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Obama, McCain turn on empathy as second debate opens

Obama, McCain turn on empathy as second debate opens

AFP - 1 hour 20 minutes ago

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, (AFP) - - John McCain and Barack Obama clashed repeatedly over the financial crisis Tuesday but strove to show voters they cared about their economic fears in their second presidential debate. More »

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  • US judge orders Guantanamo Uighurs freed

    AFP - 2 hours 14 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - A US federal judge has ordered a group of 17 Chinese Muslim Uighurs held at the Guantanamo Bay military jail in Cuba to be released in the United States, officials have said. More »

  • Extradited Guatemalan ex-president says home to end persecution

    Extradited Guatemalan ex-president says home to end persecution

    AFP - Wednesday, October 8

    GUATEMALA CITY (AFP) - - Guatemalan ex-president Alfonso Portillo, who was extradited from Mexico on Tuesday, said he had agreed to face corruption charges at home to end "savage" political persecution. More »

  • Markets in fresh turmoil, economic fears intensify

    Markets in fresh turmoil, economic fears intensify

    AFP - Wednesday, October 8

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - US and European authorities launched fresh initiatives Tuesday to break the grip of a global credit crunch, but the moves failed to boost market confidence as Wall Street and other stock markets sank to new lows. More »

  • Russia speeds up Georgia pull-back

    Russia speeds up Georgia pull-back

    AFP - Wednesday, October 8

    KARALETI, Georgia (AFP) - - Russian forces sped up their pull-back from a buffer zone around Georgia's rebel region of South Ossetia Tuesday ahead of a looming deadline as part of a European-brokered ceasefire. More »

  • Gates opposes Kosovo partition on landmark visit

    Gates opposes Kosovo partition on landmark visit

    AFP - Wednesday, October 8

    PRISTINA (AFP) - - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates underscored Washington's opposition to any partition of Kosovo following its declaration of independence as he made a landmark visit to Pristina on Tuesday. More »

  • Iran fighters force US aircraft down: reports

    Iran fighters force US aircraft down: reports

    AFP - Wednesday, October 8

    TEHRAN (AFP) - - Iranian fighter jets have forced an aircraft carrying US troops to land in Iran after it entered its air space without permission, the Fars news agency said on Tuesday. More »

  • US against partition of Kosovo: defence secretary

    US against partition of Kosovo: defence secretary

    AFP - Wednesday, October 8

    PRISTINA (AFP) - - The United States opposes any partition of Kosovo following its declaration of independence from Serbia, Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday on a landmark visit to Pristina. More »

  • Dozens injured in Qantas mid-air jet drama

    AFP - Wednesday, October 8

    PERTH, Australia (AFP) - - Thirty-six passengers and crew were injured, some seriously, in a mid-air drama that forced a Qantas jetliner to make an emergency landing, the Australian carrier and police said on Tuesday. More »

  • Obama wins vote by landslide in global polls

    Obama wins vote by landslide in global polls

    AFP - Wednesday, October 8

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - If the whole world could vote for US president, Democrat Barack Obama would win by a landslide, according to polls conducted in 17 countries by Reader's Digest magazine. More »