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...couples) to apply for the credit, up from the previous threshold of $75,000. Also, a proposal is on the table to offer a new credit - $6,500 - to move-up buyers who have lived in their home for at least five years. The Senate is near a vote on its version, which includes an extension and expansion of the credit, and the House could quickly accept the Senate version once it is passed. (See 10 ways to spend your tax refund...
This peculiar turn of events has left Afghanistan with a leader who, after discounting illegitimate ballots, did not meet the 50 percent vote threshold required to be declared president of Afghanistan after the first round of voting. While there was no guarantee that fraud would not plague the runoff as well, Abdullah’s participation in a second round of voting would have enhanced the legitimacy of the election. A runoff, which would have been subject to intense public scrutiny, would have at least represented a new opportunity for a more open election and given the victor some level...
...Before the 2007 parliamentary elections, the party caused an uproar by creating a poster showing three white sheep kicking a lone black one from their flock to rally support behind a proposal to deport foreigners who have repeatedly been convicted of violent crimes. The initiative has not yet been voted on in a referendum, but the party scored a major victory in the elections that year, winning 29% of the vote. (Read "Who Decides Who Is Swiss...
...Many Swiss political parties, churches and human-rights groups are lining up against the referendum, insisting the constitutional freedom of religion must be upheld. A majority of Swiss people are also against the proposal, with 53% saying they would vote against it in a survey conducted by the gfs.berne Polling and Research Institute in late October...
...anything, the missile-shaped minarets have only made many Swiss Muslims feel more alienated in their adopted country, regardless of how the vote goes this month...