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Last lap: Obama, Romney offer real change to voters
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2nd stealth jet puts China on path to ‘top regional power’
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Last lap: Obama, Romney offer real change to voters Washington, November 2 "I am offering real change and a real choice," 65-year-old Romney wrote in an op-ed published by the CNN along with that of Obama. "We know what real change looks like. And we can't give up on it now," 51-year-old Obama wrote this morning dismissing the "change" being offered by Romney. "In the closing weeks of this campaign, Governor Romney has started calling himself an agent of change. And I'll give him one thing, offering another $5 trillion tax cut weighted towards the wealthy, $2 trillion in defence spending our military didn't ask for, and more power for big banks and insurance companies is change, all right. But it's not the change we need," Obama wrote. "Change is an America where people of every age have the skills and education that good jobs require. Change is an America that's home to the next generation of manufacturing and innovation. I'm not the candidate who said we should 'let Detroit go bankrupt', I'm the president who bet on American workers and American ingenuity," Obama said. "Change is an America that turns the page on a decade of war to do some nation-building here at home. So long as I'm commander-in-chief, we'll pursue our enemies with the strongest military in the world. But it's time to use the savings from ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to pay down our debt and rebuild America," he wrote. Both the presidential candidates are closely tied in the November 6 race, with political analysts and US media describing it as neck to neck. "I am offering a contrast to what we are seeing in Washington today," Romney wrote. "We've watched as one party has pushed through its agenda without compromising with the other party. We've watched gridlock and petty conflict dominate while the most important issues confronting the nation, like chronic high unemployment, go unaddressed. The bickering has to end. I will end it. I will reach across the aisle to solve America's problems," Romney said. In his vision for America, the Republican candidate said the US is a place where freedom rings. "It is a place where we can discuss our differences without fear of any consequence worse than criticism, where we can believe in whatever creed or religion we choose, where we can pursue our dreams no matter how small or grand. It is a place that not only cherishes freedom, but is willing to fight to defend it. These are the qualities that define us," he wrote. — PTI
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Sandy Aftermath New York, November 2 Fights broke out at some petrol stations in New York and New Jersey, and power suppliers warned some areas might not have electricity until November 11. "I've been pumping gas for 36 hours; I pumped 17,000 gallons," said Abhishek Soni, the Indian-American owner of an Exxon gas station in Montclair, where disputes in the line on Wednesday night had become so heated that Soni called the police and turned off the pumps for 45 minutes to restore calm. "My nose, my mouth is bleeding from the fumes. The fighting just makes it worse," Soni was quoted as saying by the New York Times. Anger is also rising in New York's Staten Island, with some residents saying they had been forgotten by authorities. Donna Solli rode out the storm in her Staten Island home because she has an elderly dog. She told visiting officials she had not had much to eat since the storm hit on Monday. At least 92 deaths in the US have now been blamed on Sandy, which hit the densely-populated US East Coast on Monday. New York state, the worst-hit, had 48 deaths, including 41 in New York City, authorities said. The cost of the storm, one of the worst to hit the United States in decades, is now put at about $50 billion. Residents in areas affected by the storm continued to face problems of transportation, lack of electricity and a dearth of fuel. At many petrol stations there have been long lines of cars and of people carrying jerry cans. — PTI
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2nd stealth jet puts China on path to ‘top regional power’ Beijing, November 2 The fighter, the J-31, made its maiden flight on Wednesday in the northeast province of Liaoning at a facility of the Shenyang Aircraft Corp which built it, according to Chinese media. "This is the second entirely new fighter design that's emerged from China in the last two years, which suggests a pretty impressive level of technical development, and puts them ahead, certainly, of all their regional neighbours," said Sam Roggeveen, a security expert with the Lowy Institute in Sydney. The Chinese military "has been extremely deliberate and well funded and persistent, and it's starting to bear fruit", Roggeveen said. "What you're now seeing since the early '90s is the slow emergence of a first-class regional military power." China's Defence Ministry did not respond to a request for comment. China's previous stealth fighter, the J-20, is a heavier aircraft and believed to be less manoeuvrable than the J-31. China's military capabilities lag far behind those of the United States, but China is seeking aggressively to boost its strength, including launching its first aircraft carrier, purchased from Ukraine, in September. The buildup is a worry for neighbours uneasy about China flexing its military muscle, especially in territorial disputes with Japan in the East China Sea and with Vietnam and the Philippines in the South China Sea. "Just like the US F-22 and F-35 fifth-generation fighters, the J-20 and J-31 will complement each other during future operations," Bai Wei, former deputy editor of the weekly Aviation World, told the Global Times newspaper. "The J-31 is almost certainly designed with the intention to have the potential of operating on aircraft carriers, judging from its enhanced double-wheel nose landing gear and two big tail wings, which help increase vertical stability," Bai said. — Reuters
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Days ahead of the presidential elections, incumbent Barack Obama and his Republican rival Mitt Romney have started proclaiming themselves as real harbinger of change, alleging that the policies offered by their opponent do not represent change desired by Americans.
Severe fuel shortages and problems in restoring power to over three million homes are hampering efforts to restore normality to parts of New York and New Jersey wrecked by superstorm Sandy.
China's second stealth fighter jet that was unveiled this week is part of a programme to transform China into the top regional military power, an expert on Asian security said on Friday.
The fighter, the J-31, made its maiden flight on Wednesday in the northeast province of Liaoning at a facility of the Shenyang Aircraft Corp which built it, according to Chinese media.
