Tuesday, November 6, 2012

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After Storm Hiatus, Presidential Race Is Back in Full Swing - New York Times


All 3 of NYC's major airports are back in operation, with LaGuardia open on limited schedule
NEW YORK, N.Y. – All three major New York airports are open again after Superstorm Sandy shut them down.


Fugitive Sunni Iraq VP sentenced to death on second charge
Iraq's fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi gestures during an interview with Reuters in IstanbulBAGHDAD (Reuters) – An Iraqi court sentenced fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi to death for a second time on Thursday on a charge of involvement in a plot to assassinate an interior ministry official, a judicial spokesman said. Hashemi, a Sunni Muslim who fled to Turkey earlier this year when Shi'ite-led Iraqi authorities sought his arrest, was subsequently sentenced to death in absentia on charges of running death squads, which he denies. …


Court cuts prison term of Khodorkovsky's partner
A Russian court has reduced the 13-year prison sentence of jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s business partner by three years.


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