Kazakhstan free press limited by self censorship risk
Kazakh journalists visiting Iowa City report no formal censorship yet self censorship curbs reporting. officials use vague laws and business ties to pressure outlets. observers cite tax probes and corruption while noting democratic laws on paper and improving conditions over five years.
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Kazakhstan
Vladislav Yuritsyn
Globe
Iowa City
U.S. Department of State
State Department
Yuritsyn
Iowa City Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Piper faces second hotel murder trial after Lange verdict
In Des Moines, Donald Piper is to stand trial again for a hotel room killing two weeks after a life sentence for the 1993 strangling of Patricia Lange in West Des Moines. Investigators also consider him a suspect in a third case. DNA tied him to the September 1997 Sakanovic murder at a Clive motel.
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Piper
Des Moines
Donald Piper
Patricia Lange
West Des Moines
D.J. Stovall
Clive
Zarijeta Sakanovic
Lange
Iowa and eight states tax federal rebate payments
Iowa and eight other states may tax federal rebate checks under nine state laws. The issue, debated amid a $1.35 billion Bush rebate package, could raise state tax liabilities as refunds arrive this summer. Iowa leaders convene a special session to decide if rebates stay taxable.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Oklahoma City
David Dank
Oklahoma
Alabama
Louisiana
Missouri
Montana
North Dakota
Oregon
Utah
Federation of Tax Administrators
House
Brent Siegrist
Council Bluffs
Tom Vilsack
Bush
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Kaye Lozier
Rowena Alexander
Home Depot
Kansas City
Paula Ross
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Judy Denwalt
Bob Adams
American Legislative Council
Adams
Ed Renwick
Loyola Institute of Politics
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M & K Productions
Murteraemauy Budweiser Day
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Hawkeye Downs
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Twin States
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