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...proper thing to do would be to remove the warlords from power. But that would require tremendous force. The Soviets had hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Afghanistan, yet they were never able to gain full control of the country. Now that U.S. and Northern Alliance forces have dismantled al Qaeda’s Afghanistan operation, Washington is looking to pack up and leave, not expand the force. The remaining foreign soldiers, comprising an International Security Assistance Force led by Britain, is only 4,800 strong and its mandate is limited to Kabul. Both Karzai and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi...
...unless you're like ExxonMobil and doing a ton of business overseas. "We routinely advise individuals against going offshore," says Peter Glicklich, an international-tax-law expert at Roberts & Holland in New York City. Moving offshore can actually shift some categories of income to your disadvantage: turning a capital gain into ordinary income, for instance, and getting taxed at a higher rate. If you fail to report an offshore account on your taxes, you face a penalty of 75% of the underpaid tax in addition to the taxes owed...
...ventured down to the sandy strip where the ferries land?to find about 20 people sipping Beer Lao around a fire, a decided lack of music and a disconsolate Disco Dane. "I can't believe it, man," he moaned. "We got shut down." His disappointment was Luang Prabang's gain...
...attention to the GSE dean search also signals new hope for the educatio school itself which, currently suffers from a less prominent reputation than others in the University. As Lagemann points out, educational scholarship must gain respect if it is to make positive change in education nationwide...
...continues to gain converts. Ultimately DiFranco speaks to everyone who has ever felt the crunch and pressure of society and its mores. DiFranco transports her audience to a place beyond cultural constraints, where healing and catharsis co-exist naturally, in the easy space between words and solo guitar...