Officials along the storm-battered coasts of New Jersey, New York and Connecticut are working to identify alternate polling places for the Nov. 6 election to replace those without power or damaged by Hurricane Sandy. Electrical outages and flooding of … As Recovery Continues, City's Death Toll Reaches 37 - New York Times
Obama revives his 2008 "change" slogan in final campaign pitch - Reuters
Obama, Christie tour storm-ravaged NJ coast; Romney resumes campaign. President Barack Obama continued his new-found partnership with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, vowing federal support as the two leaders toured parts of the state's coastline … Sri Lanka pressed at U.N. to prosecute wartime crimes
GENEVA (Reuters) – Western countries kept up pressure on Sri Lanka on Thursday to prosecute killings of civilians and other crimes committed in its 30-year civil war and to investigate continuing grave violations. Britain and the United States said that accountability must be established for serious breaches in the conflict that ended in 2009 and they voiced concern at the latest attacks on journalists, activists and lawyers. Sri Lanka was in the dock at the United Nations Human Rights Council, a Geneva-based forum that regularly examines the records of all U.N. …
Day of the Dead: Mexicans mourn loved ones
As soon as darkness fell, festive crowds streamed into the candle-lit cemeteries of this southern Mexican city and nearby towns by the thousands.
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