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...allies. Tension between those two camps has resulted in often confusing signals emanating from Tehran on key security issues, from its nuclear program to its attitude towards al-Qaeda. And the buildup and aftermath of the U.S. invasion of Iraq has seen the balance shift more decisively towards the hard-liners...
...implications of such a shift in relations between a coach and the administration are rather ominous...
...Published last fall, his scheme would amount to a massive simplification of the tax system, eliminating all tax breaks and introducing a top 25% rate on annual income of more than €20,000, with a small number of standardized deductions. Kirchhof believes it could bring about a cultural shift as people are rewarded rather than penalized for success. "We have a system that is riddled with privileges. One benefits at the expense of another," he says. "It's completely unequal." Kirchhof reckons his proposals are tax neutral - meaning that they won't cost the government anything. Not everyone agrees...
...about soda options? In search of a $1 billion cut in operating costs, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer wrote to employees warning of cuts in perks. The most famous of these, free beverages, he later cautioned, could involve a shift from cooler-based supplies to soda dispensers...
...insurgency's shift toward a religious outlook is in part driven by financial necessity: the capture of Saddam and his henchmen drained the insurgency of its former sources of funding. That forced Iraqi groups to turn to foreign financiers in places like the gulf, and they have demanded that the insurgents adopt a more radical religious identity. "After we rolled up Saddam, we hit them pretty hard, and this is what they turned to," says a senior U.S. military official. "It would appear there are not only some marriages of convenience but also some groups that have crossed over...