Greater concern for the impoverished would be most welcome, if not long overdue, at the IMF itself.

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Meanwhile, local accountants said the agency sent letters to some taxpayers offering them "amnesty" if they paid long-overdue taxes when in fact no taxes were owed that tax year.

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Unfortunately, it would be par for the Bush Administration's course if, having now reluctantly delivered this long-overdue slap on the wrist, the Secretary of State were to be dispatched to Belgrade to smooth ruffled Serbian feathers.

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