Monday, 3 November 2008

GOP pollster: ‘I cannot foresee’ scenario where McCain wins
Both campaigns have pushed polls that show their candidate in a position to win the presidential race,

but a Republican pollster said it is highly unlikely McCain will triumph on Tuesday.

• Obama has highest favorability rating of any candidate in 16 years
• Obama in command as US voting day looms
• McCain plans to purge CIA if elected

Euro-Zone ‘Slumps Into Recession’
The 15 countries using the euro have slumped into a shallow recession in the face of the worst financial crisis in generations,

the European Commission estimates.

• Brown’s £17,000 tax raid on EVERY private pension
• U.S. rejects GM’s call for help in a merger
• Austrian Economics Matters More Than Ever

Pub-goers to be tested for drugs
Pub-goers in Aberdeen are facing a drugs test before entering bars as part of a crackdown by Grampian Police.

Obama and McCain hurtle into final 48 hours
Warring White House rivals Barack Obama and John McCain hurled themselves into a Herculean

last 48 hours of campaigning before their date with destiny in Tuesday’s election.

• Obama: ‘I Will Change The World’
• Obama takes largest lead yet in Gallup poll of likely voters
• Bush: ‘World Is Watching US Vote’
• Palin suggests U.S. is at war with Iran
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Barack Obama ‘could worsen crisis’: Rupert Murdoch
NEWS Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch has warned that Barack Obama could worsen

The world financial crisis if he is elected US president next week and implements protectionist policies.

• Australians ill-prepared for world economy: Murdoch
• ‘Paper or Plastic’: Pollster Says He’ll End Up Bagging Groceries if McCain Wins
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IMF needs ‘hundreds of billions of dollars’
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) needsTh hundreds of billions of dollars to protect struggling economies from the global financial crisis, according to Gordon Brown as he leads a business and ministerial delegation to the Gulf States.

• Throwing a BRIC Through America’s Windshield?

As CNN reports, the U.S. state department has given millions of dollars to two Russian institutes which, in turn, are directly helping to ramp up Iran’s nuke capacity at Bushehr and other facilities.

• Thousands of Iranians protest at old US embassy
• ‘Israel thirsty for new Mideast war’
• Report: Israeli security chief warns of assassination
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Dept of State Is Inviting “us” To Ask Them Questions About Foreign Policy