Word: abroader
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...Gaza responsibly. Not only is it iniquitous that the U.S. and Europe have sidelined the elected government, but it is also extremely cruel that we have been complicit in Israel's blockade, which is further impoverishing the people of Gaza. They have as much right to travel abroad and trade with the outside world as we or the Israelis do. Tony Davies, EXETER, ENGLAND...
Number of students a U.S. college official must sign up for study abroad in order to receive a free trip from the American Institute of Foreign Study. Eager for the high fees paid by American students, foreign schools and study-abroad facilitators are dangling perks for administrators who deliver students...
...Adopting a more aggressive posture toward Iran's regional role may play well on Capitol Hill, but the White House is clearly having trouble selling it abroad. Just last week, the leaders of the two governments most reliant on U.S. military protection directly contradicted President Bush's claims that Iran was causing trouble in their countries. Both Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai and Iran's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki publicly reiterated their view of Iran as a friend and a positive influence for stability in their countries, leaving President Bush to huffily demur. Iran helped install the Karzai government...
...Oberoi adds that the large and mostly prosperous Indian diaspora fuels this craze. "For them it is an issue of self-esteem and community sentiment," she says of the 20 million Indians settled abroad, or Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), as they are known. "In the southern state of Tamil Nadu, for instance, dowry has ceased to be a demand," she says. "But the groom's side insist that the wedding be a spectacular affair...
Tapia, like many Peruvians here and abroad, was unable to reach her family by phone, due to the collapse of the country's telephone system. Service was still iffy at mid-day Thursday. Garcia singled out Peru's telecom companies during his radio address, complaining that since the country is located in an earthquake belt, they have less excuse for not keeping their systems prepared for temblors. He ordered Transportation and Communication Minister Veronica Zavala to hold emergency meetings with the firms to resolve the problem...