Obama, Romney take debate into overtime
President Barack Obama and rival Mitt Romney
stoked the embers of their smoldering debate as they campaigned
through fiercely contested territory less than three weeks before
the election. Hitting the campaign trail on Wednesday -- a day after
one of the most contentious presidential face-offs in history -- the
two candidates sought the support of women voters and independents
who could decide the November 6 vote.
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Amnesty International hit with strike over job losses
Amnesty International, the body which defends
human rights around the world, faced protests from its own staff on
Wednesday as they went on strike over a dispute about redundancies.
Members of Unite, Britain’s largest trade union, who work at
Amnesty’s global headquarters in London, organised a 24-hour walkout
over a planned restructuring programme that could lead to dozens of
job losses.
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Gastronomy nourishes Spain’s gourmet city
Ham with brie, wild mushroom croquettes,
cured-meat ravioli: gourmet cooking has put this Basque town on the
gastronomic map, drawing visitors from around the world. Now its
culinary assets -- which include more Michelin stars per square
metre than anywhere else in the world, and the world’s first
university of gastronomy -- are nourishing it in the economic
crisis.
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Pakistani girl stable in UK hospital as support floods in
The 14-year-old Pakistani girl shot in the head
by the Taliban was in a stable condition in a British hospital on
Wednesday as well-wishers from around the world left her messages of
support. Doctors said Malala Yousafzai spent a second comfortable
night at the highly specialised Queen Elizabeth Hospital in
Birmingham, central England, which is accustomed to treating British
soldiers wounded in Afghanistan.
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US army contractor in hot water over Afghan video
A private security company working for the US
government in Afghanistan is in hot water after a video surfaced
allegedly showing several of its employees drunk and on drugs, US
broadcaster ABC reported Wednesday.
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