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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...where we are now?’” Wang says. “[Filmmakers] had a lot of interest in going to frontier areas to observe the ethnic minorities’ ways of life, to use them as a frame of reference to reflecting China proper...

Author: By Crystal Huang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: China's 'Yellow Earth' To Screen at Brattle | 4/24/2009 | See Source »

...practically. One example: U.S. military officials are in the process of closing Camp Bucca, the main U.S. military prison in Iraq. The closure, in line with the U.S.-Iraqi withdrawal agreement, has American officials handing some suspected insurgents to Iraqi authorities but letting hundreds of others go with no proper investigation or trial to determine their guilt or innocence. U.S. military officials have long acknowledged that some detainees held at Camp Bucca are likely innocent. But allegations of insurgent ties against many others will go largely unanswered as the prison empties in the coming months. And as hundreds of prisoners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baghdad Bombings: Is Iraq Unraveling Again? | 4/24/2009 | See Source »

...you’re [using offshore companies] legally, there’s something...unethical about it,” said Benjamin Leff, a visiting professor at Harvard Law School who specializes in taxes and regulation of non-profit organizations. “Would there be totally legal and proper things that an investment company with a Cayman subsidiary would be doing? There could be. Could there be illegal [things]? Definitely. Are there some things in between...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HMC Tax Concerns Aided Federal Inquiries | 4/23/2009 | See Source »

Daniel Halperin, an HLS professor who specializes in tax policy and non-profit organizations, said that an evaluation of the proper tax treatment for the income would also depend on whether Harvard’s share of the management fees is collected from regularly conducted trade or business, and the reasons why Harvard is making special arrangements with the money managers. He added that resolving these issues conclusively is difficult without access to more detailed information...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HMC Tax Concerns Aided Federal Inquiries | 4/23/2009 | See Source »

...have enough understanding of Rose’s specific concerns to make an informed judgment, “a lawyer asked by an auditor about the legal authority for the treatment of a transaction should be able to give at least the legal reasoning under which the treatment is proper...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HMC Tax Concerns Aided Federal Inquiries | 4/23/2009 | See Source »

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