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...axes to grind. Tymoshenko spent 42 days in jail in 2001 on bribery and other charges, which the Prosecutor General's office has since dropped as groundless, relating to her years as head of the gas-and-oil trading firm United Energy Systems. Perhaps because the agendas are so complex, the official line has sometimes been confusing. Yushchenko has spoken of re-examining 30 or so cases of privatized firms, while Tymoshenko - who describes corruption as "a cancer tumor" that needs to be removed (see interview) - has said that as many as 3,000 companies could be reviewed. First Deputy...
When European commission President José Manuel Barroso declared that the E.U. needs an institute of technology, a group of M.E.P.s piped up with an idea for the perfect spot: their on-off home, the European Parliament complex in Strasbourg. Their motives are both altruistic and self-serving. Since the mid-90s, parliament has shuttled monthly between Brussels and Strasbourg - at a cost of €200 million a year. The Campaign for Parliamentary Reform (CPR) argues that money is wasted. The French disagree. "I've always voted to keep the seat here because it's an important European symbol," says...
Much of the material is dauntingly complex, but Gaines works hard to keep his prose accessible and entertaining--sometimes too hard, as when he writes of Prussia's ruling family, "The Hohenzollerns were a funny bunch," or when, in the midst of explaining Pythagorean numbers and the theory of affections in music, he assures the reader defensively, "This will be over soon." Even the most abstract passages, though, are warmed by his obvious reverence for Bach, whose music he has been playing on the piano since he was a child...
...poor during colonial rule, and they persist even today among those who lack an understanding of what happened and is still happening in the Third World. In fact, the failure of the Third World to grow as rapidly as the First World is the result of a complex mix of factors, some geographical, some historical and some political. Imperial rule often left the conquered regions bereft of education, health care, indigenous political leadership and adequate physical infrastructure. Often, newly independent countries in the post--World War II period made disastrous political choices, such as socialist economic models or a drive...
...Unless you enjoy an earbashing, it's best not to get separated men started on child support, a complex scheme of formulas and exemptions through which, in 2003-04, $A2.19 billion was transferred between parents. High on a long list of complaints is that the ex-wife doesn't have to account for how the money is spent: maybe the latest payment went toward school fees, or maybe it funded gym membership for her and her new boyfriend. Adding insult to injury, the way child support works is that the less contact you have with your children, the more...