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...food. Do you want a place to stay?" Abdi Salan has little choice, agreeing to spend $150 for a hot meal, two nights' lodging and a jeep ride north to Benghazi, Libya's second-largest city. The Kufra smugglers convince him that there he can obtain a foreigner identity card, to avoid any trouble with the Libyan authorities. It will cost another $40, and he now has just over $1,000 left. By the time he arrives by bus at Tripoli on June 17, Europe is finally starting to feel close. He's lucky to find a group of Somalis...
...years, particularly since laws were tightened in 1997. But even so, some 39,000 asylum seekers have entered the country so far this year, according to the U.N. - a number that dwarfs the 15,360 jobs offered to non-E.U. computer experts since Germany launched its "green card" system in 2000 - a program designed to help companies fill vacant high-tech jobs with skilled labor from overseas. Countries are beginning to collaborate to regulate the flow. The Spanish and Moroccan governments announced last week that they would launch joint marine patrols to head off illegal immigration...
Almost every airline and hotel chain touts a loyalty card. Taking that concept a giant step forward, Thailand's Prime Minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, is offering jet-setters memberships in a card scheme whose benefits can be enjoyed across the entire country. Last month, Thaksin welcomed 80 high-flying businessmen as inaugural members of the Thailand Elite Privilege Club. For a one-off lifetime fee of $25,000, the millionaires were each presented with a Thailand Elite card entitling them to discounts on Thai Airways and at Thailand's best hotels, free golf at a slew of courses, free spa treatments...
Almost every airline and hotel chain touts a loyalty card. Taking that concept a giant step forward, Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is offering jet-setters memberships in a card scheme where benefits can be had across the entire country...
...Last month, Thaksin welcomed 80 high-flying businessmen into the Thailand Elite Privilege Club as inaugural members. For a one-off lifetime fee of $25,000, the millionaires were each presented with a Thailand Elite card entitling them to discounts on Thai Airways and at Thailand's best hotels, free golf at a slew of courses, free spa treatments, fast-track immigration, free limousine transfers and a 24-hour concierge service. And why do millionaires need discounts? "We all want a bargain," Thaksin, a telecommunications billionaire, said before doling out the black-and-gold plastic...