Oct 4 (Reuters) – TOP STORIES
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DENVER – Mitt Romney battled back in his uphill drive to
oust President Barack Obama on Wednesday with an aggressive
debate performance that put his campaign on a more positive
footing after weeks of stumbles and knocked Obama off-stride.
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AKCAKALE, Turkey – Turkish artillery hit targets inside
Syria on Wednesday, killing several Syrian soldiers according to
activists, after a mortar bomb fired from Syria killed five
Turkish civilians and prompted NATO to call for an immediate end
to Syria’s “aggressive acts.”
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DUBAI – Riot police clashed with demonstrators and arrested
money changers in Tehran on Wednesday in disturbances over the
collapse of the Iranian currency, which has lost 40 percent of
its value against the dollar in a week, witnesses said.
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TOKYO – Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara, a fiery
nationalist whose failed bid to buy a group of disputed islands
ignited a crisis with China, is pushing ahead with a plan to
build structures there to hammer home Japan’s claim, officials
involved told Reuters.
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KUALA LUMPUR – A Malaysian court kept on hold the licence
granted to Lynas Corp Ltd’s controversial rare earth plant by
delaying until Oct. 10 a decision on whether it will consider
judicial reviews to permanently block production.
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on
Wednesday vowed to pursue a full accounting of the deadly attack
on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi “wherever that leads,” but
cautioned that it could take time for a complete picture to
emerge.
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JOHANNESBURG – A series of wildcat miners’ strikes spread to
South Africa’s iron ore sector on Wednesday and hit another gold
firm in an escalation of the labour unrest that is testing
President Jacob Zuma’s leadership.
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TBILISI – Georgia’s richest man began talks on forming a
government for the former Soviet republic on Wednesday and
addressed fears over his links with Moscow by saying his first
visit abroad would be to the United States.
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BOGOTA – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos’ surgery for
non-aggressive prostate cancer was successful and the
61-year-old is recovering well, his medical team said on
Wednesday.
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– Miguel Cabrera became the first player in 45 years to win
Major League Baseball’s Triple Crown after finishing the 2012
season on Wednesday leading the American League in batting
average, home runs and runs batted in.
(Reporting By Jon Hemming)
