| Could tax reform be the win Republicans are looking for? Posted: 27 Sep 2017 02:33 PM PDT ![Could tax reform be the win Republicans are looking for?]( "Could tax reform be the win Republicans are looking for?") Reeling from three failed attempts to "repeal and replace" Obamacare, Republicans are looking to score a political win before the year's end with an issue they hope will be more unifying for the party: tax reform. President Trump hit the road in Indiana Wednesday to promote the framework of his tax plan, while Republicans back in Washington talked it up as well. With many details and legislative language still to fill in, they are touting what they say is a simpler, fairer tax code geared toward the middle class and designed to make American businesses more competitive globally.
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| Land-mine casualties show signs of global decline Posted: 27 Sep 2017 01:32 PM PDT ![Land-mine casualties show signs of global decline]( "Land-mine casualties show signs of global decline") In January 1997, Diana, princess of Wales, famously walked through an active minefield in Angola to raise awareness of the ongoing threats posed by land mines. During her visit, with the help of a removal expert, Diana detonated one of the remaining mines. This year marked the 20th anniversary of death of Diana, a passionate advocate for land-mine eradication, as well as the 20th anniversary of the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty.
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| Saudi Arabia hands women the keys Posted: 27 Sep 2017 12:49 PM PDT ![Saudi Arabia hands women the keys]( "Saudi Arabia hands women the keys") Most nations are in a race for higher levels of innovation and none more so than Saudi Arabia. It is desperate for investments that tap its people's talents for new industries, not its dwindling reserves of crude oil. Just six years ago, one woman in Saudi Arabia was sentenced to 10 lashes for violating the ban.
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| Three questions raised by Roy Moore's runoff win Posted: 27 Sep 2017 12:28 PM PDT ![Three questions raised by Roy Moore's runoff win]( "Three questions raised by Roy Moore's runoff win") Insurgent Roy Moore's victory in the Alabama GOP Senate primary on Sept. 26 is a humiliating blow to the Republican establishment and a reminder that unrest at the grassroots remains an electric force in US politics as Washington turns to look toward next year's mid-term elections. Mr. Moore, a former state Supreme Court Justice and devout evangelical Christian, easily defeated incumbent Sen. Luther Strange, despite million of dollars in pro-Strange ads financed by a super PAC affiliated with Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell.
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