Obama, Romney brace for foreign policy debate clash
Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are spending the
weekend hammering out their foreign policy battle lines ahead of
their final debate, dropping off the campaign trail and dispatching
their running mates to court voters in battleground states. The
debate, which focuses on international affairs, will be the final
chance for each to lay out his policy platforms and engage in verbal
jousting in front of tens of millions of TV viewers just 15 days
before voters head to the polls.
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Tens of thousands rally in London against austerity
Tens of thousands of people marched through
London and other British cities on Saturday in protest against
spending cuts by Prime Minister David Cameron’s struggling coalition
government. Marchers carried signs reading “No cuts” and “Cameron
has butchered Britain,” condemning the austerity measures introduced
by Cameron’s Conservative-led coalition in a bid to reduce Britain’s
huge deficit.
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Sun rises in East, retires in West for expats - survey
Asia is fast becoming a top destination for
professional people and executives who go abroad for their
companies, their careers and their bank accounts: the expatriates.
And Europe is largely a place for retirement in the sun, in France
and Spain, although Britain and India came top as ideal choices for
retirement, a recent survey shows.
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Gunmen kill at least 31 in Nigerian city
Gunmen killed eight people in Nigeria's troubled
city of Potiskum Saturday, raising the death toll to 31 for three
days of violence in the northeastern town, police and residents
said. The body of a school principal was found near his house on
Saturday, after seven people had been reportedly slaughtered in the
city and 23 earlier killed following blasts and shootings on
Thursday. In the eastern state of Adamawa, the bodies were found of
nine people who residents charged were executed by soldiers hunting
suspects in a roadside bomb blast four days earlier. Suspected
members of the Boko Haram Islamist group shot dead seven people,
including a retired customs chief and an ex-police officer early
Saturday, police said.
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