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2012年10月23日星期二

Morning Digest: Obama on attack in foreign policy debate, but Romney steady

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10/23/2012

Reuters Election 2012 Daily round-up of the day's top news from the campaign trail, the White House and all the politics in between

Obama on attack in foreign policy debate, but Romney steady

BOCA RATON, Florida (Reuters) - President Barack Obama scolded challenger Mitt Romney for being "all over the map" on foreign policy in their final presidential debate on Monday, but the Republican appeared to have passed the "commander-in-chief" test of looking authoritative on national security issues..

Over 100,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon now: UNHCR

GENEVA (Reuters) - Lebanon has become the third of Syria's neighbors after Turkey and Jordan to register more than 100,000 refugees from Syria's civil war, the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday..

Stock index futures signal lower open

PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Tuesday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.71 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.54 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.7 percent at 0937 GMT..

DeGeneres honored for lifetime as U.S. entertainer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ellen DeGeneres, an American entertainer and prominent gay rights advocate, received the highest U.S. award for achievement in comedy on Monday..

Giants rout Cardinals to reach World Series

(Reuters) - The San Francisco Giants routed the St. Louis Cardinals 9-0 in Game Seven of the National League Championship Series on Monday to complete a stunning comeback and advance to the World Series against the Detroit Tigers..

Yahoo's new CEO Mayer takes on the mobile challenge

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Chief Executive Marrisa Mayer promised to modernize Yahoo's websites and make them more smartphone-friendly in her debut appearance at the helm of the struggling company, faulting it for underinvesting in the "mobile wave"..

Insight: In vulnerable Greece, mosquitoes bite back

ATHENS (Reuters) - Just when it seems things couldn't get any worse for Greece, the exhausted and indebted country has a new threat to deal with: mosquito-borne diseases..

Dutch art heist museum says security system in order

ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands (Reuters) - The Dutch art gallery at the center of an audacious heist last week said that the electronic locks on its doors were disarmed before thieves made off with paintings by Picasso, Monet and others worth tens of millions of dollars..