expatica.com - 19 days ago
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According to a new poll, residents of sub-Saharan African countries are the most likely to want to move abroad permanently. Washington -- Some 700 million people worldwide, or more than all the adults of North and South America combined, think the grass is greener on the other side of the fence ...
expatica.com - 20 days ago
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A second source echoed that stance, saying "no-one
else can get unanimity" following informal discussions between EU
heads of government and state at a two-day summit in Brussels last week. Centre-right van Rompuy's spokesman Dirk De Backer issued a ...
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rnw.nl - 22 days ago
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rnw.nl —
Geert Wilders, leader of the Freedom Party, has
called Integration Minister Eberhard van der Laan (of the
Labour Party) and Democrats D66 leader Alexander Pechtold "political accomplices" of Mohammed Bouyeri, the murderer of filmmaker Theo van Gogh. ...
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Wilders warns against "climate of hate" | ...
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Goldstone sells in Gaza An embroidery scarf bearing the name of South African judge Richard Goldstone is displayed at a Palestinian souvenir shop in Gaza City on November 4, 2009. The UN General Assembly is scheduled to discuss the controversial UN Goldstone report on Israel?s 22-day war against Palestinian militants in Gaza.165 million people want to move to US Washington -- Some 700 million people worldwide, or more than all the adults of North and South America combined, think ...
Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/5/2009
Gates of Vienna —
... 165 Million People Want to Move to US Washington — Some 700 million people worldwide, or more than all the adults of North and South America combined, think the grass is greener on the other side of the fence and want to permanently move to another country, a poll showed Tuesday. Residents of sub-Saharan African countries were the most likely to want to move abroad permanently, the polls conducted in 135 countries between 2007 and this year by Gallup showed. On average, 38 percent of the adult ...
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