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• East Coast storm wreaks havoc on presidential race
• Obama balancing storm response with campaigning
• Romney cancels NH trip as storm approaches
• Evacuations, shutdowns on East Coast before storm
• Hurricane Sandy blows election off course
• Romney cancels NH trip as storm approaches
• Federal offices in Washington area closed Monday due to storm
• Advantage Obama in hunt for 270 electoral votes
• Hurricane forces Obama to balance governing, campaigning
• Finnish eurosceptics gain local seats but lose momentum
• Ukraine's ruling party leads in election: exit polls
• East Coast storm wreaks havoc on presidential race
• Syria air force bombs cities, truce "practically over"
• Indian state's industrial dream mired in delays, protests
• South Korea pension fund needs more contributions, new investments
• Clinton heads overseas for talks on Mali, Balkans
• Insight: China grassroots democracy challenge awaits new leaders
• FACTBOX: Northeast service suspensions due to Hurricane Sandy
• Greece says EU/IMF lenders refuse to concede on reforms
• Romney Campaign Eyes Hurricane Sandy as Storm Garners Voters Attention
• Opposition parties take lead in Lithuanian election
• Obama Vows to Respond 'Big' and 'Fast' to Hurricane Sandy
• Opposition parties lead in Lithuanian poll: partial results
• Governments to debate 50 billion euro cut to EU budget
• Suicide bomber kills 8, wounds 100 in Nigerian church
• AP analysis of electoral map in presidential race
• Analysis: What's eating Australia? Foreign buyers at the farm gate
• Ukraine leader's party expects majority in parliament
• U.S. Congress may face another debt-limit showdown in 2013
• Obama sees no hurricane impact on voting "at this point"
• Former UK pop star Gary Glitter held in Savile probe
• An uneasy economy, and those living through it
• Berlusconi threat to topple Monti shows party divisions

East Coast storm wreaks havoc on presidential race Posted: 28 Oct 2012 02:33 PM PDT Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama frantically sought to close the deal with voters with precious few days left in an incredibly close race as this year's October surprise — an unprecedented storm menacing the East Coast — wreaked havoc on their best-laid plans.

Obama balancing storm response with campaigning Posted: 28 Oct 2012 10:15 AM PDT President Barack Obama has spent months trying to balance his re-election bid with running the government.

Romney cancels NH trip as storm approaches Posted: 28 Oct 2012 03:18 PM PDT Mitt Romney has canceled plans to campaign in New Hampshire this week because of the storm bearing down on the East Coast.

Evacuations, shutdowns on East Coast before storm Posted: 28 Oct 2012 03:21 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tens of millions of East Coast residents scrambled on Sunday to prepare for Hurricane Sandy, which could make landfall as the largest storm to hit the United States, bringing battering winds, flooding and even heavy snow. The massive storm, which has already killed 66 people in the Caribbean, was headed toward a densely populated region that includes Washington, New York and Boston and its effects could be felt for hundreds of miles, officials warned. It could be the largest storm to hit the United States, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. ...

Hurricane Sandy blows election off course Posted: 28 Oct 2012 03:18 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hurricane Sandy blew the U.S. presidential race off course on Sunday even before it came ashore, forcing Republican Mitt Romney to shift his campaign inland and fueling fears that the massive storm bearing down on the East Coast could disrupt an election that is already under way. As he juggled his governing duties with his re-election effort, President Barack Obama said the heavily populated East Coast could face power failures and other disruptions for several days. ...

Romney cancels NH trip as storm approaches Posted: 28 Oct 2012 03:18 PM PDT Mitt Romney has canceled plans to campaign in New Hampshire this week because of the storm bearing down on the East Coast.

Federal offices in Washington area closed Monday due to storm Posted: 28 Oct 2012 03:14 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal offices in the Washington, D.C., area will be closed to the public and non-emergency federal employees will be granted administrative leave on Monday as Hurricane Sandy approaches. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management said on its website that employees scheduled to telework must work the full day or request leave. Sandy is expected to come ashore late on Monday. (Reporting By Emily Stephenson; editing by Christopher Wilson)

Advantage Obama in hunt for 270 electoral votes Posted: 28 Oct 2012 03:04 PM PDT President Barack Obama is poised to eke out a victory in the race for the 270 electoral votes needed to win re-election, having beaten back Republican Mitt Romney's attempts to convert momentum from the debates into support in all-important Ohio, according to an Associated Press analysis a week before Election Day.

Hurricane forces Obama to balance governing, campaigning Posted: 28 Oct 2012 03:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Sunday faced the delicate task of balancing his administration's biggest storm response with his tough campaign for re-election as Hurricane Sandy bore down on the U.S. East Coast little more than a week before Election Day. Trying to show he had learned the lessons of White House predecessor George W. Bush's botched handling of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Obama sought to project the image of a president fully engaged in marshaling resources to deal with a looming natural disaster. ...

Finnish eurosceptics gain local seats but lose momentum Posted: 28 Oct 2012 02:45 PM PDT HELSINKI (Reuters) - The anti-euro Finns Party won 12.8 percent of the vote in Finnish municipal polls on Sunday, according to early estimates, showing its popularity down from last year's national election but still strong enough to pressure the pro-Europe government. Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen's conservative National Coalition party led with 21.4 percent of votes, followed by his coalition partners the Social Democrats with 20.2 percent, public broadcaster YLE estimated after more than half the votes were counted. ...

Ukraine's ruling party leads in election: exit polls Posted: 28 Oct 2012 02:35 PM PDT KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich's pro-business party seemed likely to hold on to a majority in parliament after an election on Sunday, but it will face a revitalized opposition boosted by a resurgent nationalist party, exit polls showed. Leaders of the Party of the Regions claimed victory after two exit polls put it in the lead with between 28 percent and 30.5 percent of the voting in the part of balloting conducted by party lists. ...

East Coast storm wreaks havoc on presidential race Posted: 28 Oct 2012 02:33 PM PDT Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama frantically sought to close the deal with voters with precious few days left in an incredibly close race as this year's October surprise — an unprecedented storm menacing the East Coast — wreaked havoc on their best-laid plans.

Syria air force bombs cities, truce "practically over" Posted: 28 Oct 2012 02:30 PM PDT AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian jets bombarded Sunni Muslim regions in Damascus and around the country on Sunday, activists said, as President Bashar al-Assad kept up air strikes against rebels despite a U.N.-brokered truce that now appears to be in tatters. The Local Coordination Committees activists' organization said air raids killed 14 civilians, including women and children, in the town of Bara in the northern province of Idlib, where fighting has continued between Assad's forces and rebels who have seized large parts of the rugged region. "The ceasefire is practically over. ...

Indian state's industrial dream mired in delays, protests Posted: 28 Oct 2012 02:14 PM PDT ANGUL, India (Reuters) - A few hundred meters from the high walls and barbed wire guarding billionaire Naveen Jindal's upcoming steel plant, a dozen men have gathered at a tea stall. Their plan for this and every day: disrupt any attempt by Jindal's company to lay a water pipeline. The men, from villages near Angul in India's Odisha state, have twice scuttled efforts to lay the pipeline in protest against Jindal Steel & Power's unwillingness to increase compensation and offer permanent jobs for taking over their land. "The company doesn't come clean on exact terms. ...

South Korea pension fund needs more contributions, new investments Posted: 28 Oct 2012 02:09 PM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - The first payouts from South Korea's state pension fund only started in 2008, but faced with the fastest ageing population among developed nations and one of the lowest birthrates, the country needs to deal with a looming funding crunch. The world's third-largest state fund by assets is generating more than $2 billion a month in new net funding as contributions outpace payments, but by 2034 that will end as South Koreans retire and the working age population falls. By 2050, there will only be 1. ...

Clinton heads overseas for talks on Mali, Balkans Posted: 28 Oct 2012 02:03 PM PDT Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is on a five-day trip overseas to increase pressure on Mali's al-Qaida-linked rebels and help Balkan nations end long-simmering ethnic and political disagreements.

Insight: China grassroots democracy challenge awaits new leaders Posted: 28 Oct 2012 02:01 PM PDT XIANGSHAN/WUKAN, China (Reuters) - Hua Youjuan is an unlikely Chinese official. Free-spirited but driven, she left her village at age 17, got a degree in marketing, and opened a string of businesses in nearby cities in eastern China before settling in the coastal boomtown of Ningbo, 160 km (100 miles) from home. ...

FACTBOX: Northeast service suspensions due to Hurricane Sandy Posted: 28 Oct 2012 01:54 PM PDT (Reuters) - As U.S. Northeast braces for Hurricane Sandy, the following is a list of service suspensions for New York, New Jersey and District of Columbia area starting on Sunday evening: * New York City Subway: to begin a staggered shutdown of the subway system and Metro North and Long Island Railroad commuter rail systems at 7 p.m. EDT - Metropolitan Transportation Authority *New York City buses: To begin a shut down at 9 p.m. ...

Greece says EU/IMF lenders refuse to concede on reforms Posted: 28 Oct 2012 01:44 PM PDT ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's foreign lenders have refused to make any further concessions on changes to labour laws contested by a junior coalition partner, the country's finance minister said on Sunday, prolonging an impasse on a crucial austerity package. Athens has been locked in talks with its European Union and International Monetary Fund lenders on the austerity package for months, but a final agreement has been held up by the small Democratic Left party's refusal to back the new wage laws. ...

Romney Campaign Eyes Hurricane Sandy as Storm Garners Voters Attention Posted: 28 Oct 2012 01:29 PM PDT CELINA, Ohio – One of Mitt Romney's senior advisers said today that despite impending wall-to-wall news coverage dedicated to Hurricane Sandy, he feels confident that voters in the key swing states in the region have received enough information ahead of the election and reiterated the...

Opposition parties take lead in Lithuanian election Posted: 28 Oct 2012 01:21 PM PDT VILNIUS (Reuters) - Two opposition centre-left parties appeared to be lead contenders to form a coalition government in Lithuania after a second-round election on Sunday, partial results showed. With votes counted in 1,359 polling stations out of a total 1,861, the Social Democratic Party and Labour Party, which aim to work together, were set for a combined 68 seats in the 141-seat parliament. A likely third coalition partner, the party of an impeached ex-president, was headed for 11 seats. ...

Obama Vows to Respond 'Big' and 'Fast' to Hurricane Sandy Posted: 28 Oct 2012 01:18 PM PDT As East Coast residents brace for Hurricane Sandy, President Obama visited the Federal Emergency Management Agency's headquarters this afternoon to receive a briefing on the latest preparations for the storm, expected to make landfall late Monday evening. "This is a serious and big storm," the...

Opposition parties lead in Lithuanian poll: partial results Posted: 28 Oct 2012 01:04 PM PDT VILNIUS (Reuters) - Two opposition centre-left parties were on track in Lithuania's election on Sunday to be in pole position to form a new ruling coalition, partial results showed. The Social Democratic and Labour parties have benefited from voter anger at years of austerity under Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius. (Reporting by Patrick Lannin; Editing by Ralph Gowling)

Governments to debate 50 billion euro cut to EU budget Posted: 28 Oct 2012 12:58 PM PDT BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union governments will debate a cut of at least 50 billion euros this week as the starting point for negotiations on the bloc's proposed 1 trillion-euro ($1.3 trillion) long-term budget, a source familiar with the issue said. The cut will be proposed in the latest EU negotiating text on the bloc's spending plan for 2014-2020, but is unlikely to be deep enough to satisfy Britain, Germany, France and other net budget contributors. ...

Suicide bomber kills 8, wounds 100 in Nigerian church Posted: 28 Oct 2012 12:11 PM PDT KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - A suicide bomber drove a jeep full of explosives into a Catholic church during morning mass in northern Nigeria on Sunday, killing at least eight people, wounding more than 100 and triggering reprisal attacks that killed at least two more. There was no claim of responsibility but Islamist sect Boko Haram has bombed several churches in the past in its fight to create an Islamic state in Nigeria where the 160 million population is evenly split between Christians and Muslims. ...

AP analysis of electoral map in presidential race Posted: 28 Oct 2012 12:04 PM PDT A look at the race between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney for the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House. Obama is within reach, although North Carolina, which the Democrat carried in 2008, has begun leaning toward Romney, according to an Associated Press analysis.

Analysis: What's eating Australia? Foreign buyers at the farm gate Posted: 28 Oct 2012 12:04 PM PDT SYDNEY/CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia risks losing an opportunity to become a farmyard for Asia, as growing unease over foreigners buying rural land threatens to provoke protectionist policies that may deter much needed investment in agriculture. With its vast landmass, abundant natural resources and stable government, Australia has relied on foreign farm investments for more than 100 years, with interest set to grow as the world looks to dramatically boost food production to feed Asia's booming middle class over the next 40 years. "I think we are going to see a continued interest. ...

Ukraine leader's party expects majority in parliament Posted: 28 Oct 2012 11:51 AM PDT KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich's Party of the Regions expects to secure a parliamentary majority after the election on Sunday, Borys Kolesnikov, deputy prime minister and one of the Regions' leaders, said after voting ended. "There are 225 single-seat constituencies and we see our candidates winning 2/3 of them," he said after exit polls showed the Regions winning about 30 percent in party-list voting, in which the other 225 seats are allocated. (Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; Writing by Olzhas Auyezov; Editing by Richard Balmforth)

U.S. Congress may face another debt-limit showdown in 2013 Posted: 28 Oct 2012 11:39 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. debt-ceiling increase could be headed for a Wall Street-rattling showdown in 2013 if Congress, as expected, shuns a quick and easy fix at the end of this year in favor of another round of last-minute brinkmanship. Regardless of who wins the November 6 elections, many congressional aides and Capitol Hill observers are predicting that lawmakers will go right up to the deadline - probably around mid-February or early March - before increasing the $16.4 trillion limit on borrowing that is nearly exhausted. ...

Obama sees no hurricane impact on voting "at this point" Posted: 28 Oct 2012 11:35 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Sunday that he did not expect that Hurricane Sandy would have an impact on voting for the November 6 election but suggested it was something that would have to be examined later. "We don't anticipate that at this point, but we're obviously going to have to take a look," Obama said during a visit to the government's storm response center when asked whether Hurricane Sandy, bearing down on the East Coast, might affect voting. The massive storm's approach has already raised fears of a disruption of early voting in some states. ...

Former UK pop star Gary Glitter held in Savile probe Posted: 28 Oct 2012 11:16 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - British police arrested convicted sex offender and former pop star Gary Glitter on Sunday as part of an investigation into allegations of child sex abuse by the late BBC presenter Jimmy Savile, media said. Glitter was released on bail some 10 hours later. But the arrest - the first to be reported in the case - widened a scandal that has already damaged the reputation of the publicly-funded BBC and the legacy of Savile, a former DJ who was one of the broadcaster's top show hosts and a prolific charity fundraiser. ...

An uneasy economy, and those living through it Posted: 28 Oct 2012 11:13 AM PDT Here was Chas Kaufmann's life before the Great Recession: $28,000 in restaurant tabs in a year, cruises, house parties with fireworks. His Mr. Gutter business was booming in the Pennsylvania Poconos.

Berlusconi threat to topple Monti shows party divisions Posted: 28 Oct 2012 11:09 AM PDT ROME (Reuters) - Former premier Silvio Berlusconi's threat to bring down Italy's government underscores deep divisions in his center-right party ahead of next year's elections and risks rattling markets which see Prime Minister Monti as Italy's saviour. Berlusconi made the unexpected threat on Saturday, still fuming from his conviction 24 hours earlier on charges of tax fraud and a jail sentence of four years which he will not have to serve until all appeals are exhausted. ...

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