The major stock indexes were little changed in light trading on Wednesday morning as the market reopened after a two-day shutdown caused by Hurricane Sandy. A bevy of TV news crews and camera-toting tourists thronged the New York Stock Exchange … Acer delays Windows RT tablets - BBC News
Obama, Christie to tour New Jersey storm damage - Los Angeles Times
An aerial view of the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy to the New Jersey coast, taken during a search and rescue mission by 1-150 Assault Helicopter Battalion, New Jersey Army National Guard. (Master Sgt. Mark Olson / U.S. Air Force/EPA / October 31, … New York Subway, Rail Service to Return - Wall Street Journal
The sun is out: Crawling out from the post-Sandy devastation - Los Angeles Times
New Yorkers took their first tentative steps Wednesday to regain their lives in the stressful aftermath of super storm Sandy despite continuing power outages, a snarled transportation system and the shock of floods and fire. But in parts of New Jersey, across … In Somalia, a comedian critical of Al Shabab is assassinated
One of Somalia's best-loved broadcast comedians and playwrights has died after an apparent assassination shooting, making him the 18th media figure killed in the country this year.
Egypt detains 12 militants, including Tunisian, Libyan
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt has detained 12 Islamist militants including a Tunisian and a Libyan suspected of having links to al Qaeda and planning attacks inside the country and abroad, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday. Egypt, now run by an elected, moderate Islamist president, has been battling to quell Muslim militants particularly in its Sinai region that borders Israel and the Islamist-ruled Palestinian enclave of Gaza. …
Teen deaths case behind French riots reopens
France’s highest appeals court on Wednesday reopened a trial of two police officers accused of failing to help two teenagers whose 2005 electrocution deaths sparked riots across the country.
Egypt to auction land for tourist developments: minister
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt will auction sites covering 28 million square meters of land for tourist developments in the next 14 months to expand the vital industry, its tourism minister said. Hisham Zaazou is tasked with reviving a sector that accounted for 10 percent of economic activity before the revolt that ousted President Hosni Mubarak last year drove away investors and tourists. Tourists are returning to Egypt but do not yet match the levels of 2010, before the uprising, when 14.5 million people visited, earning the country $12.5 billion. …
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