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Thursday, November 1, 2012

The White House race l Obama and Romney retake the election campaign after Hurricane


U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday will resume the campaign that broke this week because of the havoc that 'Sandy' had on the east coast of the country, has announced his team, the same day the polls by order seem to smile a little Democrat. According to a survey by Quinnipiac University for The New York Times and CBS, Obama has managed to maintain a lead of five points in the key swing state of Ohio , where according to the poll Democrat would receive 50% of the vote, compared to 45% of his Republican rival, former Gov. Mitt Romney. Although last week the two candidates have been virtually tied in all the polls, the Gallup polling, meanwhile, also said that despite all the majority of Americans still believe that Obama has a better chance of winning the election on November 6 Romney.According to this survey, 54% of respondents "continues to believe that the Democratic president wins reelection," compared to 34% who trust a Romney victory. All this points Gallup, "although the general perception is that this race is very tight and that the outcome is still unknown." So after three days of disruption caused by "Sandy", Obama resume campaign strongly, moving to three of the states that could be key in next Tuesday's election: Wisconsin, Nevada and Colorado . Although the storm has hampered an intense election campaign, some analysts believe that their efforts to coordinate the response to the devastating storm has not been harmed, and that have enabled display an image of leadership. "In a campaign notable primarily for its negativity, the historic storm has given Obama a commander when just a week before election day," said 'The Washington Post' .

Florida returns Romney

Meanwhile Romney campaign resumes on Wednesday also broke halfway through the hurricane, with a rally in Tampa, Florida, which appear with the popular Cuban-born Sen. Marco Rubio, as well as former Gov. Jeb Bush and the Congressman Connie Mack. The Republican candidate for the White House will continue with events in Miami and Jacksonville. Romney tries to convince voters in Florida, a state where both are tied in the polls to vote for him. Florida remains a key state because the winner gets 29 electoral votes representing just over 10% of the 270 needed to win the White House, "he told Efe agency political analyst Michael Hernandez. "President Obama has many possible paths to 270 electoral votes and former Governor Romney can not lose Florida, if you lose then it's over because you can not recover those 29 electoral votes in other states," he said.

The end of the one-child policy in China


China could be closer to the removal of the policy requiring parents to have only one child and, in 2015, families could be allowed to have two children.This is a firm proposal of a think-tank close to the government, China Development Research Foundation (CDRF), which adds to calls within and outside the country, more and more numerous, the Governmentrelaxing the rule imposes parents have only one child . A rule has finished transforming an increasingly aging society, with huge imbalances between sexes. And that has forced thousands of illegal abortions and forced sterilizationsThe policy of "one-child" is actually more complicated. For example, the government limits to one the number of children of couples who live in urban areas, while rural families themselves are allowed to have two. In addition there are exceptions, such as for very small families (in which the rule is relaxed) or for those parents who are only children and they themselves are allowed to have two children"The problems in the structure of society, health and demographic distribution are increasing and impact on social and economic development of China , "he explained this lobby, CDRF, in a statement today. "China has paid a huge political and social due tribute to this distribution policy sexes from birth, involving social conflict and leads to an imbalance in the long term," the statement said. This report specifically called for change and family policy is more flexible, and allow families to have two children. The intention is that the change is introduced from province to province this year and get across the country in 2015. For its part, responsible for the design of this family policy say that if you change this requirement for a single child, the population would increase from 1,300 million to 1,700 million peopleReveals the newspaper 'The Guardian', Cai Yong , a professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina, the report CDRF has considerable power, because this think tank working closely with the Chinese government. Therefore, the government itself would be willing to modify the standard family. " That said, at least, that the policy change is inevitable , "said Cai.

Gmail redesigned its message composer


Google announced on its official blog  redrafting of messages in Gmail  with a system that the company says is " faster and easier to use . " The first novelty is that, when you click the draw button, tab now appears small, a bit like Google Talk, you can write the mail and also consult other emails from inbox.  Each new draft opens a pop-up and you can have multiple tabs open on the screen simultaneously. The change will be especially welcomed by those who tend to view other mails to write a new one. The new design also incorporates other improvements, such as profile photos of contacts to quickly find the right recipient. Also improved the tool to insert images  within emails. The new redesign will be enabled globally in a few months. However, intersados ​​can try the latest in your Gmail account. Google also announced the upgrade of its native application for  iOS with engine Voice Search updated. The tool not only lets you use your voice to make a query to the search engine but provides spoken responses. Google puts it succinctly:  "Just say what you want and get the results without writing."  is now available as a download from the  Apple App Store.

At least 25 dead in a fire in Saudi Arabia for a wedding


At least 25 people have died and 30 others were injured in a fire caused by a short circuit during a wedding in the area of Ain ​​Dar al Jadida Baqiq in the region, in eastern Saudi Arabia, as reported by the local press . Most of the dead were women and children, and that the fire originated in a shop that had gathered 200 women. It is believed that the incident occurred in the region of Abqaiq, began with the fall of a transformer high voltage after it was hit by the shots fired during the celebration. The courtyard where the party was taking place had only one exit and it seems that many of the victims died electrocuted while trying to flee the fire. The injured, of varying severity, have been transferred to the general hospital and the health center Baqiq Aramco. A similar tragedy occurred in the same province in July 1999. At that time 76 people died.

Wall Street reopens rising in the wake of Sandy


The fury of Sandy caused 50 deaths in the United States went through the East Coast and forced Wall Street to close for two days in a row, something that had not happened for124 years. The hurricane devastated not reopened the bag and pushed by rising industries and services sectors. The Dow Jones Industrial brushed 33 points, with a rise of 0.3 percent. When the bell rang in the bag, the S & P 500 was up five points. Michael Bloomberg, mayor of New York, rang the bell and reopened the bag next toDuncan Niederaurer , its chief executive. Niederaurer regretted that the industry has not reacted before and closed markets , said in an interview with the news channel CNBC regulators had decided to leave the markets open Monday morning. In the context of a volatile market , analysts are cautious because investors do not buy or sell shares since last week. But the attention will be focused on this Friday, when theLabor Department launched the latest U.S. employment report before the presidential election

HURRICANE | After Hurricane 'Sandy' New York begins to return to normal while damage is assessed


The city of New York whipped by the state of New Jersey for the Hurricane 'Sandy' , begins to slowly regain normalcy on Wednesday, two days after the passage of 'superstorm'. Thus, JFK and Newark international airports , which remained closed since Monday, its operations have partially reopened to allow the landing and takeoff of aircraft. however, the service at JFK is very limited, according to France Presse has stated a spokesman for the airport. A sign that confirms the beginning of the return to normal is that the NYSE also begins to work on Wednesday . Will the mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, in charge of ringing the bell to mark the opening of markets. The stock market has been closed since Monday and has been able to reopen because the building housing the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the famous operating room were not damaged by the passage of 'Sandy' and the emergency generators powering followed.

Slow return to normal

However, the return to normal absolute seems still distant. In fact, in New York schools are closed, tunnels and highways except Lincoln. In Manhattan, pesonas half million are still without power. According to preliminary estimates, 'Sandy' has caused damage by 20,000 million (15,400 million euros) as it passes through the eastern United States. The figure could even be higher when calculating the loss of income by companies registered in the region east of the country after the suspension of its activities for two days. To this should be added the financial cost of flight cancellations.Specifically, since the beginning of the storm, the hurricane has grounded about 18,000 flights to or from the U.S. east coast.

Fatalities

The most affected states are New Jersey and New York, where many streets, buildings and power supply facilities were damaged. As for the number of fatalities, there is still no exact figure. 'The New York Times reports today that the cyclone may have killed fifty persons. Tan only in the city of New York there have been 22 deaths however, lowers the total death toll to 33 .

Looting in Brooklyn and Queens

The police reported otherwise of looting in many parts of the city of skyscrapers after the cyclone. The agents arrested 13 people in the neighborhoods of Brooklyn and Queens, according to the website of the 'Wall Street Journal'. The arrests occurred in areas heavily affected by the floods, where police stations were evacuated. For the fear of crime some small towns in Virginia and New Jersey imposed curfews .

Obama visit

Just today, the U.S. president, Barack Obama , is scheduled to visit the state of New Jersey, which has become ground zero of the cyclone 'Sandy' on Monday after he leave a trail of death and destruction in its path by the East Coast. The U.S. president will meet this afternoon with victims by the "superstorm" and inspect the damage in the impacted areas along with the Republican governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie, announced Tuesday the White House. Obama also thanked for emergency teams "who risk their lives to protect their communities, "the White House said. Christie, a staunch critic of the president who just a month ago advised him to climb on a plane and go back to Chicago, his adopted hometown, on Tuesday praised his administration's response to the storm in New Jersey only left about 2 , 4 million people without power and extensive damage to the tourism industry. "The level of devastation on the coast of (New) Jersey is unthinkable," Christie said, describing the images of destruction caused by 'Sandy'.

Election campaign on hold

Obama, who canceled campaign events in three consecutive days , including a trip planned for today to key state of Ohio, will visit New Jersey to six days of the general elections of November 6. The campaign of Republican rival Mitt Romney, has not said whether he plans to visit the areas hit by 'Sandy'.