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Brazil finance minister: Government unable to cut taxes for public transport
ReutersBRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's federal government is unable to lower taxes for public transportation any further, Finance Minister Guido Mantega said on Wednesday as protests against a recent increase in bus fares and shoddy public services spread...Tags: Dilma Rousseff, Public Transportation, Government, Politics, Brazil
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Dozing prince a cult hero for disenchanted Czechs
ReutersPRAGUE (Reuters) - It was a moment of high drama: the Czech prime minister stood up in parliament to try to salvage a political career torpedoed by the arrest of an aide, and Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg, sitting next to him, had dozed off....Tags: Prosecution, Political Corruption, Elections, Prague (Czech Republic), Parliament
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France eyes higher recovery rate from tax dodgers in 2013
ReutersPARIS, June 19 (Reuters) - France's cash-strapped government hopes to net up to 2.5 billion euros ($3.35 billion) this year as it hunts down tax dodgers who stash cash in secret bank accounts, Budget Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Wednesday. His...Tags: France, G8, Francois Hollande, Government, Politics
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The third arrow of Abenomics: Misfire
GREAT expectations at home and abroad surrounded the announcement on June 5th of the "third arrow" of Abenomics, the plan of Shinzo Abe, Japan's prime minister, to pull the country out of its long slump. The first arrow had come in the form of a...Tags: Elections, Employees, Lobbying, Parties and Movements, Government
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Lloyds says no political pressure for branches sale to Co-op
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - British bank Lloyds has denied being subject to political pressure to sell hundreds of branches to the Co-operative Group , rebutting suggestions of ministerial interference in the controversial sale. Lloyds has been forced to sell the...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, National Government, Government, Finance, Politics
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Czech coalition could go on without PM Necas: partner
ReutersPRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic's deputy premier said on Sunday some in the governing coalition are considering the option of ditching Prime Minister Petr Necas after one of his closest aides was charged with bribery and ordering illegal...Tags: Political Corruption, Czech Republic, National Government, Petr Necas, Government
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Kuwait court orders dissolution of parliament, new elections
ReutersKUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait's top court ordered the dissolution of parliament on Sunday and called for fresh elections, a ruling likely to herald fresh political volatility in the U.S.-allied Gulf Arab state. The Constitutional Court made its ruling...Tags: Voting, Elections, Media Industry, Parliament, Government
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Hospital siege, blasts new Pakistan government's first security test
ReutersQUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Militants in a volatile region of western Pakistan bombed a bus carrying women students on Saturday and then seized part of the hospital where survivors were taken, in the first major security test for the new prime minister,...Tags: Witnesses, Prosecution, Armed Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Disasters and Accidents
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Czech PM in survival struggle after court keeps aide in custody
ReutersOSTRAVA, Czech Republic (Reuters) - Coalition partners of Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas said they were considering whether they could stay in government with him on Saturday after a court ordered the detention of his close aide on corruption charges. A...Tags: Prosecution, Political Corruption, Justice System, Christianity, Government
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In Pakistan, attackers bomb women's university bus, hospital
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Militants laid siege to a hospital and bombed a women's university bus in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta in a wave of violence that killed at least 19 people and underscored the challenge facing new Prime Minister...Tags: Bombings, Armed Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Government, Asif Ali Zardari
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Czech President says charges in scandal "very serious"
ReutersLIDICE, Czech republic, June 15 (Reuters) - Czech President Milos Zeman said on Saturday that abuse of power and corruption charges against a close aide of Prime Minister Petr Necas and other officials were "very serious" and seemed well founded. When...Tags: Czech Republic, Petr Necas, Government, Politics
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Court keeps Czech PM's aide in custody in scandal
ReutersOSTRAVA, Czech Republic (Reuters) - A Czech court ruled on Saturday that a close aide to Prime Minister Petr Necas must stay in custody pending an investigation into charges against her of corruption and abuse of power, her defense lawyer said. The...Tags: Political Corruption, Czech Republic, Government, Petr Necas, Politics
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