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Spotlight off Romney as storm, Obama take center stage
Oct 30, 2012 (AFP)
Barack Obama spent Tuesday deploying the vast tools of his presidency to combat a raging super storm ravaging the East Coast; rival Mitt Romney took in cans of ...
Hurricane 'havoc' hits US election endgame
Oct 29, 2012 (AFP)
Hurricane Sandy, bringing Monday a dangerous "October Surprise," has shredded candidates' endgame plans for next week's toss-up US election in a new test of ner...
Walker's World: Europe wants Obama- Why?
Oct 29, 2012 (UPI)
It should come as no surprise to Americans that most Europeans are hoping that U.S. President Barack Obama wins re-election. This isn't because he has been good...
Rivals stump in US battleground states focusing on economy
Oct 27, 2012 (AFP)
US President Barack Obama and his rival Mitt Romney hunted for votes in battleground states Saturday after the Republican challenger propelled the economy to th...
Outside View: I wish someone had said that
Oct 22, 2012 (UPI)
More than a century ago, the eccentric writer Oscar Wilde overheard George Bernard Shaw make a particularly witty remark. Wilde slyly muttered, no doubt with ma...
Obama wins by a landslide in US kid's poll
Oct 22, 2012 (AFP)
The youngsters of the United States have voted, the results are in -- and it's a landslide victory for Barack Obama. Sixty-five percent picked the incumbent pre...
Mauritanian soldier describes shooting at president
Oct 22, 2012 (AFP)
A Mauritanian soldier said to have shot and wounded President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz by misadventure on October 13 has given his version of events on state tel...
Defence minister quits Georgia amid prosecution fears
Oct 22, 2012 (AFP)
Georgia's outgoing defence minister said Monday that he had quit the country as speculation simmered of potential prosecutions of former officials under the ex-...
Morsi defends ex-army chief against corruption report
Oct 18, 2012 (AFP)
Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi sought on Thursday to reassure the military after a state-owned newspaper reported corruption charges against the two army chief...
Obama crams for debate, Romney fires China shot
Oct 13, 2012 (AFP)
President Barack Obama settled into a Virginia resort Saturday, plotting to transform his pitch to voters after a lackluster first clash with Mitt Romney dampen...
Chavez seen preparing for succession
Oct 12, 2012 (UPI)
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who won a fourth term Sunday despite speculation over his health after cancer treatment, seems to have marked newly appointed ...
China forced evictions on the rise: rights group
Oct 11, 2012 (AFP)
Violent forced evictions are increasing in China as local governments seek to pay off debts by seizing land and selling usage rights to property developers, Amn...
Poland's PM Tusk calls confidence vote one year into term
Oct 11, 2012 (AFP)
One year into his second term in office, Poland's centrist Prime Minister Donald Tusk has called a confidence vote for Friday to confirm his coalition's mandate...
Obama looks to woo young voters
Oct 11, 2012 (UPI)
U.S. President Barack Obama's plans to head to western states for fundraising with celebrity figures may come down to one factor: getting the college vote in th...
Belarus, Russian activists and EU Nobel Peace favorites: TV
Oct 11, 2012 (AFP)
Jailed Belarussian activist Ales Belyatsky, veteran Russian activist Lyudmila Alekseeva, Mexican Bishop Raul Vera Lopez and the European Union are the top conte...
Jordan's king prepares for critical poll
Oct 10, 2012 (UPI)
King Abdullah II is setting the scene for a political revolution in his desert country with landmark parliamentary elections scheduled for 2013, part of a packa...
Pussy Riot: symbol of the new anti-Putin opposition
Oct 10, 2012 (AFP)
The three convicted members of Pussy Riot, almost unknown one year ago, grew into the stars of a global cause celebre symbolising the repression of civic dissen...
Obama gets sudden spike in Facebook 'likes'
Oct 10, 2012 (AFP)
US President Barack Obama got an exceptional spike of more than one million "likes" on Facebook this week in his battle with Republican Mitt Romney in the socia...
Gates to focus on charity, rules out presidency
Oct 09, 2012 (AFP)
Microsoft co-founder turned global philanthropist Bill Gates said Tuesday that he will focus on charity rather than running for US presidency. "I wouldn't ever ...
Israel PM calls early election
Oct 09, 2012 (AFP)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday called an early general election, presenting himself as the only option in the face of the Iranian nuclear ...
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