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Then there are Singapore's new trust laws, which help the rich keep their fortunes in the family by letting them pass assets on to beneficiaries tax-free. And the perks strongly favor foreigners. "To get all the benefits one must not be Singaporean, nor should one's beneficiaries be Singaporean," says Michael Troth, Asia-Pacific head of global wealth-structuring for Citigroup. As a result, says Troth: "Singapore is becoming the predominant provider of trust services to our Asian clients...
...finding favor with voters who support him on immigration and the economy, according to exit polls...
...turnout (more than 1,900 people had been counted through the doors halfway through the four-and-half-hour event) exceeded all expectations - and the capacity of the venue. When he finally managed to make himself heard, Barnard announced that the rest of the planned progam, including speeches in favor of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, would be scrapped. He asked people who had already voted to leave so that the hordes "standing five-deep" in the street could come in. Bob Worcester, the founder of research company MORI, an active member of Democrats Abroad since he moved to England...
...vote made such clearance only logical should the rebels launch a new assault on N'Djamena. "The French Army isn't there to confront anyone with arms, but now a unanimous legal decision has been made by the Security Council," Sarkozy said, indicating his belief that the U.N. would favor its enforcement if defied...
...Still, intervening would undercut Sarkozy's efforts to move France beyond Françafrique, its half-century old policy of intervening in former colonies to prop up friendly dictators. Sarkozy had made it clear he wants to end such arrangements and favor greater democracy, events in Chad have left no good option. "I didn't want direct intervention before a precise legal framework" had been outlined, Sarkozy said Tuesday, insisting that the U.N. vote changed the equation. "We're no longer in what was called Françafrique. There are international rules, and I want to conform to them...