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But any fix will be difficult. Greece's tax-collection system is an antiquated mess. The state's various financial-information databases are haphazard and fragmented. No single program can pull up all the data about a single taxpayer; without tedious manual cross-checks, there's no way to flag...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taxing Times in Greece | 2/15/2010 | See Source »

The unusually high $70 daily casino entrance fee, or $1400 for an annual pass, being imposed on local visitors will be one of the casinos biggest obstacles. "The entry levy is meant to signal that gambling is an expense, not a means to make a living," explains Lim Hock San...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: With Casinos Set to Open, Singapore Rolls The Dice | 2/13/2010 | See Source »

Conflicts like the one in Niyamgiri are becoming increasingly common in India, as the country tries to extract and exploit the mineral wealth in its forests and mountains. India allows state governments to appropriate land for use by private companies provided the people displaced are compensated and resettled. People living...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Echoes of Avatar: Is a Tribe in India the Real-Life Na'vi? | 2/13/2010 | See Source »

The Dongria don't want to leave their mountain, but that doesn't mean they want to be left in an untouched state of nature. At one point in the film, Avatar's hero, Jake Sully, laments about the Na'vi, "They're not going to make a deal ... There...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Echoes of Avatar: Is a Tribe in India the Real-Life Na'vi? | 2/13/2010 | See Source »

The septuagenarian Clark, who has suddenly become one of the most influential men in Africa, is another factor. Nigerian leaders often come with a powerful mentor working behind the scenes; a backer whose office is the only way to get to the big guy. On Feb. 11, two days after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Goodluck Jonathan the Answer to Nigeria's Woes? | 2/13/2010 | See Source »

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