US state of Florida desperate for nurses, looks overseas
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13:28 20/02/2006
A shortage of nurses throughout the US state of Florida isn't showing any signs of easing despite the best plans by hospitals to fill vacancies, newly released statistics show. The Florida Hospital...
Record numbers of Britons leave for better lives abroad
10:35 20/02/2006
Record numbers of people are leaving Britain to live and work abroad, figures show. More than 350,000 men and women are emigrating every year, a rise of 30 per cent in 10 years, The Independent...
UK to heighten and automate border security by 2014
14:24 17/02/2006
Around 200 million passengers passed through UK airports in 2003 - and if growth continues as predicted, by 2030 as many as 600 million passengers will pass through UK airports each year. As a result...
UK visa restriction on young Nigerians to be lifted
15:22 16/02/2006
The United Kingdom is to resume the issuance of first-time entry visas to Nigerians' under 30 years next month, UK foreign secretary Jack Straw announced. The British embassy in Nigeria in 2004...
New Zealand asks its citizens to come home
13:01 15/02/2006
When is the last time you heard about a country aiming an advertising campaign at its own citizens? That's exactly what New Zealand has been doing for the past few months - and it's not just...
Britain to have ID cards in two years
15:30 14/02/2006
Millions of British citizens will be required to hold an identity card and have their biometric details placed on a central database, after the government blocked an effort to stop the plan on Feb...
