17 Oct
Events of Interest and Analyses, A Foreign Perspective
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Obama and Romney go on offensive in debate
President and his Republican challenger trade barbs on the economy, taxes and foreign policy in New York debate.
Last Modified: 17 Oct 2012 09:21 GMT
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Americas
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Interactive video of the Obama-Romney rematch
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US Election Live Blog
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Interactive: Voters who will decide US poll
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Obama comes out swinging
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Romney’s #BindersFullofWomen
Earth-size planet found orbiting nearest starGround-breaking discovery in the hunt for worlds that exist in other solar systems.
Last Modified: 17 Oct 2012 08:54 GMT
Europe |
Israel ‘set calorie limit’ for Gaza Strip
Document in Israel reveals army calculated minimum calories Gazans needed to eat during blockade to avoid malnutrition.
Last Modified: 17 Oct 2012 14:15 GMT
Middle East
Suicide bomber hits joint NATO-Afghan base
Attack on an army base in eastern Afghanistan has wounded at least 45 Afghan soldiers, local officials say.
Last Modified: 17 Oct 2012 10:16 GMT
Central & South Asia
David Usborne: The President aggressively countered Mitt Romney on topics from taxation to foreign policy, reigniting his campaign for a second term.
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Romney vs Obama: the issues that will settle the argument
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The US presidential debate: Our voter panel’s verdict
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Barack Obama as the Comeback Kid: how a strong performance halted Mitt Romney’s momentum
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Both Obama and Romney had good moments last night, and they just about cancelled each other out
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Key moments from US presidential debates through the decades
Ultra-Orthodox up in arms as Israel prepares to end army exemption
17 October 2012 12:00 AM
The Israeli Defence Minister, Ehud Barak, has announced plans to draft thousands of Ultra-Orthodox students into the army – a move that could set him at loggerheads with the religious parties in the run-up to a general election in January.
US accuses Hezbollah of aiding Assad
17 October 2012 12:00 AM
The United States has accused Hezbollah, the Lebanese militia, of stepping up support for the Syrian government, saying it has become part of President Bashar al-Assad’s “killing machine”.
Foxconn used 14-year-old interns at its factory in China
Apple’s Taiwanese manufacturing partner admits breaking law by taking on children as workers via schools programme
The case is in breach of national law and raises further questions about its intern programme.
Employment rights activists in China have accused Foxconn and other big employers in the country of using young student interns as a cheap source of labour for production lines, where it is difficult to attract adult workers to lower-paid jobs.
Canadian government ‘knew of plans to dump iron into the Pacific’
Chief executive of company responsible for controversial geoengineering test implicates several departments
As controversy mounts over the Guardian’s revelations that an American businessman conducted a massive ocean fertilisation test, dumping around 100 tonnes of iron sulphate off Canada’s coast, it has emerged the Canadian government may have known about the geoengineering scheme and not stopped it……………….
“Israel set calorie limit for Gaza strip. . .” What does this remind you of?
If we have ever wondered if enduring extreme cruelty and victimization makes the victims more or less humane, we have in the policies of Israel toward the Palestinians some troubling facts.