Word: fates
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...long rankled some French lawmakers and lobbyists. In October 2003, a group of French Deputies from President Jacques Chirac's center-right party proposed a parliamentary resolution to abolish inheritance tax altogether. It went nowhere. Another initiative last year to exclude principal residences from the tax suffered the same fate. But last month, news leaked out that the Finance Ministry is considering plans to suppress inheritance tax between spouses in next year's budget. The prospect of such a measure, estimated to cost the treasury about €400 million per year in lost revenue, immediately sparked uproar, with the opposition...
...Haniyeh was able to secure the journalists' freedom, but at a high price: he has agreed to give these armed extremists a role in deciding the fate of the Israeli soldier, these sources said. The kidnappers are more extreme in their approach to Israel (Prime Minister Haniyeh is a moderate within Hamas), and they will undoubtedly raise the ante for the release of the 18-year-old corporal, who is said to be in good shape even though his captors have so far refused to offer any proof he is still alive. So far, various mediators, including the Egyptians...
...Zubrzycki writes that Jah, who is still alive, blames fate for his woes; and it isn't hard to feel sorry for this childlike, inquisitive man, lost in a whirlpool of historical change and legal tangles. Yet if Jah had used even a fraction of his money and status, he could have transformed the lives of millions of poor people in Hyderabad. At the least, he should have been able to make a farm in the outback turn a profit. Instead, after losing one of the greatest fortunes in history, the last Nizam retired to Turkey, where, we are told...
...Their fate will be settled later, probably in negotiations between Israel and the Lebanese government on behalf of Hizballah, and the resultant deal will inevitably involve some kind of prisoner exchange. The soldiers' fate appears unlikely, however, to hold up the cease-fire. Within days, Lebanese Army troops (eventually numbering 15,000) will begin moving into southern Lebanon, later supported by a beefed-up U.N. peacekeeping force (which will also number 15,000), as Israel vacates the area. Hizballah has agreed to the truce in which it ends attacks on Israel and refrains from bearing arms south of the Litani...
...Please give him this message, sir: Those who refuse to accept an invitation will not have a good ending or fate." MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD, Iranian President, in an interview with Mike Wallace, on George W. Bush's failure to answer an 18-page letter he sent in May criticizing U.S. foreign policy...