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Granted, there's no shortage of things to buy - but that's hardly the point. "We're not interested in making money," Salaveria says over a San Miguel cerveza negra as dusk settles over the compound and the shops around us begin to light up. "The important thing is independence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The X Factor: Manila's Footwear Expo | 8/12/2009 | See Source »

Even so, the new test would cover only a fraction of the people who go to work and live in the U.K. Last year about 129,000 immigrants were granted British citizenship. Yet the nation is also home to an estimated 725,000 illegal immigrants and attracts many workers from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: British Citizenship: Points Off for Protest? | 8/12/2009 | See Source »

According to Jean-Christophe Dumont, an international migration specialist for the OECD, the longer wait could mean the new test actually has the opposite of its intended effect. He points to studies carried out in Europe, the U.S. and Canada that have shown that once granted citizenship, immigrants perform markedly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: British Citizenship: Points Off for Protest? | 8/12/2009 | See Source »

To try to answer that question, JFS, one of the most oversubscribed and academically successful state schools in the capital, was forced to consider giving prospective students religious tests to determine the extent of their observance and Jewish identity. Now that JFS has been granted an appeal, it's up...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.K.'s Jewish-School Ruling: Who Decides Who Is a Jew? | 8/11/2009 | See Source »

Within three weeks of Picat's going public, in December, French authorities granted a waiver allowing all four children to live under the same roof with the family she'd chosen for them. President Nicolas Sarkozy hosted Picat and her kids - Julie, 12; Thibault, 9; Matthieu, 5; and Margot, 3...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France Mourns the Death of 'Mother Courage' | 8/11/2009 | See Source »

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