Oct 8, 2012
Romney Narrows Vote Gap After Historic Debate Win
Romney Narrows Vote Gap After Historic Debate Win: Registered voters' preferences for president are evenly split between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in the three days since the first presidential debate. A Gallup-record 72% of those who viewed the debate say Romney did the better job.
Oct 7, 2012
How to Get the Most Out of Google Chrome [Chrome]
How to Get the Most Out of Google Chrome [Chrome]:
Let's face it, the light-and-fast Google Chrome browser is the only way to surf the web-no question. But whether you're new to the browser or an old veteran, we've got some tricks to improve your mileage. Our Google Chrome Optimization Guide will show you which Google Chrome extensions to download and ways to tweak settings you didn't even know were there. More »
Yemen 'foils al-Qaeda plan to bomb air base'
Yemen 'foils al-Qaeda plan to bomb air base': Car bomb discovered near al-Anad air base in southern province of Lahj used by US troops to train local forces.
Bosnia local polls marred by ethnic disputes
Bosnia local polls marred by ethnic disputes: New electoral rules mean a Serb could win office in Srebrenica, fuelling tensions at the site of the 1995 massacre.
Kuwaiti Emir dissolves parliament
Kuwaiti Emir dissolves parliament: Following cabinet request, Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah issues decree to annul 2009 court-reinstated parliament.
Nigerian army kills dozens of 'terrorists'
Nigerian army kills dozens of 'terrorists': Army spokesman says "about 30 Boko Haram terrorists" killed in gun battle in the northeastern Yobe state.
Pakistan Military Blocks Anti-US Protest From Tribal Region
Pakistan Military Blocks Anti-US Protest From Tribal Region: The Pakistani military has prevented a convoy of thousands of people with the goal of protesting U.S. drone strikes common in the country's tribal areas from reaching South Waziristan.
Authorities stopped the group just short of the tribal region's border Sunday. Pakistani cricket star turned politician Imran Khan had been leading the march, which left Islamabad Saturday.
The protest group had more than doubled to 500 cars by the time it reached Khan's hometown, Mianwali. ...
Authorities stopped the group just short of the tribal region's border Sunday. Pakistani cricket star turned politician Imran Khan had been leading the march, which left Islamabad Saturday.
The protest group had more than doubled to 500 cars by the time it reached Khan's hometown, Mianwali. ...
Sudan Orders Borders Reopened With S. Sudan
Sudan Orders Borders Reopened With S. Sudan: Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has ordered land and river border crossings with South Sudan reopened, after agreements signed last month that eased tensions between the neighboring states.
Sudan's state-run media said Sunday that Bashir "ordered the opening of all the highway or river gates on the border." The directive came as the president met with his new ambassador to South Sudan, Mutrif Siddiq, who then left to assume his duties in the South Sudanese capital, Juba.
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Sudan's state-run media said Sunday that Bashir "ordered the opening of all the highway or river gates on the border." The directive came as the president met with his new ambassador to South Sudan, Mutrif Siddiq, who then left to assume his duties in the South Sudanese capital, Juba.
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Obama courts Hispanics in battleground states
Obama courts Hispanics in battleground states: So far, the strategy seems to be paying off with the nation's fastest growing demographic.
Oct. 6: Romney Maintains Poll Momentum
Oct. 6: Romney Maintains Poll Momentum: Mitt Romney continues to show improved numbers in polls published since the first presidential debate and has now made clear gains in the FiveThirtyEight forecast.
Manila and Rebel Group Take Step Toward Peace Plan
Manila and Rebel Group Take Step Toward Peace Plan: The deal with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, which has fought a war of independence for more than three decades, is expected to reduce the violence in the predominantly Muslim southern island of Mindanao.
Oct 6, 2012
Syrian Rebels Say West Has Abandoned Them
Syrian Rebels Say West Has Abandoned Them: Leaders of Syria’s rebellion say that by sitting on the sidelines, the West risks losing a potential ally in the Middle East if President Bashar al-Assad’s government falls.
Romney Claims of Bipartisanship as Governor Face Challenge
Romney Claims of Bipartisanship as Governor Face Challenge: Mitt Romney did score some successes beyond his health care legislation as governor of Massachusetts, but critics say he never mastered reaching across the aisle.
Oct 5, 2012
ICG Report - Malaysia’s Coming Election: Beyond Communalism?
Malaysia’s Coming Election: Beyond Communalism?: Demographic and social change, easing of authoritarian controls, a growing civil society and economic uncertainty are shaking the communal foundations of Malaysian politics and making the outcome of its coming election unusually unpredictable.
ICG Report - The Kivus: Congo’s New Shame, Rwanda’s Old Game
The Kivus: Congo’s New Shame, Rwanda’s Old Game: The Kivus region of eastern Congo again faces escalating violence, including by a rebel force acting as a proxy of neighbouring Rwanda. To stop the repetitive cycle of rebellion and avoid large-scale killing, donors and African mediators need to move from crisis management to conflict resolution with the right set of pressures on Kigali and Kinshasa.
LAOS: Insect farms run into trouble
LAOS: Insect farms run into trouble:
 | VIENTIANE, 3 October 2012 (IRIN) - Promoting consumption of edible insects in Laos may help boost protein-anaemic diets, say health experts trying to create regional health standards for insect production, harvesting and consumption. |
BURKINA FASO-MALI: “We cannot live under the law of strangers”
BURKINA FASO-MALI: “We cannot live under the law of strangers”:
 | MENTAO, 3 October 2012 (IRIN) - The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) estimates some 107,000 Malians, most of them Arabs and Tuaregs, fled across the border to Burkina Faso, many leaving as early as February when the Tuareg National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) launched their first attacks against Malian government targets. |
CAMBODIA: Rural poor lose out in land deals
CAMBODIA: Rural poor lose out in land deals:
 | BANGKOK, 4 October 2012 (IRIN) - Land governance policies in Asia, especially concessions made to private companies, are leaving the region's poorest vulnerable to human rights abuses, experts say. |
MALI: Northerners fight to learn
MALI: Northerners fight to learn:
 | MOPTI, 5 October 2012 (IRIN) - Teachers, the Ministry of Education and aid agencies are scrambling to provide catch-up classes to thousands of displaced children who fled northern Mali for southern towns to help them graduate this year, while those teachers and families who stayed in the north are doing the same - determined to keep their children learning despite the closure of dozens of public schools and severe changes to the curricula. |
DRC: Call to implement peace agreements in North Kivu
DRC: Call to implement peace agreements in North Kivu:
 | NAIROBI, 5 October 2012 (IRIN) - Experts have called on donors and the international community to exert pressure on governments of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda to stop the escalation of violence in the DRC's North Kivu region by demonstrating the political will to implement peace agreements with rebel groups and each other. |
Jordan's King Abdullah dissolves parliament
Jordan's King Abdullah dissolves parliament: Move paves way for elections which the opposition says it will boycott unless its demands for representation are met.
Ex-Philippine President Arrested for Plunder
Ex-Philippine President Arrested for Plunder: Philippine police have descended on a Manila hospital, and placed former president Gloria Arroyo under arrest for plunder.
The onetime Philippine leader is already on trial for fraud and corruption.
Arroyo suffers from a long-term spinal illness. Police said she will be detained at the hospital, where she was also being treated for dehydration.
Prosecutors with the country's anti-graft court allege Arroyo stole almost $9 million in lottery funds and used the money to help ...
The onetime Philippine leader is already on trial for fraud and corruption.
Arroyo suffers from a long-term spinal illness. Police said she will be detained at the hospital, where she was also being treated for dehydration.
Prosecutors with the country's anti-graft court allege Arroyo stole almost $9 million in lottery funds and used the money to help ...
Global Trade in Fake Drugs Tops $30 Billion
Global Trade in Fake Drugs Tops $30 Billion: The World Health Organization estimates that 25 percent of medicines sold in poor countries are counterfeit. Monitoring by the World Bank and others suggests the overall global trade in fake and substandard drugs is now more than $30 billion per year. Experts are asking for stricter regulation and better international collaboration to check this public health menace.
Some 40 percent of the drugs available in many sub-Saharan African and South American countries are either fake or ...
Some 40 percent of the drugs available in many sub-Saharan African and South American countries are either fake or ...
Asian Americans Undecided Between Obama, Romney
Asian Americans Undecided Between Obama, Romney: A recent study suggests that nearly a third of Asian American voters have not yet decided between incumbent Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney in the U.S. presidential election, which is less than five weeks away.
The National Asian American Survey released last week found that 43 percent of Asian Americans support Obama, compared to 24 percent for Romney.
But the survey said 32 percent are have not made up their mind - a figure three to four times the national average. It ...
The National Asian American Survey released last week found that 43 percent of Asian Americans support Obama, compared to 24 percent for Romney.
But the survey said 32 percent are have not made up their mind - a figure three to four times the national average. It ...
Syrian Christians Caught in Sectarian Fears
Syrian Christians Caught in Sectarian Fears: Syria's conflict is sometimes cast as a religious one, between the Sunni majority and the leadership of an Alawite minority.
Yet the secular government has its defenders, who look to it as a protector of all minority rights, especially for Christians.
At the Greek-Melchite Catholic Church in the historic Christian quarter of Old Damascus, Father Rafi Halawe said Syria's dozens of minority religious groups are searching for a peaceful resolution.
Syria's Christians make up one ...
Yet the secular government has its defenders, who look to it as a protector of all minority rights, especially for Christians.
At the Greek-Melchite Catholic Church in the historic Christian quarter of Old Damascus, Father Rafi Halawe said Syria's dozens of minority religious groups are searching for a peaceful resolution.
Syria's Christians make up one ...
Ethiopia's Economic Growth Attracts Young Diaspora
Ethiopia's Economic Growth Attracts Young Diaspora: Young members of the Ethiopian diaspora are returning in large numbers to their country of birth. The Ethiopian government welcomes the impact these returnees could have on the economy.
There are about 3 million Ethiopians living abroad - mostly in North America and Europe. But in recent years, thousands of young professionals have come back to Ethiopia to look for business opportunities.
The government is well aware of the trend. The director of the Diaspora ...
There are about 3 million Ethiopians living abroad - mostly in North America and Europe. But in recent years, thousands of young professionals have come back to Ethiopia to look for business opportunities.
The government is well aware of the trend. The director of the Diaspora ...
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