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		<title>Survey of Americans Abroad</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 23:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Dahlen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Americans abroad are a diverse group of people and Amanda Klekowski von Koppenfels, an American who works as a Lecturer in Migration and Politics at the University of Kent, Brussels, wants to tell their story. As part of her research work at the university, she is conducting a survey on Americans abroad. The purpose of ...]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Thanksgiving!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Dahlen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Celebrating Thanksgiving abroad helps me focus my attention on gratitude. As an American abroad I often celebrate Thanksgiving in a vacuum while the rest of the society around me races along. Still, as we plan gatherings of Americans and source turkey, stuffing, cranberries and the other necessary fixings for our favorite Thanksgiving dishes, I notice ...]]></description>
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		<title>Americans in Canada feel compelled to divorce from the U.S.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 22:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Dahlen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Globe and Mail story of a mass citizenship renunciation recently came to my attention and it serves as a stark illustration of the reality of the sharp spike in renunciations over the past few years. According to the Globe and Mail, &#8220;Last year, 1,534 Americans renounced their U.S. citizenship – more than twice as ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Dahlen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starting in 2014, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) will require foreign financial institutions to report on accounts held by US citizens. This means foreign financial institutions such as local banks, stock brokers, pension funds, insurance companies, etc. must to report directly to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) all clients who are &#8220;US persons&#8221; ...]]></description>
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		<title>The soft power of the American diaspora</title>
		<link>http://waybeyondthebeltway.com/2011/10/24/the-soft-power-of-the-american-diaspora/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Dahlen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month the Irish government hosted a gathering of Irish-American business leaders &#8212; the Global Irish Economic Forum &#8212; seeking to tap into the two year-old international network of Irish diaspora to help the country recover from its debt crisis. Deputy prime minister Eamon Gilmore told those gathered, &#8220;There is now a far greater ...]]></description>
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