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Benedikt Thoma recalls the moment he began to think seriously about leaving Germany. It was in 2004, at a New Year's Day reception in nearby Frankfurt, and the guest speaker, a prominent politician, was lamenting the fact that every year thousands of educated Germans turn their backs on their homeland.
Approximately $900 million (USD) in investment and a wide range of talented people have called Hong Kong their home through the region's immigration policies, according to the Immigration Department.
The Health Ministry estimates there are some 1,000 Czech nurses currently working abroad, but Prague needs more nurses, and healthcare workers in Moravia find it increasingly difficult to get a job.
Louis Michel, the European Union's development commissioner, is in the western African nation of Mali for talks with Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure on setting up job centers for African migrants. The first such center is planned for Mali, with other centers planned for Senegal and Mauritania.
The aim it to help migrants find jobs in the EU in such sectors as agriculture, building and cleaning.
On 01 February, Tertiary Education Minister Michael Cullen welcomed Saudi Arabia's decision to nominate more than 300 students to apply for study in New Zealand as part of an expanded scholarships program for Asia and Oceania.
"This represents a strong endorsement by Saudi Arabia of the quality of our teachers and the excellence of our learning environments," Dr. Cullen said.
The report, originally titled "UK civil partnership law being abused" (23 February 2006), wrongly alleged that Dr Akbar Malik of Malik Law Chambers had advised a Times undercover reporter on how to stay in the United Kingdom by entering into a sham civil partnership. In fact, a reporter never spoke to Dr Malik and it follows that Dr Malik did not give him the advice in question. We apologise to Dr Malik for the distress and embarrassment caused by the article.