Hurricane adds uncertainty to US election

Hurricane adds uncertainty to US election
Wen family disputes $2.7bn wealth claims
Ukraine opposition heads for strong election results
Pollution protests force Chinese U-turn
Rome fears shockwaves from Sicily protest vote
Berlusconi’s rant reflects Italian rifts
French bosses demand cuts to welfare burden
White House quells talk of new tax cuts
Indian cabinet reshuffled before elections
Rakhine violence concerns Myanmar leader

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 01:23 PM PDT

Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are hastily rearranging their election campaign schedules as hurricane Sandy sweeps up the US east coast

Wen family disputes $2.7bn wealth claims

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 09:54 AM PDT

Wen Jiabao's family has threatened legal action over a report that claimed his relatives amassed vast wealth during his tenure as China premier

Ukraine opposition heads for strong election results

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 12:03 PM PDT

Opposition parties were on course for a strong result in Ukraine's parliamentary elections but the final outcome remained too close to call

Pollution protests force Chinese U-turn

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 09:27 AM PDT

A port's authorities have dropped plans to expand a petrochemical plant after demonstrations by residents worried about the environmental impact

Rome fears shockwaves from Sicily protest vote

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 10:48 AM PDT

With the eyes of Italy on Sicily, many Sicilians say that they intend to register an unprecedented level of rage and despair against all the mainstream parties

Berlusconi’s rant reflects Italian rifts

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 12:11 PM PDT

For the outside world, the former prime minister's televised outburst and threats offer further proof that the country is condemned to political instability

French bosses demand cuts to welfare burden

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 10:08 AM PDT

France's biggest companies have cranked up the pressure on President François Hollande about how to restore the country's declining competitveness

White House quells talk of new tax cuts

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 10:05 AM PDT

Democrats want to limit effects of year-end fiscal cliff on income of middle-class and fear Obama may give too much away to Republicans

Indian cabinet reshuffled before elections

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 02:25 AM PDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has reshuffled his cabinet ahead of elections that must be held by 2014, with a reorganisation of the Congress party set to follow

Rakhine violence concerns Myanmar leader

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 09:11 AM PDT

New satellite imagery released by a human rights group has revealed the destruction from ethnic violence in the western Myanmar state of Rakhine