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News Links Polish Ponglish dialect arrives in England
Poles who have flocked to live and work in Britain have created a hybrid language mixing English and Polish.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/07/03/noindex/nponglish.xml
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Nicolas Sarkozy secretly filmed getting angry at TV staff
A film of a tense and tough Nicolas Sarkozy, recorded without his knowledge before an interview on France's EU presidency, has become an overnight internet hit.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/07/03/noindex/nsarkozy.xml
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Zimbabwe, where beans cost $30 billion
Zimbabwe's dollar, ravaged by hyperinflation, does not even come in the form of a proper bank note.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/07/03/noindex/nzimbab.xml
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Surfers ride Newquay's giant wave
Adventurous surfers have been tackling one of the country's largest and rarest waves after it broke off the coast of Cornwall.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/07/03/noindex/nsurf.xml
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French students bound and stabbed in 'horrific' murder
Two French students visiting London were tortured, stabbed 243 times and then set on fire in one of the most "frenzied, brutal and horrific" murders ever investigated by Scotland Yard.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/07/03/noindex/nfrenchstudents.xml
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Standard of living to fall for at least a year
Families will see their living standards fall for at least a year because of the credit crisis and soaring oil prices, the Bank of England has said.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/07/03/noindex/bcnrecess103.xml
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Expat pension schemes: Singapore sling may sink pensions
Wealthy expats relying on offshore pensions to fund a sunshine lifestyle face a swingeing bill from the UK taxman, writes Paul Burgin.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/07/03/noindex/cmpensions02.xml
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Women 'enslaved' by Arab royals
Seventeen women have been taken by police from a luxury hotel in Brussels amid allegations that they had been enslaved by an Arab royal family.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/07/03/noindex/nbrussels.xml
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American woman puts her home and self up for sale
An American woman is selling her home on an auction website and throwing into the bargain an unusual extra - the chance to marry her.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/07/03/noindex/ushome.xml
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Israel digger driver was 'heart broken'
Relatives of Hussam Dwaith have said that he had never recovered from a doomed romance with a young Jewish woman.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/07/03/noindex/nbulldozer.xml
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Landowner sets pay and display charges for village carpark
Lord Roborough, a wealthy landowner, has ordered double yellow lines to be painted on roads around a children's playground and introduced pay and display charges on the village carpark.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/06/26/noindex/ncarpark.xml
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Guns in homes a constitutional right, US court rules
Americans have a constitutional right to keep guns in their homes for self-defence, the Supreme Court has found in a landmark ruling.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/06/26/noindex/ngun.xml
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The Queen costs the nation £40 million
The cost of maintaining the Queen rose by £2 million to £40 million last year.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/06/26/noindex/nqueen.xml
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Indian authorities clamp down on foreigners living in Goa
Scores of British homeowners across Goa face the prospect of eviction from their properties following a government investigation into their purchases.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/06/25/noindex/expat-in-goa.xml
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Britons set to retire on £215 a week
British workers are set to retire on less than half their annual pay in retirement -significantly lower than many workers worldwide.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/06/25/britons-retire.xml
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A quarter of adults to face 'anti-paedophile' tests
A quarter of the adult population faces an "anti-paedophile" test in an escalation of child protection policies, according to a report.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/06/25/noindex/nchild.xml
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Zimbabwe's last white farmer forced to quit
Zimbabwe's once proud white farming community is facing extinction, as President Robert Mugabe steps up his campaign of violence and intimidation on all fronts.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/06/25/noindex/nzimb.xml
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Notes from a Norfolk Broad
The latest instalment from Eroica Mildmay on the fictional town of Shallington-on-Sea. Eroica says that wellies should be a sober colour, navy perhaps, preferably green.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/06/26/eroica34.xml
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The End of Cross Cultural News
Cross Cultural news has now been running for a few years and has become extremely successful. We get over 4,000 ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-20-2007_06-21-2007.html#4332
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Moscow is most expensive place for expatriates to live
Moscow is the world’s most expensive city for expatriates for the second consecutive year, according to annual research. A study ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-18-2007_06-19-2007.html#4330
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Czech Republic: Demand for translation services grows
Most translation service companies in the Czech Republic have reported a year-on-year growth in demand of dozens of percent this ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-18-2007_06-19-2007.html#4329
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Word of the Day: disquisition
disquisition \dis-kwuh-ZISH-uhn\, noun: A formal discourse on a subject. Hence, although the publisher calls Mr. Roth's work "An Essay on ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-18-2007_06-19-2007.html#4328
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CILT: Standards in Intercultural Skills
In the global economy, all sectors of UK industry and service provision are now required to operate in multicultural environments, ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-15-2007_06-16-2007.html#4327
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Bridging the Culture Gap in the Legal field
So many countries, so many rules for attorneys to follow..... Globalization of the legal world has led more lawyers to ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-15-2007_06-16-2007.html#4326
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Why Language Matters on Global Websites
A European Parliament draft report notes that only 6% of consumers buy from websites outside their home countries. One-third who ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-15-2007_06-16-2007.html#4325
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Multicultural market research series
In 2004 and 2005, Common Sense Advisory released a series of multicultural market research reports. Now, the research firm has ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-15-2007_06-16-2007.html#4324
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GALA to have major presence at Localization World Berlin
The Globalization and Localization Association (GALA), an international nonprofit association that encourages local communication as an indispensable component to a ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-15-2007_06-16-2007.html#4323
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First International Diversity Summer School
Invitation for the First International Diversity Summer School – Vienna, 9.-13. July 2007 The First international Diversity Summer School is ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-15-2007_06-16-2007.html#4322
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Word of the day: clamber
clamber \KLAM-buhr; KLAM-uhr\, intransitive verb: 1. To climb with difficulty, or on all fours; to scramble. noun: 1. The act ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-15-2007_06-16-2007.html#4320
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'Cultural packs' could teach immigrants to queue
Immigrants should be given "cultural briefing packs" when they move to the UK, an official report will say today. The ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-13-2007_06-14-2007.html#4319
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Country-and-language-specific websites
Organizations are finding that the use of multiple languages and translations can be a competitive differentiator, particularly with websites designed ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-13-2007_06-14-2007.html#4316
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Word of the day: proselytize
proselytize \PROS-uh-luh-tyz\, intransitive verb: 1. To induce someone to convert to one's religious faith. 2. To induce someone to join ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-13-2007_06-14-2007.html#4315
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Cultural and Linguistic Competence Conference
Thrive and the Division of Children’s Behavioral Health Services are co-sponsoring “Achieving the Promise: Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Maine” ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-13-2007_06-14-2007.html#4314
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Intercultural Videos on Youtube
Today we decided to have a look at Youtube to see what videos relating to intercultural matters have been uploaded. ...
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/crossculturalnews/archives/06-13-2007_06-14-2007.html#4313
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