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Friday, February 16, 2007 (PARIS)
Niculae Asciu

International education is good for teachers, too.

Teaching abroad can offer superior lifestyle and earnings, and the prospect of career advancement.
France takes the plunge into globalized education

At top schools like Sciences Po, confronting the foreigner has become a route to self-improvement.
Europe's wandering scholars can't afford to be poor

The 20-year-old Erasmus higher education program has helped 1.5 million European students to attend foreign universities. But the low level of grants risks restricting the benefit to a relatively affluent elite.
Speaking up, regardless of your accent

One of the things I miss most living abroad is my right to complain, in my own language, about problems in my community.
Expats find on TV all the comforts of home

Advances in broadcast and broadband technology can help television-loving expatriates get a huge dose of home.
Americans abroad are giving up citizenship for lower taxes

International tax lawyers say they detect rising demand from citizens to renounce ties with the United States.
Clarification
Developers in Southeast Asia try to lure aged Japanese

Thailand, the Philippines and Malaysia are now promoting "long-stay" programs, offering visas and tax breaks to foreign retirees.
A word to the wise: Choose the right translator

When Alain Thienot, a professor of business administration at a French engineering school, decided to translate a classic French finance text into English for his international students, he bought a top-rated computer translation program to do the job, rather than hire a translator.
Does Thanksgiving have legs?

As the November days slip by, Americans around the world anticipate sitting down to the traditional Thanksgiving meal: turkey with all the trimmings, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie.
Taking friendships with you

When my good friend Lene died a year ago, I found out by e-mail, one day before the memorial service in Copenhagen. Her longtime partner sent the notice to me. I had hoped to see them, both film producers, at the Moscow Film Festival, but they hadn't shown up.
Voices from afar struggle to be heard

For many expatriates exercising the right to vote has required crawling-over-coals persistence. More than a few have come away wrung, discouraged and dejected, even suspicious of political manipulation. Complicated and shifting state laws do not help.
For café smokers, what a drag!
International schools get serious on funds
Broader education gains appeal in Asia
East meets West in U.S. schools
For U.S. women, a battle for morale in fashion capitals
When roots translate into a 2d passport
First Person: Adventures in (trans-Atlantic) baby-sitting
Satisfying a yen for the tastes of home
A tilted playing field for Americans abroad
Parcels of memory, a bite at a time
Picky eaters? Not these children
First Person: The menu of life, with a twist
International schools grapple with 'staggering' demand
Bypassing Russia's bounty
Uncle Sam takes a bite out of expatriate incomes
Etiquette tips for globe-trotters
U.S. executives warn expatriate tax increase may backfire
When expats run in the family
The fine art of shipping art
Moving a cellar to a new home
E-assist for expat U.S. voters
Foreign postings beckon to the young
Diving in and finding water
Putting citizenship to the test
Know thy culture: Few do
In Japan, immigration bill sent to Parliament
Italy vote to include expatriates
GlobeShopper: Luxury silk handmade in Thailand

Travel & More

Beer
Alcohol and aging have a direct relationship.

  - Where to try aging beers and which brands to sample
  - Slide Show: The full flavors of aging beers
South Korea
Sampling the lifestyle of a monk.

Contemporary art
An interactive display in Hong Kong.

  - Slide Show: Interactive art that's larger than life
Sea Turtles
In troubled Lebanon, a turtle haven

- Slide show: Protecting sea turtles in Lebanon
Paris
A city's charms, resplendent at night.

- Audio Slide Show: Paris at night - Paris's hottest spots after dark

Properties

Turkey
Cutting edge and vintage charm in Istanbul.

  - Slide Show: The apartments at Kanyon
France
Taking home along on an exploration of France.

  - Slide Show: On France's waterways
Cyprus
For families, too, there's the allure.

  - Slide Show: On Cyprus
Barcelona
Buying a home in is not as easy as the lifestyle.

  - Discretion the key to success in Catalan property market
  - Slide Show: Near Barcelona
Provence
Rebuilding with style in a year.

  - Slide Show: In Provence
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News and information for
expats in Europe
Belgium's first electronic ID-card for foreigners
Europe: A dead horse worth beating
Joke on Jewish director as Germans shun Hitler comedy
Managing the shock of re-entry
Get your kicks on Spain's Route 66: A journey along the N-340


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