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Daily Bulletin 30.12.2012 | 05:30 UTC News Politics French government pledges revised ultra-rich tax model Francois Hollande and his allies must now seek a revised upper income tax rate for the wealthiest in France, after an initial version was ruled unconstitutional. The tax was among Hollande's key campaign pledges. EU happily closes the books on tumultuous 2012 Politics Report: Saudis shopping for more German heavy weapons Major German newspaper Bild has reported that Saudi Arabia is seeking 30 new German armored transport vehicles. The government's weapons export policies have come under heavy media scrutiny of late. Germany mulls new tank deal with Saudis Politics Obama warns Congress not to leap off 'fiscal cliff' US President Barack Obama has said in his weekly address that he's still hopeful of a 2013 budget deal. With just two days to go, however, he warned Congress not to push the delays over the cliff's edge. 2012 defined by legislative gridlock in the US Newsletters More DW German-Jewish Cultural Heritage Join DW as we uncover traces of German-Jewish cultural heritage all around the world. DW's reporters travel from Chicago to Shanghai to find German-Jewish immigrants and retell their stories.   Unsubscribe   Personal Data   Feedback   Imprint © Deutsche Welle 2012

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Daily Newsletter       29 December 2012  Best of the Moment America's Deceptive 2012 Fiscal Cliff Michael Hudson | Michael Hudson | 28 December 2012 "We are experiencing the end of a myth about what free markets really are. They are not free if they are to pay rent-extractors rather than producers to cover the actual costs of production" Comments Getting Home Anuradha Roy | Main Point | 26 December 2012 Women in India's capital are routinely groped, harassed, leered at. The government is indifferent, uninterested. Victims are blamed. Written in light of the gang-rape of a female student in Delhi, who has now died Comments In An Economy Not So Far, Far Away Izabella Kaminska | FT | 27 December 2012 "It is not that technology is stagnating, but that monopoly interests are sabotaging progress and efficiency. Because not doing so could lead to the sort of abundance that might make it impossible to monetise anything" (Free reg/$) Comments Look Out, He's Got A Phone! Charles Mann | Vanity Fair | 19 December 2012 Murder by smartphone: Hack the victim's pacemaker. "You don’t have to know anything about medical devices’ software to attack them remotely. You simply call them repeatedly, waking them up so many times they exhaust their batteries" Comments London’s 'White Flight' Deserves Attention David Goodhart | FT | 26 December 2012 Interesting, if slightly stilted, probing into London's demographic shift. "White British" no longer a majority, due to immigration and "white flight". Does the latter have causes other than racism? Does it need a policy response? Comments The Hundred Best Lists Of All Time Gary Belsky | New Yorker | 27 December 2012 Number four: The Ten Commandments. Number three: Craigslist. Number two: The Bill Of Rights. Number one — no, check it out for yourself, and enjoy the rest. The New Yorker gets its McSweeney's on for the holiday season Comments  FiveBooks Interview Edith Grossman on Translation The award-winning literary translator discusses books on and of translation that inspired her, and considers the trade-off between fidelity and meaning that every translator faces  Featured Special Report Conflict in Syria The Syrian conflict is causing terrible destruction and loss of life. This report charts how protests against the Assad regime descended into a bitter war   Reader Recommendations polit2k RT  @newsycombinator: The Most Futuristic Predictions That Came True in 2012 t.co/i1g604zj #browsings  Book of the Day The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem Jay McInerney says: “Lethem was one of the first people to write about the new Brooklyn. This is a beautiful coming-of-age novel”  Video of the Day Jeffrey Toobin on the Supreme Court "You tell me who gets elected president, and I'll tell you how the Court decides a case"  Quote of the Day A.C. Grayling, on religion “Almost any religion can be explained to another person in about half an hour” | Homepage | Mobile Apps | RSS Feeds | Twitter | Facebook | Privacy Policy | Contact Us | Having trouble reading this email? View it in your browser. You are receiving this email because you signed up for the Best of the Moment newsletter on thebrowser.com. Click here to unsubscribe The Browser Ltd, 106 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 6PF

Cheat Sheet - Fiscal Cliff: Republicans’ Moment of Truth

Today: 6 Charged in Indian Gang Rape , Maine Issues First Gay-Marriage Licenses , France’s Top Tax Rate Nixed December 29, 2012 Fiscal Cliff 1. The Republicans’ Moment of Truth We’re going to learn a lot about the post-election GOP this weekend—and whether they plan to work with President Obama in his second term, writes The Daily Beast’s Michael Tomasky. Plus Daniel Gross on Wall Street’s fiscal yawn, Matthew Zeitlin on the “dairy cliff,” and more coverage of the race to avert an economic crisis. Read it at The Daily Beast Justice 2. 6 Charged in Indian Gang Rape Police in India charged six men with murder on Saturday, just hours after their alleged victim, a woman who was gang raped and beaten on a New Dehli bus, died. The crime, which took place December 16, resulted in the woman being hospitalized in New Dehli and eventually being moved to a specialized facility in Singapore, where she died of organ failure. The men face the death penalty if convicted. The event sparked protests across India, where citizens began rallying almost daily for greater protection of women, awareness of sexual violence, and police vigilance of sexual crimes. Read it at Associated Press I Do 3. Maine Issues First Gay-Marriage Licenses Here come the grooms! After years of fighting for the right to wed, same-sex couples in Maine finally got their chance just after midnight Saturday morning, when the city of Portland, the state's largest, began issuing marriage licenses. After waiting in line with more than a dozen other couples, Steven Bridges and Michael Snell became the state's first gay couple to legally wed, six years after their private commitment ceremony. The Maine legislature had approved same-sex marriage before, but three years ago it was overturned by referendum—an act that was itself overturned by another referendum last month. Read it at Associated Press No New Taxes 4. France’s Top Tax Rate Nixed Guess France has its own version of Grover Norquist. France's constitutional council ruled against a new tax rate for top earners on Saturday, citing "equality before public burdens.” The tax, which was a flagship policy of Socialist President François Hollande, introduced a top income tax rate of 75 percent for those earning over a million euros. But the policy angered the country's business community and its wealthiest citizens because it applied to individuals, not households: if one member of a household earned over the limit but another had no income, that household would fall under the tax, but if both members earned 900,000 euros individually, it would not. The council has also rejected all new methods for calculating such a tax. Read it at BBC News Scrambling for Answers 5. NYC’s Baffling Subway Murder A woman pushed a man to his death on New York’s subway tracks Thursday and then fled, leaving authorities with nothing but questions, chief among them how the city treats the mentally ill. The Daily Beast’s Michael Daly reports. Read it at The Daily Beast Attack Bus Bomb Explodes in Karachi Six dead, 48 injured. INSTA-JAM Report: Instagram Users Dropped By 25 percent, according to AppData. Search Me Facebook Tops 2012 Wikipedia Queries One Direction, ’50 Shades’ in English-language top 10. Return to Sender Most-Forged Autographs: Elvis, Beatles Join JFK and Michael Jackson. CREEPERS FBI Monitored Marilyn Monroe According to newly obtained files on actress. GET The Cheat Sheet A speedy, smart summary of news and must-reads from across the Web. You'll love the featured original stories on politics, entertainment, and more from The Daily Beast's diverse group of contributors. GET Culture Beast Weekly cultural recommendations from The Daily Beast. Best and Worst of 2012 In this year-end culture wrap-up, Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic and Daily Beast contributor Paula Froelich join John Avlon to talk the good, the bad and the ugly of 2012. More Videos Why Gun Buybacks Are a Joke by Eliza Shapiro This Week’s Best Business Reads by Matthew Zeitlin Best and Worst Tweets of the Year by Nina Strochlic

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