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The amount of money sent home by Bangladeshis living abroad has reached a new record high, according to the Central Bank of Bangladesh

There has been a dramatic decline in the number of people going to work abroad since the start of the global downturn, according to a new report.

The global recession has had a marked effect on international migration according to a special report commissioned by the BBC World Service.

Entertainment giant Walt Disney is to buy Marvel Entertainment in a shares and cash deal valued at $4bn (£2.5bn).

Given that only about 4% of the EU's population is Muslim, why is the fear of a coming Eurabia so strong in certain quarters?

THE Horn of Africa is one of the last populated bits of the planet without a proper connection to the world wide web. Instead of fibre-optic cable, which provides for cheap phone calls and YouTube-friendly surfing, its 200m or so people have had to rely on satellite links. This has kept international phone calls horribly overpriced and internet access equally extortionate and maddeningly slow.

Decades of education and economic mismanagement will need to be reversed if the one-time US colony is going to restore its language skills and build its lucrative call-centre business, reports John McLean

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has warned of political and social unrest unless there is greater regulation of the globalised economy.