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- Tax Planning Rules for Ministers
- Ministers are individuals who have devoted their lives to teaching, edification, and service to their church and other people. While some ministers may be excellent teachers, pastors, and mentors, many are unfamiliar with the special tax laws applicable to ministers. First, ministers may exclude from federal taxable income amounts designated...
- Research articles 2008-09-01
- Alitalia bail-out will take place 'without Italian state funds'
- ROME AFP — Italy sees no obstacle in getting European Union permission to save national air carrier Alitalia, because this bail-out will not draw on state funds, a minister told a newspaper published Sunday. "I think it will be possible to obtain the green light from Brussels because this...
- Research articles 2008-08-31
- Mauritanian junta announces formation of a government
- NOUAKCHOTT AFP — Mauritania's junta in power since an August 6 coup d'etat announced early Monday the "formation of a government," state television reported. A statement issued by the presidency of the state council said a 22-minister government headed by Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf had been formed, with effect...
- Research articles 2008-08-31
- Singapore PM warns ASEAN on protectionism
- SINGAPORE AFP — Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday warned against "backsliding" toward protectionism as Southeast Asian economic ministers launched a week of talks to strengthen regional trade links. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the annual meeting of ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations...
- Research articles 2008-08-26
- Japanese minister in expenses row
- TOKYO AFP — Japan's farm minister faced calls Tuesday to explain himself or resign in a scandal over expenses, dealing a potential new blow to beleaguered Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda. Seiichi Ota, a brash ruling party heavyweight appointed just this month, admitted his political support group booked office expenses...
- Research articles 2008-08-26
- 'No chance' for missing climbers after Alps avalanche: minister
- ANNECY, France AFP — Rescuers on Sunday suspended their hunt for eight climbers missing in an avalanche in the Alps, as France's interior minister warned there is "no longer any chance of finding someone alive." Michele Alliot-Marie also said there could be more people buried in the snow. ...
- Research articles 2008-08-24
- Iraqi court sentences ex-culture minister to death
- BAGHDAD AFP — An Iraqi court has condemned to death in absentia a Sunni Arab former minister for his role in the murder of a fellow Sunni politician's two sons, the court's spokesman told AFP on Saturday. Abdul Sattar al-Byrakdar said the Central Criminal Court of Iraq had on...
- Research articles 2008-08-23
- Iran parliament approves new reshuffle
- TEHRAN AFP — Iran's conservative-dominated parliament on Tuesday approved three new government ministers named by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, despite mounting criticism of his repeated cabinet reshuffles. New Interior Minister Ali Kordan, a former deputy oil minister with previous service in the judiciary and the elite Revolutionary Guards, was confirmed...
- Research articles 2008-08-05
- Lebanon govt adopts manifesto, paving way for confidence vote
- BEIRUT AFP — Lebanon's national unity government on Monday adopted a manifesto that affirms the authority of the state over all matters, including the weaponry held by Hezbollah, a minister said. "The document was approved unanimously," Information Minister Tareq Mitri said at the end of a cabinet meeting chaired...
- Research articles 2008-08-04
- New Lebanon govt manifesto complete: minister
- BEIRUT AFP — A manifesto that will allow Lebanon's new national unity government to take office was finally thrashed out on Friday after three weeks of negotiations, Information Minister Tareq Mitri said. "We reached a consensus after a long discussion," Mitri told reporters after the ministers involved in drafting...
- Research articles 2008-08-01
- Israel's settlement expansion no excuse to derail peace: Livni
- UNITED NATIONS AFP — Israel's plans to expand a settlement in the occupied Jordan Valley should not be used by Palestinians as an excuse to derail the Middle East peace process, the country's foreign minister said here Thursday. "It is true that there are some complaints," Tzipi Livni told...
- Research articles 2008-07-31
- Mexican minister says six killed were friends, not family
- MEXICO CITY AFP — Mexican Agriculture Minister Alberto Cardenas confirmed Thursday the fatal shooting of six people, including two children, in western Mexico, but denied that they were from his family. An official and news reports said earlier that six of the minister's relatives, including two girls aged seven...
- Research articles 2008-07-31
- WTO talks enter tense endgame: officials
- GENEVA AFP — Talks to forge a new global trade pact teetered on the brink of collapse Tuesday as the World Trade Organization said the mood was "very tense" and major powers blamed each other for the deadlock. "The situation is very tense, things are finely balanced and the...
- Research articles 2008-07-28
- French first lady gives her new album to ministers
- PARIS AFP — French President Nicolas Sarkozy's pop star wife Carla gave a copy of her new album to every government minister after their last meeting Monday before the summer holidays, a minister said. Budget Minister Eric Woerth left the meeting with Sarkozy at the Elysee palace with the...
- Research articles 2008-07-28
- British PM's job at stake after triple whammy of defeats
- LONDON AFP — The whiff of rebellion is in the air in Britain after the third crushing by-election loss in as many months by the governing Labour Party of Prime Minister Gordon Brown, reviving talk of replacing him. An anonymous briefing campaign against Brown looks well under way, with...
- Research articles 2008-07-26
- WTO talks reach make-or-break point
- GENEVA AFP — Crucial World Trade Organisation talks entered make-or-break mode Friday as negotiators struggled to avert the collapse of the seven-year attempt to broker a global free-trade pact. Beginning a fifth and planned final day of meetings, diplomats and negotiators admitted that little progress has been made so...
- Research articles 2008-07-25
- PM faces mounting calls to quit: reports
- LONDON AFP — Prime Minister Gordon Brown, hit by a third crushing by-election defeat in as many months, could be forced to quit unless he reverses his government's flagging fortunes, media said Saturday. Brown's governing Labour Party saw the Scottish National Party SNP overturn its 13,507 majority in the...
- Research articles 2008-07-25
- Former Australian FM Downer quits politics
- SYDNEY AFP — Australia's former foreign minister Alexander Downer, one of the most visible supporters of US President George W. Bush's war in Iraq, announced his retirement from politics Thursday. Downer, the international face of Australian diplomacy for a record period of nearly 12 years, served in prime minister...
- Research articles 2008-07-02
- Friends in High Places: Congressional Influence on the Bureaucracy in Chile
- ABSTRACT Chile presents a paradox for legislative studies. In most comparative research on the political power of presidents and assemblies in Latin America, the Chilean presidency is considered one of the most powerful in the region. The country's congress is seen, accordingly, as weak and lacking influence over public policy....
- Research articles 2008-07-01
- Palestinian PM cancels Tokyo peace talks trip
- TOKYO AFP — Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad has cancelled his attendance at Middle East peace talks this week in Tokyo due to domestic issues, a Japanese official said Monday. Japan is hosting a one-day session on Wednesday with officials from Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Syria, largely to...
- Research articles 2008-06-30
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