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		<title>guardian.co.uk &#124; Net migration to Britain remains at record levels</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Guardian blog is quick off the mark in sharing latest Office of National Statistics (ONS) data on immigration, which will be uncomfortable news for the UK Coalition Government. Check it out! guardian.co.uk &#124; Net migration to Britain remains at record levels.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dralfoldman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20020808&amp;post=5623&amp;subd=dralfoldman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tuscany travel guide &#8211; Telegraph</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a really interesting article from Lee Marshall in the Telegraph on Tuscany and it&#8217;s well worth a read in my view. Check it out! Tuscany travel guide &#8211; Telegraph. I plan to be in Central Italy in May and this article prompts me to want to spend a bit more time in Tuscany.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dralfoldman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20020808&amp;post=5619&amp;subd=dralfoldman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A global experiment in the fiscal/monetary mix &#124; Gavyn Davies &#124; Insight into macroeconomics and the financial markets from the Financial Times – FT.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having been offline for a few days, I missed this interesting blog from Gavyn Davies, the macro economist in his weekly blog at the FT. Check it out! A global experiment in the fiscal/monetary mix &#124; Gavyn Davies &#124; Insight into macroeconomics and the financial markets from the Financial Times – FT.com. Personally, I believe [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dralfoldman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20020808&amp;post=5616&amp;subd=dralfoldman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Germans revive Greek Marshall Plan idea &#8211; FT.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a really important story, in my view, in the Financial Times. Check it out! Germans revive Greek Marshall Plan idea &#8211; FT.com. Regular readers of my blog will know that I&#8217;ve been banging on about a new European Marshall Plan for over a year. If you are interested in looking at some of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dralfoldman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20020808&amp;post=5610&amp;subd=dralfoldman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>32,000-Year-Old Plant Brought Back to Life—Oldest Yet</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:20:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This an amazing story of achievement from a Russian team of botanists. Check it out! 32,000-Year-Old Plant Brought Back to Life—Oldest Yet. Related articles Life resurrected from prehistoric seeds (news.blogs.cnn.com) Russians regenerate flowering plant from 30,000-year-old frozen burrow of Ice Age squirrel &#8211; The Washington Post (mbcalyn.com) Russian scientists regenerate ice age plant (guardian.co.uk)<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dralfoldman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20020808&amp;post=5605&amp;subd=dralfoldman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Economics: The weekly papers &#124; The Economist</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are five interesting pieces of recent research in economics, recommended in a blog from the Economist. The themes of unemployment and the middle class in Latin America caught my attention. These are full research articles, so they are not for a quick read but perhaps a spare couple of hours over the weekend. Economics: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dralfoldman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20020808&amp;post=5600&amp;subd=dralfoldman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Top 5 Must Eats In Vancouver &#124; The Travel Bite</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although I am quite used to dining out in Vancouver, I found that I was familiar with only one of the &#8220;eats&#8221; on this list, namely Granville Island. Check it out! Top 5 Must Eats In Vancouver &#124; The Travel Bite. Related articles Granville Island, Vancouver &#8211; BC (jennifer89k.wordpress.com) Dine Out Vancouver and Feast Van [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dralfoldman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20020808&amp;post=5592&amp;subd=dralfoldman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GPs Paid Millions Of Pounds For &#8216;Ghost Patients&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an interesting story from UK Huffington Post. Check it out! GPs Paid Millions Of Pounds For &#8216;Ghost Patients&#8217;. Related articles Patient Care: GPs Have Got An App For That (news.sky.com) Apps On &#8220;Prescription&#8221; From Your GP (medicalnewstoday.com) Nearly 2.5 Million Ghost Patients In GP Lists Across England (medicalnewstoday.com) Family doctors earning more than [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dralfoldman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20020808&amp;post=5589&amp;subd=dralfoldman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Provence, France, Photos &#8211; National Geographic</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 08:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a lovely photo from National Geographic. Check it out! Provence, France, Photos &#8211; National Geographic.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dralfoldman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20020808&amp;post=5584&amp;subd=dralfoldman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cambodia’s Angkor Wat – A spectacular side trip from Saigon</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 17:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from Backpacking Teacher:   Angkor Wat. It is most definitely worth the visit. I flew out from Saigon with a fellow teacher to to see the fabled temple complexes of which Angkor Wat is but one. Flights from Ho Chi Minh City to Siem Reap are not cheap (about USD$300) but after briefly contemplating [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dralfoldman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20020808&amp;post=5579&amp;subd=dralfoldman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Just back: a journey close to the edge &#8211; Telegraph</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we shall be venturing in South Western China in October, this Telegraph Travel article caught my attention. It&#8217;s well worth a read. Check it out! Just back: a journey close to the edge &#8211; Telegraph.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dralfoldman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20020808&amp;post=5575&amp;subd=dralfoldman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A locally owned houseboat trip in Kerala &#124; Travel &#124; The Guardian</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an interesting article from the Guardian Travel column. Check it out! A locally owned houseboat trip in Kerala &#124; Travel &#124; The Guardian. When I was working in Hyderabad, India, a few years ago, an Indian colleague strongly recommended a trip to Kerala &#8211; I remember especially that he said it was a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dralfoldman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20020808&amp;post=5567&amp;subd=dralfoldman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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