Like other U.S. companies, Apple pays an extreme tax penalty for bringing its foreign profits home to invest in the U.S. This is due both to the punitive U.S. tax rate and the fact that the U.S. is virtually alone in refusing to embrace a territorial tax system that applies corporate income taxes only in the jurisdiction where the money is earned.

WSJ: Review & Outlook: The Apple Tax Diversion

India's cabinet has passed an ordinance to introduce stricter punishments for those guilty of crimes against women, including the death penalty in extreme cases.

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The amended law raised the minimum punishment for anyone convicted of raping a minor to 20 years and allowed the death penalty in extreme cases.

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The law raises the minimum punishment for anyone convicted of gang rape or raping a minor to 20 years and allows for the death penalty in extreme cases.

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Thus in many places where the death penalty is outlawed, as in the European Union, few would consider the use of torture even in extreme circumstances.

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