A WOMAN who was fatally stabbed in Co Tyrone yesterday has been named as Luisa Cabral Pereira Silva. The 29-year-old victim, originally from Timor Leste, had been living at Lisnahull Road. Detectives are treating the case as murder and are pursuing a definite motive. A 36-year-old male remains in a critical condition after also sustaining wounds in the incident.
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# iran-electricity - Friday 13 August, 2010
# iran-electricity - Tuesday 13 July, 2010
IRAN’S GOVERNMENT has shut down for two days in a bid to save electricity, the Financial Times reports. All government employees and public sector workers were given an unexpected two-day holiday. The official reason behind the surprise break was excessive summer heat, but Iranians aren’t buying it.
Many believe the holiday is to help the country combat severe electricity shortages. Iran’s energy minister said on TV recently that electricity usage had increased by 8% already this year and appealed to the public to use it more carefully.
Although the holiday was only extended to the state’s 2.2 million employees, many private sector companies had trouble operating without necessary contact with state bodies. The holiday was due to end today.
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AT A HIGH-profile US Senate meeting, technology giant Apple was accused of using Ireland as a ‘tax haven’.
The multinational firm, which employs 4,000 people in Ireland, reportedly avoided paying €34 billion in US taxes by negotiating a tax rate of less than 2 per cent with the Irish government – significantly lower than that nation’s 12.5 per cent statutory rate.
The Senate heard that American children are losing out on education because Apple is transferring profits to Irish subsidiaries.
However, the Taoiseach Enda Kenny has denied that Ireland is a tax haven and rejected claims that authorities had negotiated deals with multi-national companies.
So, today we want to know, what do you think? Should Ireland be tougher on multi-national companies when it comes to tax?
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