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...their fair share." Raising taxes for those who can't vote might be a canny political move, but economically it may backfire. The Treasury reckons some 3,000 registered nondoms - out of a total of 115,000 - will pull up stakes when the new rule kicks in on April 6. Britain's wealth managers are more pessimistic, predicting that nondoms will leave in droves, taking billions out of the economy and affecting everything from property prices to spending on luxury goods. The annual fee isn't official yet, and won't be until after Feb. 28 - the final...
...Chad. When Sudan's security chiefs realized Déby would not cut the rebel supply lines, they resolved to get rid of him. Their offers of money and guns found plenty of takers among disaffected Chadian commanders. Three times the Sudanese organized attacks, nearly capturing N'Djamena in April...
...said after the meeting. Fantini was the lone member to oppose discussion of incorporating the program, saying that doing so would “give people false hope that we have the resources to do something.” “Let’s have it on April Fool’s Day,” he said of the pending discussion. The committee also got some welcome news last night when it was presented with new data showing that Cambridge Rindge and Latin School—the city’s only public high school?...
...Following yet another government crisis - and Senate President Franco Marini's failed, five-day attempt to establish a temporary ruling coalition to usher in much-needed electoral reform - the Italian Parliament is expected to be dissolved on Wednesday, and national elections scheduled in April. Though his allies have insisted for the past two years that it's time for new leadership on the Italian center-right, Berlusconi will again be its candidate, for the fifth time in 14 years (with two wins, two losses under his belt). Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni, who once served as Prodi...
...Still, with the threat of losing the Grand Prix scheduled for Barcelona on April 27 hanging over it, Spanish officials in both sports and government are promising to take new steps to ensure racism doesn't make the same inroads into car racing that it has into soccer. "That's what we're missing," says Ibarra. "Firmness...