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Taliban Open Up Front in Once-Quiet Afghan North
Nov 27, 2009 12:31 am | By CARLOTTA GALL

Militants have had a resurgence in Kunduz, a province that American and Afghan officials did not think they had to worry about.

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Stalemate in Legislature Has New York Near Its Last Dollar
Nov 26, 2009 11:39 pm | By DANNY HAKIM

With no end in sight to a dispute over a budget deficit, the state could have as little as $36 million in the bank by year end.

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राष्ट्रमंडल सम्मेलन में ध्यान जलवायु परिवर्तन पर
Nov 26, 2009 09:54 pm | BBC Hindi

शुक्रवार से शुरु हो रहे राष्ट्रमंडल सम्मेलन में जलवायु परिवर्तन छाया रहेगा. अन्य नेताओं समेत मनमोहन सिंह भी वहाँ पहुँचे हैं.

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Торги на Токийской бирже начались с обвала котировок
Nov 26, 2009 09:05 pm | “Ведомости”. Ежедневная деловая газета

Сегодня утром торги на крупнейшей в Азии Токийской фондовой бирже начались с обвала котировок из-за ослабления доллара.

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Grande-Marlaska prohíbe dos homenajes a etarras
Nov 26, 2009 08:59 pm | Los Angeles

El juez de la Audiencia Nacional ordena también que se retire una placa en recuerdo a dos terroristas de la banda.  Leer. Escuchar

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São Paulo registra mais de 100 km de filas às 21h30
Nov 26, 2009 07:44 pm | G1 – O Portal de Notícias da Globo

Capital teve 21 pontos de alagamentos, segundo CGE. Chove moderamente em vários pontos da cidade.

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Барак Обама попросил американцев потерпеть
Nov 26, 2009 06:39 pm | “Ведомости”. Ежедневная деловая газета

Американский президент в своем обращении к нации призвал всех граждан государства к терпению в связи с тяжелым экономическим положением в стране.

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Troops celebrate Thanksgiving
Nov 26, 2009 06:35 pm | CNN.com – U.S.

Turkey, stuffing, pumpkin pie, a visit by the commanding general in Iraq and a phone call from President Obama, were some of the ways the White House and Pentagon helped U.S. troops overseas celebrate Thanksgiving.

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Jockeys’ Fire Deaths: Man On Murder Charge
Nov 26, 2009 06:28 pm | Sky News | Home | First For Breaking News

A 37-year-old man has been charged with the murders of two young jockeys who died in a fire at a flat.

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Guerra se desmarca de la cúpula del PSOE y censura las «presiones» al TC
Nov 26, 2009 06:00 pm | RSS Agregación ABC

Heridas abiertas entre los cargos socialistas, de la vieja y nueva guardia, ante la inminente sentencia del Tribunal Constitucional (TC) sobre el recurso interpuesto por el PP en julio de 2006 contra el «Estatut» de Cataluña. La publicación hoy de un editorial consensuado por doce periódicos catalanes -al que se han adherido posteriormente tres emisoras de la misma región- ha desatado una oleada de comentarios y críticas, pronunciados de forma soterrada y también a micrófono abierto.

Guerra se desmarca. El presidente de la Comisión Constitucional del Congreso, el socialista Alfonso Guerra, …

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Militants have had a resurgence in Kunduz, a province that American and Afghan officials did not think they had to worry about.

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Second passport: Living in the Philippines on $500 per Month

 

Let’s face it 500 bucks isn’t a vast amount of money, at the time of writing and with the current exchange rate it’s around £340 – so is it possible to live abroad anywhere on that amount of cash per month, or are we talking cardboard boxes under flyovers?

Well you can live in the Philippines on $500 per month and here’s how.

First thing you’re going to need to sort out is your accommodation.  Obviously there are plenty of houses for rent throughout the Philippines, but a small house in Manila might set you back up to $360 (£240) per month – which is going to eat into our budget quite a bit.  So, if you want to be living in the Philippines on $500 per month or less you need to be getting away from the capital city.

Apartments in Cebu, one of the most developed provinces in the Philippines, can start from around $150 (£103) per month.  Not that Cebu is particularly off the beaten track.  Cebu city boasts 5 star hotels, casinos, shopping malls, golf courses and nearby sandy beaches.  If you’re prepared to take cost savings further you can rent a room in a house.

A room with a shared bathroom in a location like Damaguete City in the province of Negros Oriental, can be had for as little as $60 (£41) per month.  But don’t think you’ll be living in a flea infested backward city at this price!  Damaguete City is one of the fastest growing cities in the Philippines and known as the “university town” as it has 7 universities and colleges.

Home to around 115,000 people, the city also offers nearby whale and dolphin watching, excellent beaches and is fast becoming a prime location for those wanting to retire in the Philippines as it has a large number of medical clinics, good city amenities, as well as a laid back lifestyle.

So we can tick off housing.  Accommodation is cheap enough to allow you to live for less than $500 per month in the Philippines.

Next it is on to groceries, if we are living in a rented room we have around $440 (£303) of our $500 budget left.  Starting with the essentials, a pack of cigarettes will set you back around $0.80 (£0.55) and a 1/3 of a litre of San Miguel beer $0.50 (£0.34).  So to live a typical expat lifestyle and feed a 20 a day habit with 4 bottles of beer each night costs around $40 (£27) per month.  We are down to $400 (£270).

Next, on to the secondary products such as food!  Lets say you use half a litre of milk per day, 3 litres of bottled water per day, breakfast on two boiled eggs, buy a kilo of rice every 3 days and usually eat out every lunch time and evening at a local roadside stall – something like sizzling pork cheeks or Tapsilog (beef fried rice and eggs), and you obviously get through a kilo of coffee a week, average costs for a month would run to around $350 (£240).  So a months worth of groceries plus accommodation costs would still allow you to live on less than $500 per month in the Philippines.

We’re now down to the final $50 (£35).  A 5 kilometre taxi ride costs around $1.64 (£1.13) so you can either go on a 152 kilometre taxi ride with the rest of your money or splash out $40 (£27) on a Brazilian wax and head for the beach…walking.

You can see from the above figures that it is possible to live on less than $500 per month in the Philippines.  Obviously you won’t be saving an awful lot of your cash, but then, the sun’s going to be shining and the beach is free!