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By Peter Henderson SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – On a frosty December night last year, about two dozen guests slipped into the Alta Club, a century-old private retreat a block away from the temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that dominates Salt Lake City. Two men, who didn't know each other, were [...]
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Insight: Silent or supportive, conservatives give gay marriage momentum
Posted by admin on March 25th, 2013
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Posted by admin on March 25th, 2013
By Peter Henderson SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – On a frosty December night last year, about two dozen guests slipped into the Alta Club, a century-old private retreat a block away from the temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that dominates Salt Lake City. Two men, who didn't know each other, were [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: conservatives, give, insight, marriage, Momentum, Silent, supportive No Comments »Insight: Bipartisan Senate group on path to immigration bill
Posted by admin on March 21st, 2013
By Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In a Congress riven by partisan conflict on deficits and guns, a circle of eight senators from both parties meeting several times a week might be on the cusp of a major legislative breakthrough. The so-called Gang of Eight – four Democrats and four Republicans – is completing a [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Bill, Bipartisan, Group, Immigration, insight, Path, Senate No Comments »Insight: Nation-states enter contentious patent-buying business
Posted by admin on March 20th, 2013
By Dan Levine and Miyoung Kim SAN FRANCISCO/SEOUL (Reuters) – Patent competition in the United States is usually a fierce arena for private companies, but now the South Korean and French governments are suiting up. Both countries have launched patent-acquisition companies, with the goal of helping domestic technology firms and possibly making some money in [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Business, contentious, Enter, insight, Nationstates, patentbuying No Comments »Insight: In heartland, Obama’s move against jet loophole hits turbulence
Posted by admin on March 20th, 2013
By Andy Sullivan WICHITA, Kansas (Reuters) – First came the recession, throwing thousands out of work. Then came the drought, choking crops and draining reservoirs. Then came the president, arguing that the private-plane buyers who fuel this city's economy benefit from an unfair tax break. President Barack Obama's proposal to reduce that tax break has [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: against, Heartland, Hits, insight, loophole, move, Obama's, turbulence No Comments »Insight: Spiral of Karachi killings widens Pakistan’s sectarian divide
Posted by admin on February 25th, 2013
KARACHI (Reuters) – When Aurangzeb Farooqi survived an attempt on his life that left six of his bodyguards dead and a six-inch bullet wound in his thigh, the Pakistani cleric lost little time in turning the narrow escape to his advantage. Recovering in hospital after the ambush on his convoy in Karachi, Pakistan's commercial capital, [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: divide, insight, Karachi, Killings, Pakistan's, sectarian, spiral, Widens No Comments »Insight: Spiral of Karachi killings widens Pakistan’s sectarian divide
Posted by admin on February 24th, 2013
KARACHI (Reuters) – When Aurangzeb Farooqi survived an attempt on his life that left six of his bodyguards dead and a six-inch bullet wound in his thigh, the Pakistani cleric lost little time in turning the narrow escape to his advantage. Recovering in hospital after the ambush on his convoy in Karachi, Pakistan's commercial capital, [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: divide, insight, Karachi, Killings, Pakistan's, sectarian, spiral, Widens No Comments »Insight: Lawyers in gay marriage cases aim pitches at Obama
Posted by admin on January 27th, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – On separate occasions in recent days, lawyers on opposite sides of a Supreme Court fight over same-sex marriage took an elevator to the fifth floor of the Department of Justice, entered a large conference room and made a pitch to Solicitor General Donald Verrilli and other top Obama administration lawyers. Each side [...]
Insight: In Amenas attack brings global jihad home to Algeria
Posted by admin on January 24th, 2013
LONDON (Reuters) – A photo circulating on jihadi online forums says it all: a plane flying into the Eiffel Tower with September 11 written in Arabic in red letters alongside. The French military intervention in Mali and an Islamist militant attack on the In Amenas gas plant in Algeria in which at least 38 workers [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Algeria, Amenas, Attack, Brings, Global, Home, insight, jihad No Comments »Insight: Banks come to terms with Britain’s compensation industry
Posted by admin on January 13th, 2013
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – The boss of Britain's biggest retail bank struck a chord with the public when he complained of getting unsolicited calls from claims management firms promising him compensation from his own and other banks. But while people share his irritation with calls and text messages about fantastic sums from claims they have [...]
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