An Irish man says he is lucky to be alive after being attacked by a shark while paddling on a surf ski off the west coast of Australia. Martin Kane, 62, was with a group of friends in the sea near Perth at around 7.15am last Wednesday when a shark launched itself at his craft, a lightweight type of kayak. Read article
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The vacation travel plans of many Indian expatriates in Kuwait have gone haywire following the ongoing strike by the Air India pilots as India’s flag carrier sharply curtailed its schedules to south Indian destinations. Many passengers booked on Air India now look for alternative airline bookings paying exorbitantly high fares as India’s carrier was forced […]
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It is part of an initiative by New South Wales, Australia’s biggest state, which wants to quadruple its annual intake of skilled migrants, up to 7,200. It also includes plans to extend post-study work rights for international students. Read article
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A survey of over 35,000 professionals in the Gulf found that that the UAE has the highest expat retention rate, with 81 per cent of foreigners living and working there having no desire to leave Although the country was hit hard by the recession, the combination of “a rebound in business confidence, declining rents and […]
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The Roy Hill iron ore mine in the Pilbara region, which is expected to begin production in 2014/15, is one of the biggest resource projects underway in the booming Australian state. A spokesman for the development said earlier this week that around 2,000 Australians would be recruited for “highly paid” permanent positions by the time […]
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PHUKET: A British expat resident and his Thai wife were brutally murdered at a small Thai tourist resort for 200 baht and a mobile telephone, police said today. Officers arrested the security guard, a chef and a local fisherman over the killing of Michael Raymond, 68, and his wife Suchada Bonkamdi, 52, early yesterday morning. […]
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Nathan Clarke, 30, mysteriously vanished on the evening of February 25 while out for a few drinks with his fiancée and friends. The teaching assistant, originally from Cheltenham, was last seen walking down towards the sea from a beach bar on Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman in his swimming shorts. Read article
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PHUKET: Thirty-three foreigners are among the inmates at Phuket Provincial Prison, where the total of 1600 prisoners now is twice the capacity for which the jail was built more than a century ago. While more than 80 percent of the Thais are being held for drugs-related offences, 14 out of the 33 foreigners are inside […]
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Savar, Mar 6 (UNB) – An expatriate was killed in a road accident at Padmakan Intersection under Tetuljora union this (Tuesday) morning. The deeased was identified as Milon, 30, of Gramsa village of Singair upazila of Manikganj district. Read article
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The South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on Friday that Nancy Kissel had filed an application for leave to appeal against her second conviction last year. The expatriate, from Michigan, is currently serving a life sentence for the murder of her banker husband Robert in 2003, in a sensational case which saw her allegedly beat […]
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