has no economic benefit, he has come to a very different conclusion. The local economy is booming, property prices are rising, schools and hospitals are working well. Is this town showing the rest of the country the way forward? Read more Sun, 06 Apr 2008 08:00:57 -0700 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/apr/06/immigration.britishidentity http://www.slate.com/id/2188140/ JHUMPA LAHIRI AND THE PERILS OF ASSIMILATION.The era of the global nomad seems to have arrived in the United States. Both leading presidential candidates—not just Barack Obama but John McCain, too—grew up shuttling between cultures and learning "to not build walls around ourselves and to do our best to find kinship and beauty in unexpected places," as Obama's sister summed up the sunny cross-cultural credo of the campaign trail.   Read more Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:18:40 -0700 http://www.slate.com/id/2188140/ http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EGUA-7DCQCC?OpenDocument SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 3 April (INSTRAW) - A new study seeks to raise awareness of women's changing roles in migration and assess the impact of ... Read more Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:39:29 -0700 http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EGUA-7DCQCC?OpenDocument http://www.vanguardngr.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6051&Itemid=0 Vanguard - Apapa,Lagos,NigeriaIn this interview, he acknowledged that globalization is here and can not be wished away and that Nigeria and Ghana must re-tool themselves to get the best ... Read more Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:36:03 -0700 http://www.vanguardngr.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6051&Itemid=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/29/business/worldbusiness/29swiss.html?_r=1&st=cse&sq=Trying+to+get+t GENEVA — Like Paul Revere, Konrad Hummler sounded the alarm last week as he made his way by train and by plane to his bank’s branches across Switzerland. This country’s storied role as secret banker to the world’s wealthy is under threat like never before, Mr. Hummler warned. Read more Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:48:06 -0700 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/29/business/worldbusiness/29swiss.html?_r=1&st=cse&sq=Trying+to+get+t http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/Centres_message_to_China_Dalai_Lama_must_not Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India... Pranab Mukherjee has asked the Dalai Lama to refrain from indulging in any political activities that would hurt India’s relationship with China. ... Read more Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:01:01 -0700 http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/Centres_message_to_China_Dalai_Lama_must_not http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ieqkwUlK6WxXWFk_gh89h8I-TU2QD8VPA7IO0 The Associated Press - WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Iraqi refugees admitted to the United States rose sharply last month, but still fell short of the pace needed to meet the ... Read more Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:55:16 -0700 http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ieqkwUlK6WxXWFk_gh89h8I-TU2QD8VPA7IO0 http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-04/02/content_6584054.htm China Daily - ChinaFortunately, for China, its commitment to such an externally led strain of economic growth coincided with the flourishing of a new era of globalization and ... Read more Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:50:50 -0700 http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-04/02/content_6584054.htm http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id=d189f132-561f-4669-8c16-8ee772fd2303&k=771 Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada"Despite all the political rhetoric, in my opinion, our relationship will remain strong. There will be no major change, in my opinion, in our trade policy ... Read more Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:18:28 -0700 http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id=d189f132-561f-4669-8c16-8ee772fd2303&k=771 http://news.scotsman.com/world/Sweden-cools-its-welcome-for.3932457.jp Scotsman - United Kingdom"We find it totally unacceptable that some countries do a lot while others do very little," Tobias Billstrom, the migration minister, said. ... Read more Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:13:11 -0700 http://news.scotsman.com/world/Sweden-cools-its-welcome-for.3932457.jp http://voanews.com/english/2008-03-29-voa6.cfm Voice of America - USABy VOA News Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has defended his country against accusations it is interfering in Lebanon's political affairs, in comments at ... Read more Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:49:54 -0700 http://voanews.com/english/2008-03-29-voa6.cfm http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/195265,euromed-states-call-for-greater-cooperation-on-migrat Earthtimes - London,UK... Partnership agreed Friday to strengthen regional cooperation on issues such as the free trade of goods and services, migration and energy. ... Read more Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:40:25 -0700 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/195265,euromed-states-call-for-greater-cooperation-on-migrat http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2008/03/137_21613.html Korea Times - South KoreaBy Kym Anderson and Bjørn Lomborg ADELAIDE, Australia ― Protectionist sentiment and fear of globalization are on the rise. In the United States, ... Read more Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:37:39 -0700 http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2008/03/137_21613.html http://www.salon.com/books/int/2008/03/27/slavery/index.html March 27, 2008 | During the four years that Benjamin Skinner researched modern-day slavery for his new book, "A Crime So Monstrous," he posed as a buyer at illegal brothels on several continents, interviewed convicted human traffickers in a Romanian prison and endured giardia, malaria, dengue and a bad motorcycle accident. But Skinner, an investigative journalist, is most haunted by his experience in a seedy brothel in Bucharest, Romania, where he was offered a young woman with Down syndrome in exchange for a used car. Read more Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:43:08 -0700 http://www.salon.com/books/int/2008/03/27/slavery/index.html http://allafrica.com/stories/200803270149.html AllAfrica.com - Washington,USAA NEW report by the Centre for Development and Enterprise says the increasing number of illegal immigrants dramatises inadequacies in SA's migration ... Read more Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:04:33 -0700 http://allafrica.com/stories/200803270149.html http://www.economist.com/world/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10926530 Economist - UKThe Iraqi army waged a fierce battle in Basra, the country's biggest southern city, in an effort to squash militias loyal to a radical cleric, ... Read more Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:00:54 -0700 http://www.economist.com/world/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10926530 http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=6004&catid=85&volume_id=317&issue_id=371&volume_num=42&issue_ In an age of inexpensive fashion knockoffs proliferated by stores like H&M and Forever 21, it's become almost effortless to access catwalk trends. But while it's a fashionista's wet dream to possess such designer approximations, one wonders whether we're forgetting our clothing's origins, born from the creative genius of haute couture, which in turn found its inspiration in many of the world's traditional garments. The Museum of Craft and Folk Art's "Fabric of Cultures: Fashion, Identity, Globalization" assuages some of my qualms by giving viewers not only an education on the development of textiles like block printing and lace or openwork, but also an opportunity to peruse traditional and high-fashion pieces as well as some of the classic ensembles that still inspire designers today. Read more Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:28:47 -0700 http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=6004&catid=85&volume_id=317&issue_id=371&volume_num=42&issue_ http://thepanelist.com/Profiles/Individual/_20080325868/ As I mentioned on ThePanelist.com, I attended Charlie Rose’s interview of Jeffrey Sachs at the 92nd Street Y on Tuesday night. Jeffrey Sachs, who is the Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and has been an economic advisor to governments in Latin America, Eastern Europe, the former Yugoslavia, the former Soviet Union, Asia, and Africa, as well as an author and the only academic to have been repeatedly ranked among the world's most influential people by Time magazine, is about as close to a household name as an economist can get. Read more Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:25:11 -0700 http://thepanelist.com/Profiles/Individual/_20080325868/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7314300.stm Nicolas Sarkozy has called on the UK to sign up to a common immigration policy with other EU nations. Read more Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:31:12 -0700 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7314300.stm http://allafrica.com/stories/200803241436.html AllAfrica.com - Washington,USAThe print media's coverage of the main political parties and politicians has seen it described in the most unflattering terms online. ... Read more Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:19:58 -0700 http://allafrica.com/stories/200803241436.html http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=112970 ABS CBN News - PhilippinesThe WB said that the report titled "Migration and Remittances Factbook 2008" listed the top remittance recipients as India with $27 billion worth of ... Read more Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:13:52 -0700 http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=112970 http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2008/03/our-view-on-imm.html USA Today - USAMeanwhile, general unease about immigration and globalization is holding up much-needed efforts to help US companies that can't hire highly skilled workers ... Read more Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:11:50 -0700 http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2008/03/our-view-on-imm.html http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/24/world/asia/24tibet.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin BEIJING — In the chaotic hours after Lhasa erupted March 14, Tibetans rampaged through the city’s old quarter, waving steel scabbards and burning or looting Chinese shops. Clothes, souvenirs and other tourist trinkets were dumped outside and set afire as thick gray smoke darkened the midday sky. Tibetan fury, uncorked, boiled over. Read more Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:06:54 -0700 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/24/world/asia/24tibet.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=12&theme=&usrsess=1&id=196208 The Statesman - Kolkata,India“In many developing countries, remittances provide a lifeline for the poor,” said Mr Dilip Ratha, senior economist and co-author of the Migration and ... Read more Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:46:50 -0700 http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=12&theme=&usrsess=1&id=196208 http://www.cnet.com/matter-antimatter/8301-13641_1-9901353-44.html CNET Blogs - Cupertino,CA,USA"The fact that Obama has taken what we thought we knew about politics and turned it into a different game for a different generation is no longer news," she ... Read more Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:42:49 -0700 http://www.cnet.com/matter-antimatter/8301-13641_1-9901353-44.html http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/23/world/americas/23haiti.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The imported granite was smashed. The giant cupola was toppled. The grave of François Duvalier, the longtime dictator, is a wreck, much like the country he left behind. Read more Sun, 23 Mar 2008 07:17:37 -0700 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/23/world/americas/23haiti.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/20/AR2008032003131.html Japan is so good at presenting itself in its official, public capacity that it is often seen as something of a faceless collective, more of a phenomenon or a curiosity than a country of 127 million often wildly idiosyncratic souls. Year after year foreigners alight on the island nation and, reading its formal (impassive) face, pronounce expertly on the conformity of public Japan, on the way it turns everything we know inside out (offering 2-and-3 counts at the ballpark), on the strangeness of its yellow-haired punks. The result is that we have a library of books on Japan as the science-fictive home of alienation and very little on the Japanese as complex human beings. Read more Sun, 23 Mar 2008 07:13:53 -0700 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/20/AR2008032003131.html http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/nyregion/21immigrant.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin No problems so far, the immigration agent told the American citizen and his 22-year-old Colombian wife at her green card interview in December. After he stapled one of their wedding photos to her application for legal permanent residency, he had just one more question: What was her cellphone number? Read more Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:13:45 -0700 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/nyregion/21immigrant.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=9751 GENEVA (ILO News)  World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick cited increasing ties with the International Labour Organization in pursuit of “an inclusive and sustainable globalization” and a broad range of other issues of joint concern including job creation and other elements of the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda. Read more Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:54:54 -0700 http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=9751 http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gsyGHt8_6nQVs3lCPm-UWHQkFceAD8VHCVVO1 The Associated Press - Presidential spokeswoman Dana Perino said Bush's position is that the Olympics "should be about the athletes and not necessarily about politics. ... Read more Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:30:41 -0700 http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gsyGHt8_6nQVs3lCPm-UWHQkFceAD8VHCVVO1 http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90780/6378670.html People's Daily Online - Beijing,ChinaThere have been absolutely no similar or identical, economic boom periods, and this round of prosperity has been stimulated by economic globalization. ... Read more Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:25:14 -0700 http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90780/6378670.html http://www.africanpath.com/p_blogEntry.cfm?blogEntryID=4084 African Path - Minneapolis,MN,USABy Standard Times Press How does globalization reshape wealth and opportunity around the world? Is it mainly a force for good, enabling poor nations to lift ... Read more Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:22:30 -0700 http://www.africanpath.com/p_blogEntry.cfm?blogEntryID=4084 http://www.newsweek.com/id/123477? There is a paradox in the current situation in Iraq. We are told that the surge has worked brilliantly and violence is way down. And yet the plan to reduce troop levels—which was at the heart of the original surge strategy—must be postponed or all hell will once again break loose. Making sense of this paradox is critical. Because in certain crucial ways things are not improving in Iraq, and unless they start improving soon, the United States faces the awful prospect of an unending peacekeeping operation—with continuing if limited casualties—for years to come. Read more Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:41:51 -0700 http://www.newsweek.com/id/123477? http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/03/19_immigration.shtml Sociologist seeks to raise the profile of migration studies at Berkeley, where a new generation of students from immigrant families is coming of age Read more Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:42:29 -0700 http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/03/19_immigration.shtml http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/966274.html The Jewish Agency is planning to close one of its most historically important branches, the Immigration and Absorption Department, as part of a radical restructuring plan, Agency sources said yesterday. Read more Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:38:49 -0700 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/966274.html http://www.policyinnovations.org/ideas/briefings/data/000040 Tackling issues of international ethics is Michael Doyle's day job. A former Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, he is currently the Harold Brown Professor of U.S. Foreign and Security Policy at Columbia University, where he teaches global governance. Policy Innovations recently sat down with Doyle to discuss globalization. Read more Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:36:33 -0700 http://www.policyinnovations.org/ideas/briefings/data/000040 http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=26024&Cr=&Cr1= UN News Centre - 18 March 2008 – Containing the global economic slowdown and adapting development thinking to “the second wave of globalization” will be major topics at the ... Read more Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:25:00 -0700 http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=26024&Cr=&Cr1= http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSWAT00915520080318 Reuters - USAWASHINGTON (Reuters) - US President George W. Bush urged Congress on Tuesday against letting politics stand in the way of a vote on a pending free trade ... Read more Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:21:45 -0700 http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSWAT00915520080318 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/17/opinion/29cohen.html?ex=1206504000&en=a5ed2918c9813f2d&ei=5070&emc So there I was, a couple of weeks back, sitting under a mango tree in western Kenya, when Senator Barack Obama’s half-sister Auma says to me:“My daughter’s father is British. My mom’s brother is married to a Russian. I have a brother in China engaged to a Chinese woman.” Read more Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:37:52 -0700 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/17/opinion/29cohen.html?ex=1206504000&en=a5ed2918c9813f2d&ei=5070&emc http://www.newsweek.com/id/123444 European farmers used to fight globalization. Now, they are embracing it—and getting richer as a result. Read more Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:01:12 -0700 http://www.newsweek.com/id/123444 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/18/science/18angi.html?em&ex=1205985600&en=e6fb96f076c0bce0&ei=5087%0 You can accuse the disgraced ex-governor Eliot Spitzer of many things in his decision to flout the law by soliciting the services of a pricey prostitute: hypocrisy, egomania, sophomoric impulsiveness and self-indulgence, delusional ineptitude and boneheadedness. But one trait decidedly not on display in Mr. Spitzer’s splashy act of whole-life catabolism was originality. Read more Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:36:16 -0700 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/18/science/18angi.html?em&ex=1205985600&en=e6fb96f076c0bce0&ei=5087%0 http://www.mercurynews.com/music/ci_8609328?nclick_check=1 MOVIES THAT PUT children in jeopardy have to be handled in a delicate manner. There needs to be enough danger for the audience to become invested in the story. Too much danger, and the movie becomes manipulative or even exploitative. Read more Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:39:54 -0700 http://www.mercurynews.com/music/ci_8609328?nclick_check=1 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/19/business/19leonhardt.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin Raise your hand if you don’t quite understand this whole financial crisis. Read more Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:14:29 -0700 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/19/business/19leonhardt.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=90032 How does globalization reshape wealth and opportunity around the world? Is it mainly a force for good, enabling poor nations to lift themselves up from poverty by taking part in global markets? Or does it create vast opportunities only for a small minority?To answer these questions, look no farther than soccer. Read more Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:42:42 -0700 http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=90032 http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=26024&Cr=&Cr1= 18 March 2008 – Containing the global economic slowdown and adapting development thinking to “the second wave of globalization” will be major topics at the upcoming session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Read more Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:41:39 -0700 http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=26024&Cr=&Cr1= http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/12dd0ea0-f443-11dc-aaad-0000779fd2ac.html Financial Times - London,England,UKBy Gideon Rachman There is a well-established pecking order of prejudice in western Europe. The British look down on the French, the French look down on the ... Read more Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:56:34 -0700 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/12dd0ea0-f443-11dc-aaad-0000779fd2ac.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/17/barackobama.uselections2008 Guardian - UKThe Obama campaign said the speech in Philadelphia will address major issues including "race, politics and how we bring our country together at this ... Read more Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:50:56 -0700 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/17/barackobama.uselections2008 http://www.al.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-34/120579296441740.xml&storylist=alabamane al.com - Birmingham,AL,USA(AP) — New census figures show Alabama is becoming a destination state, with a higher net migration than 35 other states. The US Census Bureau estimates ... Read more Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:47:22 -0700 http://www.al.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-34/120579296441740.xml&storylist=alabamane http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=220862 Turkish Press - Plymouth,MI,USANEW YORK - Mehmet Simsek, Turkish State Minister, said Monday that there is a war of power in Turkey among "globalists" who understand globalization and ... Read more Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:41:28 -0700 http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=220862 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/66d323bc-f3c3-11dc-b6bc-0000779fd2ac.html Britain's new points-based immigration system risks making it harder for India and other developing countries to export information technology systems to the UK, New Delhi has warned. Read more Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:30:56 -0700 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/66d323bc-f3c3-11dc-b6bc-0000779fd2ac.html http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/17/world/asia/17remit.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin SINDHEKELA, India — An important man from the World Bank recently arrived in this isolated village, where monkeys prowl rutted roads, rain pours through the school roof and the native son who achieved the most did so by going away. Read more Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:29:23 -0700 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/17/world/asia/17remit.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=24877 Middle East Online - London,UKThink of that strike and the many like it around the world over these last years as reflections of George Bush's post-9/11 update of globalization. ... Read more Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:49:19 -0700 http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=24877 http://en.epochtimes.com/news/8-3-16/67634.html The Epoch Times Ireland - Dublin,IrelandHowever, when he handed in his application form, an official of the Migration Office demanded he sign a document stating that he will discontinue his ... Read more Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:55:11 -0700 http://en.epochtimes.com/news/8-3-16/67634.html http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/business/16view.html?ref=business New York Times, United States - 20 hours agoBy N. GREGORY MANKIW NO issue divides economists and mere Muggles more than the debate over globalization and international trade. Where the high priests of ... Read more Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:18:37 -0700 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/business/16view.html?ref=business http://dailycamera.com/news/2008/mar/14/clinton-era-official-sees-globalization-of-power/ Daily Camera - CO,USAHe warns that unless those 2 billion get a voice, globalization will be in danger. The 6000 are a scattered lot. Americans know about President Bush and ... Read more Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:14:25 -0700 http://dailycamera.com/news/2008/mar/14/clinton-era-official-sees-globalization-of-power/ http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0314/p06s01-wogn.html Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA,USA"Migration is the real biggie," says Jeffrey Mazo, an expert on climate and security at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. ... Read more Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:07:01 -0700 http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0314/p06s01-wogn.html http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/15/us/15immig.html?ref=us Immigration officials said on Friday that they expected to complete about 930,000 citizenship applications in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, reducing a huge backlog in a time frame that would allow many new citizens to register to vote in the November elections. Read more Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:10:57 -0700 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/15/us/15immig.html?ref=us http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eed8694c-f234-11dc-9b45-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1 By Pico IyerPerhaps it's a sign of the times that the artist most constantly invoked on my first day at the Sydney Readers' and Writers' Festival last year was not Patrick White or Orhan Pamuk or WG Sebald, but that mumbling icon known as Robert De Niro. "I don't want to start thinking of novels as if they were just film-scripts in disguise, waiting for Robert De Niro," a best-selling novelist told me over lunch. I turned round to meet a Lebanese writer from Montreal who had just published his first novel, about his country's civil war. What's its title, I asked. " De Niro's Game ," he said, with magnetic intensity. "As in Robert De Niro." Read more Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:02:49 -0700 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eed8694c-f234-11dc-9b45-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1 http://debatte.welt.de/kolumnen/81/atlantic+community/64301/bangalore+and+the+challenge+of+inclusive On the Atlantic Community: Hans F. Bellstedt: As a modern and economically booming city, Bangalore stands for the upside of globalization and offers a ... Read more Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:23:56 -0700 http://debatte.welt.de/kolumnen/81/atlantic+community/64301/bangalore+and+the+challenge+of+inclusive http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=211723&Sn=WORL&IssueID=30362 Gulf Daily News - Manama,BahrainISTANBUL: EU En-largement Commi-ssioner Olli Rehn yesterday urged Turkey's courts not to "meddle" in democratic politics, after a chief prosecutor there ... Read more Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:09:40 -0700 http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=211723&Sn=WORL&IssueID=30362 PeaceWorks Foundation Receives Million Dollar Awardfrom the Skoll Foundation Three-year Award to Support Grassroots Initiativeto End the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict New York, NY – 12 March 2008 – The PeaceWorks Foundation today announced it is the recipient of a three-year, $1,015,000 award from the Skoll Foundation for its initiatives aimed at mobilizing the Israeli and Palestinian grassroots in support of a negotiated two state solution.  The award is one of 11 Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship presented by the Skoll Foundation to recognize the most innovative and sustainable approaches to resolving the most urgent social issues.  PeaceWorks joins a prestigious global network of Skoll entrepreneurs, now numbering 59, who are working around the world on issues including tolerance and human rights, health, economic and social equity, peace and security, institutional responsibility, and environmental sustainability. Since its inception in 2002, the PeaceWorks Foundation and its flagship initiative, the OneVoice Movement, have worked to bring the voice of the moderate majority of Israelis and Palestinians to the leaders and to the world stage, demanding a resumption of immediate and uninterrupted negotiations toward a two state solution guaranteeing the establishment of an independent, viable Palestinian state at peace with Israel.  Via separate, parallel, nationalist movements in Israel and Palestine and an international movement of invested citizens worldwide, OneVoice has succeeded in signing on 650,000 signatory members to its call for a serious peace process to end the occupation and all forms of violence, and achieves international recognition, security, respect, peace, and prosperity for both sides. “Our work is aimed at and centered on the lives and aspirations of ordinary people – it is based on the urgency of their right to live in a place free from violence and bloodshed and fear,” said Daniel Lubetzky, the organization’s Founder and President.  “In the end, sustainable, meaningful change won’t come from boardrooms or statehouses; it will come from these ordinary citizens. We seek to empower grassroots agents of change, giving them the tools to wrest their lives from the grips of interminable conflict. The Skoll Foundation’s generosity will go a long way in helping us to have a real impact on the ground.” “Daniel Lubetzky and his team at PeaceWorks are tremendous additions to the community of Skoll social entrepreneurs who have demonstrated, through their inspiration and creativity, courage and fortitude, that solutions do exist for some of the world’s most intractable problems,” said Sally Osberg, President and CEO of the Skoll Foundation. “We believe their work has the potential for transformational benefit to the area of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and we’re honored to support their continued commitment to systemic change at the grassroots level.” Mr. Lubetzky will be presented the award by Skoll Foundation Chairman Jeff Skoll, Skoll Foundation President and CEO, Sally Osberg and special guest, former President Jimmy Carter, at a special ceremony on March 27 at the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford University.  Lubetzky will be participating in the three-day World Forum along with over 700 attendees from the global social entrepreneurship community.  About the PeaceWorks Foundation & OneVoice Movement Founded in 2002, the PeaceWorks Foundation works through a variety of initiatives to unite moderates in the Middle East to push for conflict resolution and a negotiated two state solution ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.  The Foundation’s flagship initiative is OneVoice, an international movement of Americans, Palestinians, Israelis, Europeans, Muslims, Jews and Christians who are ready and eager to support a serious process, leading to a comprehensive peace agreement ending the occupation and all forms of violence. With 650,000 Israeli, Palestinian, and international signatories, we work to amplify the voice of the moderate majority of Palestinian and Israelis, empowering them to seize back the agenda for conflict resolution and to demand that their leaders work immediately and continuously to achieve a two state solution through comprehensive negotiations that will lead to the establishment of a viable independent Palestinian state living in peace and security with the state of Israel. For more information, visit www.onemillionvoices.org.  About the Skoll Foundation The Skoll Foundation was created in 1999 by eBay's first president, Jeff Skoll, to promote his vision of a more peaceful and prosperous world. Today the Skoll Foundation advances systemic change to benefit communities around the world by investing in, connecting and celebrating social entrepreneurs - individuals dedicated to innovative, bottom-up solutions that transform unequal and unjust social, environmental and economic systems. The Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship is the foundation's flagship program. There are currently 50 organizations represented by 59 remarkable social entrepreneurs in the program, working individually and together across regions, countries and continents to evolve the field of social entrepreneurship into a global movement for social change. The Skoll Foundation connects social entrepreneurs and other partners in the field via an online community at www.socialedge.org, and through the annual Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship. The foundation also celebrates social entrepreneurs by telling their stories through partnerships with the PBS Foundation and the Sundance Institute, with the goal of promoting large-scale public awareness of social entrepreneurship.For more information, visit www.skollfoundation.org. Read more Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:52:31 -0700 http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10853862 Economist - UKBecause of this political turmoil, foreign investment is beginning to dry up. In effect, Serbia is losing time. For years the largest party has been the ... Read more Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:37:57 -0700 http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10853862 http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0314/p01s01-wome.html Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA,USAMany who once called for change have turned away from politics altogether and won't be voting in Friday's election. By Scott Peterson | Staff writer of The ... Read more Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:34:00 -0700 http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0314/p01s01-wome.html http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/books/354796_power13.html Samantha Power admits she has "aged 25 years in the last week."Ever since she described presidential candidate Hillary Clinton as a "monster ... stooping to anything" in what she said was an "off-the-record" comment to a Scottish newspaper, the Harvard professor has been hot news on two continents. Read more Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:05:49 -0700 http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/books/354796_power13.html http://poligazette.com/2008/03/12/globalization-trumps-nationalism/ PoliGazette - NetherlandsBut, as Thomas Lifson points out, this newest clash of globalization and nationalism reflects opportunity, not threat.The idea that globalization’s ugly ... Read more Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:48:19 -0700 http://poligazette.com/2008/03/12/globalization-trumps-nationalism/ http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/world/americas/13curacao.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=curacao&st=nyt&oref=sl WILLEMSTAD, Curaçao — Stroll down Columbusstraat. Enter the smoke-filled lobby of the San Marco Hotel and Casino. Proceed up a flight of stairs to the front desk. Dial Room 106. Bring a credit card issued in Venezuela. Read more Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:43:43 -0700 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/world/americas/13curacao.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=curacao&st=nyt&oref=sl http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ilb1VQgAW9BzBhEh3m65jsusxvjgD8VBFQP02 WASHINGTON (AP) — Some immigrants who sought U.S. citizenship amid an application backlog last summer may very well become Americans ahead of this year's presidential election, the Bush administration's top immigration official said Tuesday. Read more Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:09:36 -0700 http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ilb1VQgAW9BzBhEh3m65jsusxvjgD8VBFQP02 http://www.pri.org/ted.html This special page for TED attendees provides background on my TED Talk (which is posted above) and links to some resources on global journalism. I am passionate about Americans understanding more about our increasingly complex world. Read more Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:30:17 -0700 http://www.pri.org/ted.html http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/International/nyhetssidor/artikel.asp?ProgramID=2054&Nyheter=&artikel=19430 The number of Iraqi asylum seekers to stay in Sweden is decreasing.As Swedish Radio news reports, 72 percent of all applications were rejected by the Immigration Board in February – with merely 23 percent being approved. Read more Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:28:57 -0700 http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/International/nyhetssidor/artikel.asp?ProgramID=2054&Nyheter=&artikel=19430 http://allafrica.com/stories/200803101236.html Kenya's planned migration from analogue television broadcasting to digital inched closer with the launch of an official committee to midwife the process expected to be completed in 2012. Read more Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:27:11 -0700 http://allafrica.com/stories/200803101236.html http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aL26MOWAIexY&refer=home March 7 (Bloomberg) -- Central bankers from the U.S. and Europe said globalization may no longer be cooling inflation, underscoring the risk of rising consumer prices even as the world economy slows. Read more Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:13:59 -0700 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aL26MOWAIexY&refer=home http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23523102/ NEW HAVEN, Connecticut - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair will teach a seminar at Yale next year, Yale officials said. Read more Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:12:40 -0700 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23523102/ http://mathaba.net/news/?x=584695 The 10th International Conference of Economists on Globalization and Development Problems concludes on Friday at Havana's Convention Center with the presence of more than one thousand experts from nearly 50 countries. Read more Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:07:04 -0700 http://mathaba.net/news/?x=584695 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88002493 Inmates at "Tent City" in South Phoenix, Ariz., generally wear pink underwear. This is not by choice, but rather a humiliating uniform requirement courtesy of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, aka "America's Toughest Sheriff." Read more Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:03:11 -0700 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88002493 http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/see-how-the-other-half-lives/2008/03/05/1204402540119.h