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...tiny nation (pop. 1.35 million) has managed to put itself on the edge of far more than just geography. It was the first former Soviet republic to introduce its own currency, and the first European country to adopt a flat tax system, now widely copied in the rest of Eastern Europe. It has also become one of the most technologically advanced places on the planet. You can use your mobile phone to pay for parking your car, buy bus tickets and check your children's school grades. More than 80% of taxpayers file their declarations online, wi-fi hot spots...
...Grab a friend with a car (or a friendly nearby mom) and roll anachronistically to King Richard’s Faire in Carver, MA. Take in human chess games, jousting, and minstrels galore at the Faire’s replica of a 16th century marketplace on 80 acres in Eastern Massachusetts. Pick up a love potion or meat pie for your roommate. See www.kingrichardsfaire.net for driving directions. 2. Thursday, September 28, 6 p.m., Free. Does a career that combines your passion for art and music exist? Your parents didn’t think so either, which is why they made...
...Post-9/11 Pakistan has repeatedly helped the United States to fight terrorism on its western border with Afghanistan, but it has done precious little...along its eastern border” with India, he said. Pakistan “must do much more to dismantle the infrastructure of terrorism...
...least 70 Muslims on Sulawesi during sectarian violence on the Indonesian island in 1998-2000; in Poso, Indonesia. Rights groups criticized the trio's 2001 conviction, claiming that Muslims had received lighter sentences for similar crimes, while the Vatican issued a plea for clemency last month. Christians rioted across eastern Indonesia following the executions...
...presidents of two Eastern European nations urged integration with the rest of Europe at the Institute of Politics last Friday, the first time two heads of state have ever shared a stage at the John F. Kennedy, Jr. Forum. In their remarks, President Stjepan Mesic of Croatia and President Boris Tadic of Serbia focused on the normalization process currently underway in the region, which is still struggling to recover from the wars and ethnic cleansing of the previous decade. “If your hatred were to be transformed into electrical energy, it would be enough to light an entire...