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4/1/2004; 2:25:48 PM
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Monday, March 08, 2004 |
Warning of job cuts in Australia over Toyota tax bill. TOYOTA has been hit with a tax bill of up to $1 billion. The car maker's management has responded by warning the Australian Tax Office it could be forced to shed jobs if the demand is not dropped. The ATO is investigating Toyota, which employs 4700 workers, most in Victoria, for shifting profits overseas. The Advertiser Mar 8 2004 4:28PM GMT
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OECD backs Norwegian pension fund proposal. The OECD has recommended that Norway implement reforms such as the creation of a new public pension fund based on the Petroleum Fund and the National Insurance Fund. Investment Pensions Europe Mar 8 2004 4:04PM GMT
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Railway leads to more compensation disputes. Certain Austrian industries, including garages, are concerned about the effect up-coming EU enlargement will have on their profits. It is generally agreed that the enlargement of the European Union on May 1 will create economic growth in Austria; however, some businesses will be faced with greater price competition and may even be forced to cut jobs.
The West Online Mar 8 2004 5:01PM GMT
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Afghan women still struggling against prejudice. Two years after the fall of the Taliban and its hard-line Islamic strictures, Afghan women still face daunting violence and prejudice, ranging from arson attacks on girls' schools to abuse that drives some to self-immolation, a top UN official said Monday.
At a ceremony marking International Women's Day, President Hamid Karzai note that girls and women had begun returning to schools, colleges and the work force since the U.S.-led military campaign swept away the hard-line Islamic regime.
But UN special representative Jean Arnaux and an Afghan women's rights campaigner outlined the horrors still facing many women in a male-dominated country brutalized by more than two decades of war.
Afghan News Network Mar 8 2004 7:12PM GMT
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Janice Kimball
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