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Rule keeps witnesses comfortable in court
When young abuse victims have to testify in court, there's a legal clause that can be used to help put them at ease. Judges have the authority to "protect witnesses from harassment or undue embarrassment" using what's called Rule 611, Roger Canaff,...Tags: Justice System, Abusive Behavior, Lawyers, Prosecution, Politics
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FACTBOX-How to tackle corporate tax avoidance
ReutersBy Tom Bergin LONDON, June 14 (Reuters) - Western governments have promised to tackle corporate tax avoidance following revelations of the widespread use of contrived structures to minimise payments. Leaders at a G8 Summit of leading economies next week...Tags: G20, Barack Obama, Germany, International Organizations, Research and Development
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Horse slaughterhouse accuses USDA of IRS tactics
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A southeastern New Mexico company's plans to convert a cattle plant into a horse slaughterhouse has hit another roadblock, this time over an environmental dispute that the company's attorney blames on the Obama administration...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Justice System, Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution, Crime, Law and Justice
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Market headwinds raise stakes for Abe's Japan revival plan
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - This is not how Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe probably imagined reaching a key milestone in his economic revival plan. Pro-growth measures meant to complement hefty doses of budget and monetary stimulus met with a cool reception and...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Consumer Confidence, Employment, Tokyo (Japan), Career and Workplace
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G8 to shy away from naming and shaming corporate tax avoiders - draft
ReutersBy Tom Bergin LONDON, June 14 (Reuters) - The G8 group of leading economies will shy away from adopting a measure aimed at curbing tax avoidance by highlighting when companies channel profits into tax havens, and will include a watered down alternative,...Tags: Germany, Finance, G8, International Organizations, David Cameron
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COLUMN-Economic worries and the global elite-Chrystia Freeland
Reuters(Chrystia Freeland is a Reuters columnist. Any opinions expressed are her own.) By Chrystia Freeland EDINBURGH, June 13 (Reuters) - Here's one sign the global elite is starting to get worried that capitalism isn't working for the Western middle class....Tags: Government, Apple iPhone, Finance, Newspaper and Magazine, Politics
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Sasha Chavkin: Marco Rubio's private prison connection
As an immigration reform bill grinds its way through Congress, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has emerged as perhaps its most crucial broker. The rising Republican star has put reform at the center of his political ambitions, using his conservative bona...Tags: Migration, John Cornyn, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Justice and Rights, Immigration
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Column: Economic worries and the global elite - Chrystia Freeland
ReutersEDINBURGH (Reuters) - Here's one sign the global elite is starting to get worried that capitalism isn't working for the Western middle class. At the TED Global gathering in Scotland's elegant capital city this week, much of the spotlight was on what's...Tags: Journalism, Newspaper and Magazine, Authors, Thomson Corporation, Economy, Business and Finance
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Theater Review: 'Yes, Prime Minister'
VarietyDavid Mamet's trifle "November" suddenly looks like a political classic compared to Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn's "Yes, Prime Minister." Recycled and updated from a U.K.TV series, this stage comedy about, yes, a British prime minister and his problems...Tags: Government, Tara Summers, MSNBC (tv network), Michael McKean, Jonathan Lynn
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Global Voices: Fukushima made ex-premier a 'no nukes' crusader
After the cascade of disasters that befell Japan 27 months ago, then-Prime Minister Naoto Kan took the brunt of withering criticism for shoddy nuclear safety standards at the crippled Fukushima reactor complex and the government’s chaotic...Tags: Naoto Kan, Manufacturing and Engineering, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Yoshihiko Noda, Nuclear Power
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Asia's low fertility trap opens opportunities in IVF market
ReutersSYDNEY (Reuters) - A looming crisis in Asia as women delay giving birth, leading to low fertility rates that have dire implications for economic growth, is opening huge opportunities for the fast-growing in-vitro fertilization (IVF) industry. The...Tags: Health Organizations, Asia, Marketing, Sydney (Australia), China
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Out-of-state spending likely swayed some state judge elections
The Center for Public IntegrityWASHINGTON Nonprofits and other interest groups spent more than $11.7 million in 10 high-profile state Supreme Court elections in 2012 and 2013, with more than a third of the money coming from outside state lines. Out-of-state influence likely helped...Tags: Focus on the Family, Law Enforcement, Minority Groups, Parties and Movements, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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