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• GOP reviews turning negative on Romney's campaign
• Biden: Middle class 'buried' the last 4 years
• Romney offers new ideas on taxes and immigration
• Colombia unveils tax reform to create jobs, close loopholes
• Ann Romney's new role: Defender in chief
• Lawsuit challenges California ban on gay conversion therapy for youth
• Education chief wants textbooks to go digital
• Romney seeks extended deadline for overseas voters
• House committee: Security requests denied in Libya
• Biden: Middle class 'buried' the last 4 years
• Education chief wants textbooks to become obsolete
• U.S. market players urge caution on designing "kill switches"
• Medvedev points Facebook's Zuckerberg towards Russian IT sector
• Tycoon's alliance wins election in Georgia
• Assad rejected leaders' bid for peace in Syria: former PM
• Judge halts Pa.'s tough new voter ID requirement
• Iraq tells Turkey to stop pursuing Kurdish rebels over border
• Unrest tarnishes drive to tap Indonesia's gold riches
• Mali Islamists execute accused murderer in Timbuktu
• Factbox: Colombia's Santos latest leader treated for cancer
• Philippines defies church to push family planning
• Colombia's Santos to spend two-three days in hospital after cancer surgery
• Republicans seize on Biden middle class comment ahead of debate
• Obama in first visit to Hoover Dam: 'Spectacular'
• Border Patrol agent shot dead in Arizona, another wounded
• Ryan: Elect Romney, stop burying the middle class
• Italy minister denies ex-wife's Finmeccanica consultancy deal
• NY's Bloomberg aims to save mothers, children in Tanzania
• Bahraini protesters and police clash after funeral
• Factbox: Casting ballots under Pennsylvania's voter ID law
• Glencore sets EU antitrust clock ticking: sources
• Unlike Other Republicans, Mitt Romney Still Opposes Todd Akin
• U.S. government accounting board chairman to retire

GOP reviews turning negative on Romney's campaign Posted: 02 Oct 2012 01:33 PM PDT On the eve of the first presidential debate, the early autumn Republican reviews are in for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, and they are not pretty.

Biden: Middle class 'buried' the last 4 years Posted: 02 Oct 2012 02:56 PM PDT Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the middle class has been "buried" during the past four years, a statement that Republicans immediately seized upon as an unwitting indictment of the Obama administration.

Romney offers new ideas on taxes and immigration Posted: 02 Oct 2012 01:25 PM PDT Republican White House candidate Mitt Romney is offering new ideas on the controversial issues of taxes and immigration, sparking a fresh flashpoint with President Barack Obama before their inaugural debate Wednesday.

Colombia unveils tax reform to create jobs, close loopholes Posted: 02 Oct 2012 03:14 PM PDT BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia unveiled a tax reform bill on Tuesday aimed at creating jobs, closing loopholes and simplifying the tax system, but not increasing the tax take as the Andean country was on track for record collections this year. Colombia's battle against corruption and evasion helped boost tax revenue 25 percent last year, to about 86.3 trillion pesos ($48 billion), and Colombia's tax office will likely collect a record 103 trillion pesos this year. ...

Ann Romney's new role: Defender in chief Posted: 02 Oct 2012 03:13 PM PDT Ann Romney has stepped out into a new role for the final stretch of the campaign: Character witness and defender in chief.

Lawsuit challenges California ban on gay conversion therapy for youth Posted: 02 Oct 2012 03:13 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A Christian legal group has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a landmark California law that bars a controversial therapy aimed at reversing homosexuality from being used on children and teens, calling it a violation of privacy and free speech rights. California's Democratic Governor Jerry Brown signed the ban into law over the weekend, making the nation's most populous state the first to ban so-called conversion therapy among youth. Gay rights advocates say the therapy can psychologically harm gay and lesbian youth. ...

Education chief wants textbooks to go digital Posted: 02 Oct 2012 03:12 PM PDT Worried your kids spend too much time with their faces buried in a computer screen? Their schoolwork may soon depend on it.

Romney seeks extended deadline for overseas voters Posted: 02 Oct 2012 03:10 PM PDT Working to broaden his popularity among military veterans, Republican Mitt Romney's campaign has sent letters to election officials in Wisconsin, Mississippi and Vermont demanding that the deadline for receiving ballots from military and overseas voters be extended.

House committee: Security requests denied in Libya Posted: 02 Oct 2012 03:02 PM PDT Leaders of a House committee said Tuesday that U.S. diplomats in Libya made repeated requests for increased security for the consulate in Benghazi and were turned down by officials in Washington.

Biden: Middle class 'buried' the last 4 years Posted: 02 Oct 2012 02:56 PM PDT Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the middle class has been "buried" during the past four years, a statement that Republicans immediately seized upon as an unwitting indictment of the Obama administration.

Education chief wants textbooks to become obsolete Posted: 02 Oct 2012 02:56 PM PDT Worried your kids spend too much time with their faces buried in a computer screen? Their schoolwork may soon depend on it.

U.S. market players urge caution on designing "kill switches" Posted: 02 Oct 2012 02:54 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Brokerage and exchange technology gurus generally endorsed the concept of deploying "kill switches" to stop computer errors before they can unleash havoc on the market, but they warned regulators on Tuesday to ensure they are not set off too easily. Speaking at a roundtable hosted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, experts said they recognized the need for more safeguards after a series of scary software glitches. ...

Medvedev points Facebook's Zuckerberg towards Russian IT sector Posted: 02 Oct 2012 02:44 PM PDT GORKI, Russia (Reuters) - Prime minister Dmitry Medvedev told Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg on Monday that Russia's IT industry was as promising an area for investment as its natural resources sectors. "You probably know that here in Russia we have not only oil, gas, gold and diamonds - there is also an IT industry," a smiling Medvedev told Zuckerberg. Communication Minister Nikolai Nikoforov, who also attended the meeting, said a plan for a Facebook research centre in Russia was discussed. ...

Tycoon's alliance wins election in Georgia Posted: 02 Oct 2012 02:43 PM PDT TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili on Tuesday conceded defeat in parliamentary elections to a coalition led by a tycoon promising to ease tensions with Moscow, four years after the staunch U.S. ally lost a war with Russia. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who has long been openly hostile to Saakashvili, welcomed the opposition victory as opening the way for "more constructive and responsible forces" to enter the Georgian parliament. ...

Assad rejected leaders' bid for peace in Syria: former PM Posted: 02 Oct 2012 02:37 PM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad vetoed demands by senior leaders to pursue a peaceful solution to the crisis in Syria after some of his top security aides were killed in an attack in July, his former prime minister said in remarks broadcast on Tuesday. Riyad Hijab, who defected in early August, told Al Arabiya television that the death of Defence Minister Daoud Rajha and his deputy, Assad's brother-in-law Assef Shawkat, in a bomb attack on a security meeting in Damascus had persuaded him that there was no military solution to the crisis. ...

Judge halts Pa.'s tough new voter ID requirement Posted: 02 Oct 2012 02:29 PM PDT A judge on Tuesday blocked Pennsylvania's divisive voter identification requirement from going into effect on Election Day, delivering a hard-fought victory to Democrats who said it was a ploy to defeat President Barack Obama and other opponents who said it would prevent the elderly and minorities from voting.

Iraq tells Turkey to stop pursuing Kurdish rebels over border Posted: 02 Oct 2012 02:25 PM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq asked Turkey on Tuesday to stop attacking Kurdish rebel forces sheltering across the border in northern Iraq, as Turkey prepares to extend its internal mandate for the raids. The Baghdad government's power over Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region is limited, but the comments are an indication of tensions with Turkey, which has given refuge to Iraq's fugitive vice president. ...

Unrest tarnishes drive to tap Indonesia's gold riches Posted: 02 Oct 2012 02:22 PM PDT JAKARTA/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - When Hong Kong-listed G-Resources Ltd opened its $1 billion Indonesian gold mine in July, six months behind schedule, it had high hopes it would be hitting its annual output target of 250,000 ounces by next year. Less than three months later the company halted operations after hundreds of protesters blocked the entrances to the Martabe mine, in the north of Sumatra island, in a dispute over the installation of a water discharge pipe. It began laying off the 2,000-strong workforce at the mine, the company's sole asset, this week. ...

Mali Islamists execute accused murderer in Timbuktu Posted: 02 Oct 2012 02:20 PM PDT BAMAKO (Reuters) - Islamist fighters in the northern Malian city of Timbuktu executed a man on Tuesday for murdering his neighbor in an application of sharia, Islamic law, the Islamist group and witnesses said. Armed Islamist groups, some with links to al Qaeda, have controlled the northern two-thirds of Mali since April, when they hijacked a rebellion launched by ethnic Tuareg separatists. They have since imposed sharia in many of the areas under their control. A spokesman for Ansar Dine, which controls Timbuktu, said the executed man was a member of the group. "He turned himself in... ...

Factbox: Colombia's Santos latest leader treated for cancer Posted: 02 Oct 2012 02:13 PM PDT (Reuters) - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos will undergo surgery for a non-aggressive prostate cancer on Wednesday. Here is a look at some world leaders who have had cancer while in office: * COLOMBIA'S JUAN MANUEL SANTOS: - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said he would undergo surgery for a non-aggressive prostate cancer in a health scare that seemed unlikely to derail his government's imminent talks with Marxist rebels to end decades of war. ...

Philippines defies church to push family planning Posted: 02 Oct 2012 02:12 PM PDT MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Benigno Aquino is squaring off against his country's powerful Catholic church in a bid to give people free access to the means to limit the size of their families. The predominately Catholic country has one of Asia's fastest-growing populations together with significant levels of chronic poverty. While neighbours have accelerated towards prosperity, the Philippines has lagged. Economists say high population growth is a primary factor for that, but the church disagrees. ...

Colombia's Santos to spend two-three days in hospital after cancer surgery Posted: 02 Oct 2012 02:10 PM PDT BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos will spend two or three days in the hospital after surgery for non-aggressive prostate cancer, his doctor said on Tuesday, a day before the 61-year-old was scheduled for the operation. Midway through his four-year term, Santos surprised the Andean nation on Monday night when he announced doctors had discovered a cancerous growth, but the disease had been caught in time and there was minimal risk. ...

Republicans seize on Biden middle class comment ahead of debate Posted: 02 Oct 2012 02:08 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden told a campaign rally on Tuesday that the middle class has been buried for the past four years, just longer than President Barack Obama's time in the White House. Republicans immediately seized on what they termed a "stunning admission" by Biden as evidence that Obama's policies have been bad for the economy, the day before Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney meet in their first presidential debate. ...

Obama in first visit to Hoover Dam: 'Spectacular' Posted: 02 Oct 2012 02:01 PM PDT Taking a break from debate prep, President Barack Obama made an unexpected stop Tuesday at the Hoover Dam, his first visit to a tourist spot considered one of the world's great engineering feats.

Border Patrol agent shot dead in Arizona, another wounded Posted: 02 Oct 2012 02:01 PM PDT PHOENIX (Reuters) - A Border Patrol agent was shot dead and another wounded when they came under fire early on Tuesday while responding to a tripped ground sensor in a drug smuggling corridor in Arizona, near the border with Mexico, authorities said. Authorities said three agents were on foot about 5 miles north of the border when gunfire erupted well before daybreak but provided few additional details on the circumstances of the violence. "As they were walking up the trail, they reported taking gunfire," Cochise County Sheriff's spokeswoman Carol Capas said. ...

Ryan: Elect Romney, stop burying the middle class Posted: 02 Oct 2012 01:59 PM PDT Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan says the way to help the middle class recover from the past four years is to elect Mitt Romney president in November.

Italy minister denies ex-wife's Finmeccanica consultancy deal Posted: 02 Oct 2012 01:56 PM PDT ROME (Reuters) - Italian Economy Minister Vittorio Grilli on Tuesday dismissed media speculation that defense group Finmeccanica had ordered false consultancy services from his ex wife, after one newspaper said he should dispel doubts over the reported deal. "There were never any consultancy services contracted on the part of Finmeccanica," Grilli said in a letter to Il Sole 24 Ore after the financial daily called for a clarification in an editorial published on Tuesday. Finmeccanica's chief executive Giuseppe Orsi had denied similar reports last month. ...

NY's Bloomberg aims to save mothers, children in Tanzania Posted: 02 Oct 2012 01:53 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Tuesday he is funding the expansion of a pilot maternal health program in Tanzania that is predicted to help 50,000 mothers and their children during the next three years. A woman dies every two minutes of pregnancy-related problems with 99 percent of such deaths in poor countries, according to the U.N. Population Fund. Common causes are bleeding after childbirth, high blood pressure, infections and unsafe abortions. ...

Bahraini protesters and police clash after funeral Posted: 02 Oct 2012 01:51 PM PDT MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahraini protesters threw petrol bombs and stones on Tuesday at riot police who were trying to disperse them with water cannons after the funeral of a Shi'ite man jailed for his role in last year's pro-democracy uprising, witnesses said. Bahrain's Information Authority said Mohammed Ali Ahmed Mushaima had been in hospital since August, and died of complications from sickle cell disease. But opposition activists accused the authorities of causing the 23-year-old's death by denying him proper treatment. "Due to his medical condition, his lawyer had tried more than once ... ...

Factbox: Casting ballots under Pennsylvania's voter ID law Posted: 02 Oct 2012 01:48 PM PDT (Reuters) - A judge on Tuesday ruled Pennsylvania cannot require voters to show photo identification at the polls in this November's U.S. election, a decision that could influence the size of voter turnout in a state rich with electoral votes. Here is a look at voting under the new law in Pennsylvania, a traditional swing state considered key to winning the White House: * Voters this Election Day will be asked to show photo identification but if they do not have it, they can still cast a regular ballot. ...

Glencore sets EU antitrust clock ticking: sources Posted: 02 Oct 2012 01:46 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Trader Glencore has formally notified the European Commission of its $33 billion plan to take over miner Xstrata , sources familiar with the matter said, after months of preliminary talks designed to pave the way for a swift approval. Once the notification has been acknowledged by the commission, the European antitrust regulator has 25 days to decide whether to approve, reject or begin an in-depth probe into a plan to create the world's fourth largest miner. ...

Unlike Other Republicans, Mitt Romney Still Opposes Todd Akin Posted: 02 Oct 2012 01:45 PM PDT Don't count Mitt Romney among Todd Akin's sudden allies. Romney stands by his opposition to the Missouri Senate candidate, according to an adviser, despite the conversion of many Republicans since the passing of the deadline for Akin to withdraw, among them several prominent Missouri Republicans...

U.S. government accounting board chairman to retire Posted: 02 Oct 2012 01:44 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. board that sets accounting standards for state and local governments will retire next June, a year ahead of the end of his term and as controversial new standards for pensions start kicking in. Robert Attmore, a former auditor for New York state, has headed the nonprofit Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) since July 2004. His retirement was announced on Tuesday by the Financial Accounting Foundation, which oversees GASB. Attmore, 66, said recent pressures on the Norwalk, Connecticut-based board were not a factor in his decision to ...

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