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According to local press reports, the Finance Ministry is considering a 6% financial transaction tax, or IOF, on offshore lending.
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Valderlei Canuto Leandro, 32, host of the Sinal Verde (Green Signal) programme on Radio Frontera, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in the city of Tabatinga, in the state of Amazonas, according to local press reports.
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Major service provider Seabone, an Italian company, reported early Friday that there was no Internet traffic going into or out of the country after 12:30 a.m. local time, according to the Associated Press.
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According to a DOJ press release, a patchwork of state and local policies would seriously disrupt federal immigration enforcement.
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On Wednesday morning, he and a number of factory managers ordered nervous workers into the building shortly before the collapse, according to the neighbor, who was present at the scene, and local press reports.
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The towns of Haris and Varzaqan in East Azerbaijan province were among those that suffered casualties, Khalil Saei, local crisis committee chief, told state TV, according to the Associated Press.
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Local hospitals reported that 144 people had been brought in for treatment, according to the Associated Press.
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Mr. Wong's father had long worried about his son's sanity, according to press reports, and asked a judge not to issue him a gun license, garnering him local sympathy.
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