The number of asylum seekers to the UK has dropped since last year due to governmental reforms, according to David Blunkett, the UK's Home Office Secretary. Asylum seekers, once a contentious issue in British politics, now seem to be overshadowed by the uncertainty of migration from new...
Asylum applications fell 41% last year, the government revealed today, as David Blunkett castigated the media for their coverage of yesterday's announcement on EU migrants.
Reacting angrily to today's...
The phrase "clash of civilizations" may be a popular framework for understanding the conflicts between the United States and the Middle East, but in the end it hinders the progress of peace and democracy, writes Sarah Eltantawi. The idea of a stiff binary – "West" versus "...
One byproduct of the widespread "clash of civilizations" discourse overtaking discussion of US-Islamic and Middle Eastern relations is the idea that people are either positioning themselves in agreement with or in...
Germany's one million illegal immigrants are hard to typify, says this article in the F.A.Z. Weekly. Unlike the Turkish immigrants who are in the country legally but have not acculturated themselves to Germany, the author writes, many illegal immigrants are integrating well by learning German...
BERLIN. There is no such thing as a typical "illegal" among Germany's illegal immigrants. Many are living, and working, openly. Whereas the large Turkish population that came to this country for the most...
Tourism is a major source of revenue and employment, particularly for the developing nations of the world. Historic monuments, sandy beaches, snow-covered mountains and tropical vegetation attract millions of tourists from rich countries seeking novelty and adventure while bringing in precious...
On water's edge: With its long sandy beaches, Cancun is Mexico's top tourist attraction but rising sea level could imperil its future
FRANKFURT: Tourism is one industry which has seen a phenomenal growth in an...
Trade agreements do not have to ignore social and environmental standards, argues editor Carl Pope in “Sierra Magazine.” Trade agreements, like the Doha Round, will falter as long as negotiators do not prevent the benefits from accumulating among the wealthiest and bypassing the poor, he suggests....
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A string of quick military successes for ISIS in Iraq has legitimized the group as a new leader of the jihadi movement. The group controls Tikrit, Mosul and many other smaller towns in Iraq and Syria – and nears Baghdad. The success “could be a harbinger of a tectonic shift within the jihadi...
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The delicate plant with tiny red berries has drawn thousands of scavengers to Appalachia forests, digging up roots of the ginseng plant, wiping out entire groves, for sale to Asian markets. “[W]ith wild ginseng root fetching upward of $800 a pound, untold numbers of poachers have taken to local...
Click here for the article in Mountain Xpress.
A lot of trade goes into a cup of coffee, and at the urging of his son, authur A.J. Jacobs wanted to express his gratitude. So he set out to research the individuals who helped make the routine of a morning cup of coffee possible and wrote a book. “During his quest, which took him from a farm in...