Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Mexican sales-tax hike 'boon' to U.S. cities + MORE





CHULA VISTA, Calif. (AP) — Mexican license plates are common in parking lots of shopping malls in U.S. border cities. They will be even more familiar after Mexico raises its federal sales tax in border regions to match the rest of the country, say merchants and shoppers.

The increase to 16 percent from 11 percent, which takes effect Wednesday, has sparked large protests on the Mexican side of the border…

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The mysterious source of an ancient blue dye used by the children of Israel on garments, at the command of God through Moses, has been found after 2,000 years.

An Israeli researcher says she has identified fabric that may contain a mysterious blue dye described in the Bible, one of the few remnants of the ancient color ever found…

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Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, in a coma for eight years following a massive stroke in 2006, may be pulled from life-support as his medical condition has deteriorated following kidney surgery that backfired.

Family members suggested he was not expected to live more than four days, though officials at Sheba Hospital in Israel say he could continue to function in his current comatose state on life support for a long time…

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Rome (AFP) — Italy’s highest court has overturned the conviction of a 60-year-old man for having sex with an 11-year-old girl, because the verdict failed to take into account their “amorous relationship”.

Pietro Lamberti, a social services worker in Catanzaro in southern Italy, was convicted in February 2011 and sentenced to five years in prison for sexual acts with a minor…

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Mexican sales-tax hike "boon" to U.S. cities + MORE

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