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Hundreds of same-sex couples in the United Kingdom have flocked to government offices to file for civil partnerships in the last week.
Thomas Bauer said he mentioned in the barbershop that he had just come from registering his intent to form a partnership on December 5, the first day he was legally able to do so.
"Three people waiting to have a trim burst into applause," he wrote.
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This week the Congress will take up, the "Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005" (HR 4437). The bill, introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) passed through the Judiciary Committee on Dec. 8th with a party-line vote of 23-to-15.
The practice is costing some trusts hundreds of thousands of pounds a year.
Patients from outside the EU must normally prove they can pay for medical treatment but expectant mothers are treated as emergencies.
British hospital trusts must then claim the money back. But many never recover the cost of the treatment they have provided.
With racial tensions rising around the nation, timely new research looks at what migrants truly think of Australia and Australians, and vice versa.
The report, by Adelaide University, has been released at a time when more migrants than ever were calling Australia home, and Australia had the largest immigration program for decades.
There has often been an uneasy tension between those who were born here, or had been here for while, and those who had only recently arrived.
New Zealand has seen a sharp decline in the number of international students in English language and secondary schools this year, Education Ministry figures show.
While numbers were steady at tertiary institutions, secondary schools saw a 21 per cent drop in international student enrolments from 12,573 between January and August last year to 9958 for the same period this year.
Rolls for the English Language Sector (ELS) were down by 28 per cent - from 34,005 to 24,628 in the same comparison period.
While few would dispute the fact that the UK is clearly a popular choice for inward migration, many may be surprised to discover the number of UK citizens that regularly embark on a new life abroad.
According to various sources, in the decade 1993-2002, the UK experienced higher levels of emigration than had been previously recorded. Outward migration over the period increased from 266,000 individuals in 1993 to 359,000 people by 2002.