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Damascus car bomb shatters Syria truce
BEIRUT - Powerful car bomb explodes in Damascus and forces
loyal to Bashar al-Assad clash with rebels across Syria as truce
intended to mark Muslim religious holiday unravels and activists
report at least 70 deaths (SYRIA-CRISIS/(WRAPUP 7), moved, pix,,
tv, by Dominic Evans, 1,006 words)
Hurricane Sandy slogs toward U.S., kills 34 in Caribbean
NASSAU - Slow-moving Hurricane Sandy, late-season Atlantic
storm unlike anything seen in more than two decades, slogs
toward U.S. East Coast after killing at least 34 people on path
of destruction across Caribbean (STORM-SANDY/HURRICANE (UPDATE
2), movi ng shortly, pi x, tv, by Neil Hartnell, 1,069 words)
+ See also:
- STORM-SANDY/HURRICANE-NORTHEAST, moved, pix, by Barbara
Goldberg, 482 words)
In echoes of Obama, Romney seeks to adopt mantle of change
AMES, Iowa - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney
attempts to adopt mantle of change in economic speech in which
he vows to bring fresh start to Washington to generate stronger
job growth (USA-CAMPAIGN/, moved, by Sam Youngman, 663 words)
+ See also:
- USA-CAMPAIGN/POLL, moved, 300 words
- USA-CAMPAIGN/MONEY (FACTBOX), moving shortly, 339 words
Suicide bomber kills 40 at Afghan mosque during Eid
MAZAR-E-SHARIF - Suicide bomber kills at least 40 people in
mosque in Afghanistan's relatively peaceful north as worshippers
gather for holiday prayers, police officials say
(AFGHANISTAN-BOMB/(UPDATE 2), moved, tv, by Bashir Ansari, 460
words)
UNITED STATES
U.S. consumers boost growth despite business caution
WASHINGTON - U.S. economic growth picks up in third quarter
as late burst in consumer spending and surprise turnaround in
government outlays offset first cutback in business investment
in more than year (USA-ECONOMY/ (WRAPUP 5), mo v ed, pix, by
Lucia Mutikani, 934 words)
EUROPE
Italy's Berlusconi sentenced to jail for tax fraud
MILAN - Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is
sentenced to four years in jail for tax fraud in connection with
purchase of broadcasting rights by his Mediaset television
company (BERLUSCONI-MEDIASET/ (UPDATE 3), moved, by Sara Rossi,
773 words)
Ex-Soviet summit postponed amid worries over Putin's health
MOSCOW/MINSK - Summit of leaders of ex-Soviet states
scheduled for start of November is postponed, official says,
amid talk that Russian President Vladimir Putin suffers from
back trouble (RUSSIA-CIS/SUMMIT, moved, pix, tv, by Gleb
Bryanski and Andrei Makhovsky, 452 words)
Anti-Putin opposition leader charged with plotting riots
MOSCOW - Russian investigators charge outspoken opponent of
President Vladimir Putin with plotting riots - allegedly after
conspiring with Georgian politician - in case rights activists
say is designed to suppress dissent (RUSSIA-OPPOSITION/ (UPDATE
1), moved, pix, tv, by Gabriela Baczynska, 482 words)
Greek opposition rejects new cuts but won't force poll
PARIS - Greece's opposition leader denounces international
lenders' demands as dealing "final blow" to devastated economy
but says he will not seek to bring down government
(EUROZONE-GREECE/TSIPRAS (INTERVIEW), moved, pix, tv, by Daniel
Flynn, 669 words)
"Rogue trader" weeps as tells court he acted for good of UBS
LONDON - Former UBS trader Kweku Adoboli weeps as he tells
jury that his "off-book" trading was done for benefit of bank
that meant everything to him (UBS-TRIAL/ (UPDATE 3), moved, by
Estelle Shirbon, 733 words)
Cycling-No winner for 1999-2005 Tours, says UCI
BERNE - Seven successive Tour de France races from 1999-2005
are officially declared without winners after International
Cycling Union decides nobody will replace disgraced Lance
Armstrong as champion (CYCLING-ARMSTRONG/ (UPDATE 2), moved, by
Brian Homewood, 744 words)
ASIA
China starts formal criminal probe into Bo Xilai
BEIJING - China moves quickly to announce it formally
begins criminal probe of disgraced former senior politician Bo
Xilai, hours after expelling him from largely rubber stamp
parliament and so removing his immunity from prosecution
(CHINA-POLITICS/BO (UPDATE 3), moved, pix, by Ben Blanchard and
Sui-Lee Wee, 724 words)
Myanmar revises down death toll in sectarian violence
SITTWE, Myanmar - Authorities revise down to 64 number of
people killed in six days of unrest in western Myanmar, after
security forces open fire to break up violence between Buddhists
and Muslims (MYANMAR-VIOLENCE/ (UPDATE 2) moved, pix, 725 words)
MIDDLE EAST
Netanyahu's hard-right alliance could backfire in ballot
JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's tie-up with
far-right coalition partner Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman
could backfire by eroding their lead ahead of Israel's Jan. 22
ballot, poll says (ISRAEL-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 1), moved, by Dan
Williams, 600 words)
Bomb blast brings Lebanon's party capital to juddering halt
BEIRUT - Party capital of Arab world, Beirut is freewheeling
city where Gulf Arabs, expatriates and Lebanese émigrés fly in
to enjoy its luxury hotels. But under veneer of modernity lie
sectarian demons coiled to strike (LEBANON-CRISIS/CITY (INSIGHT)
moved, pix, by Samia Nakhoul, 1,113 words)