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...weapons to insurgency groups. Whether true or not, these issues appear to hold widespread appeal throughout the military ranks. If they aren't alleviated, the complaints could lead to more anti-government outbursts by the often volatile armed forces. "The message is that the government should take action - real reform," says Lieutenant Col. Rod Mejia of the Marines' intelligence unit. "If not, this coup will continue and continue and continue...
...future that seems to have dogged President Bush’s recent trip to that continent, recent events indicate that Africans may be able to look forward to a brighter future. On June 26, after decades of intransigence, the EU finally took a small but significant step towards reform of its archaic and unjust system of agricultural subsidies...
Unfortunately, this first step towards reform is rather timid and was hampered by the selfish lobbying of France, Germany, Spain and Portugal (the countries that previously received the most net subsidies). Commodities such as beef, cereals (the single largest recipient of funds) and mutton will only partially decouple, while subsidies for olive oil, tobacco, cotton and sugar will still be determined solely on production...
...will have to file an amended return, Form 1120X, to get a refund. "These businesses will now have to spend even more money on tax accountants and attorneys instead of on new equipment or job creation," says Jonathan Collegio, spokesman for the Washington-based advocacy group Americans for Tax Reform...
...many ways, the real villains. For a country feeling increasingly betrayed by the gerontocracies of government ministries, this theme has a particularly powerful resonance. "You can replace the police force with the government," says actor Kotaro Koizumi?whose father swept to power two years ago on a reform agenda and has battled the same demons in reality that his son faces on screen. "The movie shows all the things that Japanese know need to change about the way things are done but how complicated it can get even when the answer is so simple," he says. "It's a commentary...