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...particular tax on businesses. Though Raffarin agrees with lower taxes in principle, he's been joined by two other former conservative leaders - and most of the 37,000-plus mayors of France - in ridiculing the idea of eliminating one of the main sources of income for regional and local governments before a more general reform of those bodies. Sarkozy risks a similar insurgency over a justice-reform bill which will eliminate the position of independent investigating magistrate and place power in the hands of politically appointed state prosecutors. Read: "Reburying Albert Camus: A Political Ploy by Sarkozy...
...capital. Twenty-seven people were killed--including two heads of government agencies--and nearly 100 injured by militants suspected to be from the volatile Caucasus region, the location of republics like Ingushetia and Chechnya. A security analyst noted that agitating forces in the area "are not interested in local nationalism or separatism but see themselves as being at war with Russia...
Joseph P. Kalt, who worked with Allred on negotiations between a Native American tribe in Idaho and the local government. After leaving Harvard in 2003, Allred brought his work back to Idaho through the formation of a non-partisan citizen’s group...
...Cambridge was the 55th community to join the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives, an international association of local governments that have made a commitment to sustainable development. Today, there are a few hundred communities involved in the United States and a few thousand internationally...
Obama has promised accessible and affordable health care for all—including the 47 million Americans who are uninsured. Help Obama help those who don’t have health care by donating your time, skills, or money to local clinics that provide health care to those in need. Doctors Without Borders is a network of 25,000 committed individuals in over 60 countries providing medical care to people are threatened by violence, catastrophes, and epidemics. Help Doctors Without Borders continue its work by giving someone an e-card or a Tribute Contribution in his or her honor...