Tag Archives: Tactics
Palin-nice or Ryan-tough: How Biden may shift tactics
A successful performance by Joe Biden against Paul Ryan could help reverse negative chatter after President Obama’s first debate with challenger Mitt Romney.
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Analysis: How Apple overwhelmed Samsung’s patent case tactics
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – In August 2010, just a few months after Samsung Electronics launched its Galaxy smartphone, a team of Apple Inc lawyers flew to South Korea.
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Merkel and Hollande work on Greek tactics
French and German leaders stand tough on Greece’s request for “breathing space” to help meet its austerity targets.
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Prosecutors’ tactics amounted to civil rights violations, exonerated convicts maintain
Gregory Bright and Earl Truvia are both suing the Orleans Parish for spending 27 years in prison for a murder conviction that was eventually overturned. Both are seeking million in addition to punitive damages caused by District Attorney Harry Connick’s…
LeBron: Tactics of Pacers’ Granger ‘stupid’
Miami Heat stars LeBron James and Dwyane Wade have grown tired of what they think are bating tactics from the Indiana Pacers’ Danny Granger. James went so far as to call it “stupid.”
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Rangers coach Tortorella rips Devils’ tactics
In a heated Hudson River clash that is threatening to become pretty nasty, the gloves were officially dropped Sunday when Rangers coach John Tortorella ripped the Devils, accusing them of selling penalty calls and skirting the rules.
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Ex-CIA interrogation chief defends tactics
Former leader of CIA interrogation programme in US prisons overseas says practices such as waterboarding are justified.
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‘Kettling’ tactics in 2001 lawful
“Kettling” tactics used by the Metropolitan police to contain crowds in 2001 were lawful, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled.
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Records detail mosque spying; NYPD defends tactics
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department targeted Muslim mosques with tactics normally reserved for criminal organizations, according to newly obtained police documents that showed police collecting the license plates of worshippers, monitoring them on surveillance cameras and…
Romney’s attack tactics anger rivals
The powerful display of money and organisation by the former Massachusetts governor ahead of Florida’s pivotal primary has embittered party rivals
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Romney credits change in tactics for Florida surge
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Mitt Romney said Monday he has overcome his South Carolina setback and returned to the Republican primary forefront by aggressively returning Newt Gingrich’s fire and by presenting himself as a Washington outsider. Gingrich said Romney…
Nigeria to change tactics against Boko Haram
Interior minister pleges to secure “the lives of Nigerians” after deadly Christmas bombings by Islamist group.
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Tabloid tactics condemned at UK press inquiry
Parents of murdered girl plead with press to stop phone hacking as inquiry into UK media standards opens.
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Qantas long-haul tactics are on solid ground
The dramatic grounding of its entire fleet has put Australian carrier in a stronger position
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Exec recounts tough News Corp. tactics
The far-reaching News of the World phone-hacking scandal that toppled the 168-year-old British newspaper this summer, led to the resignation of Britain’s top police official and threatened Rupert Murdoch’s global media empire continues to raise questions about the business practices…
Opinion: New protest uses old tactics
“We are the 99 percent.” This is the one belief all protesters in New York’s Zuccotti Park have in common, according to OccupyWallSt.org. Although they claim to be using Arab Spring tactics, they are actually continuing a practice that emerged…