2012年10月25日星期四

Morning Digest: Fighting near Damascus ahead of truce deadline

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10/25/2012
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Fighting near Damascus ahead of truce deadline
AMMAN (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad's forces fired heavy tank and rocket barrages at a Damascus suburb on Thursday, killing five people, opposition activists said, a day before a UN-brokered ceasefire is due to come into force..
Insight: Hungary's far-right party gains as it targets Roma
DEVECSER, Hungary (Reuters) - Decades of animosity between Hungarians and ethnic Roma in this small town in western Hungary had attracted little attention until the far-right Jobbik party saw an opportunity to score a few political points..
Stock index futures signal early gains
PARIS (Reuters) - Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Thursday, after slipping a day earlier, with signs of an economic recovery in China lifting sentiment..
Obama tackles rape comments, "fiscal cliff" on TV talk show
BURBANK, California (Reuters) - President Barack Obama suspended the levity during an interview with late-night TV talk show host Jay Leno on Wednesday to address a Republican Senate candidate's assertion that pregnancies resulting from rape are intended by God and to express confidence that Washington could soon address the looming "fiscal cliff.".
Sandoval hits three homers to power Giants win
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Pablo Sandoval blasted a record-tying three home runs to power the San Francisco Giants to a surprising 8-3 win over the Detroit Tigers and ace Justin Verlander in the opening game of the World Series on Wednesday..
Zynga shores up 2012 view after revenue beat, shares jump
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Zynga Inc raised the lower end of its 2012 earnings outlook after quarterly revenue beat Wall Street's rock-bottom expectations, driving its shares 13 percent higher..
Russian-American trio head for space station
KOROLYOV, Russia (Reuters) - A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russians and an American blasted off on Tuesday for the International Space Station (ISS), where the men are to spend five months in orbit..
Rare "headless" ladybug discovered in Montana
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Sleepy Hollow has its headless horseman and now Montana has a headless ladybug..
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