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October 30, 2012

Storm Sandy causes severe flooding in eastern US

"Super-storm" Sandy has swept into the US East Coast with hurricane-force winds, bringing flooding, cutting power and claiming at least 13 lives. Sandy caused a record surge of seawater in New York City, flooding subway and road tunnels and plunging…

October 30, 2012

Huge Storm Slows US Presidential Campaign

With one week until election day, U.S. President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, are balancing how to make their final pitches to voters while tens of millions of people along the country's east coast deal with a massive…

October 30, 2012

Afghanistan Sets Date for Presidential Election

Afghan election officials say the country has set a date for its next presidential election. The country's Independent Election Commission said in a statement Tuesday that the election will be held April 5, 2014. The date was given, according to the…

October 30, 2012

South African Police Fire Rubber Bullets to Disperse Striking Miners

Police in South Africa have fired tear gas and rubber bullets to break up a group of striking miners who are refusing to return to work until their pay demands are met. The miners are among 12,000 workers that Anglo American Platinum fired earlier…

October 30, 2012

Burma Unrest Could Radicalize Rohingya Muslims

The head of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is warning that ongoing sectarian violence in western Burma could radicalize minority Rohingya Muslims and threaten the stability of the whole region. ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan is…

October 30, 2012

Swiss Bank UBS Announces Job Cuts

Swiss bank UBS has announced it is cutting 10,000 jobs worldwide as it tries to cut costs and slims down its investment banking activities. The jobs will go over the next three years, and amount to 16% of its current workforce of 64,000, the bank…

October 30, 2012