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BBC news 2012-11-04

BBC News with David Austin.

President Obama and his Republican rival Mitt Romney have been addressing large rallies across the United States as the campaign for the presidency at its final stretch. Both men have been targeting swing states. President Obama first stopped in Ohio. In his latest stop in Wisconsin, President Obama told the crowd there was a lot more to be done.

So we've made real progress these past four years. Wisconsin we've all gathered here today because we get more work to do. As long as there is a single American who wants a job but can't find one, our work is not yet done. As long as there is a child anyplace in Milwaukee, anyplace in Wisconsin, anyplace in this country, who is languishing in poverty and barred from opportunity, our fight goes on.

Mitt Romney told a rally in New Hampshire, he wanted to lead voters to a better place. Brigid Candle is following his campaign.

New Hampshire was where Mitt Romney launched his bid for the Presidency, today is where he began his final world wind in the campaigning tour in search of every last vote.

If anyone wonders whether good jobs and better take-on payer out there, I've got a clear and unequivocal message for you, and that's: America is about to come roaring back.

The last few days have been tricky for Mr Romney, he may be calculating that his best bet for winning on Tuesday is to fire up his supporters with a negative passion to get President Obama out.

The governor of New York state has urged residents not to panic in the face of continuing shortage of fuel and electricity. Five days after storm Sandy struck the coast, Governor Andrew Cuomo said the Defense Department would set up mobile petrol stations to distribute free fuel. More than 100 people are now known to have died in the northeastern US as a result of the storm.

A battle between Syrian rebels and government forces has raged all day around a strategically important military air base in the north of the country. The rebel attack on Taftanaz base is aimed at restricting the government's increasing use of air power. Syrian state media said the armed forces had inflicted heavy casualties on the attackers.

Reports from Egypt say that three policemen have been shot dead in the northern Sinai, no group has claimed responsibility, but police sources have blamed Islamist militants. Jon Leyne reports from Cairo.

The attack happened in an area that is becoming increasingly lawless in recent months. Gunmen opened fire on the police car in the city of El-Arish. It's a city on the northern coast of Egypt Sinai peninsula. The Egyptian army has been deployed in the area in large numbers since a major attack on Egyptian bodyguards three months ago. The poor security in the area is one reason for the recent decision by the British government to increase its assessment of the threat of terrorism in Egypt.

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A prominent human rights activist in Bahrain is reported to have been detained for defying a ban on protests. The Bahrain center for human rights said one of its leaders, Yousef al-Muhafedha was taken into custody after attending a demonstration on Friday. Protesters have been demanding political reform and an end to discrimination against the majority Shia Muslim community by the Sunni royal family.

The Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has urged tolerance over ethnic violence in the west of the country, but she's refused to take a stand on the plight of the Muslim Rohingyas. She told the BBC that she would not misuse her moral leadership to promote the calls of Rohingyas without looking at the source of the problem. Nearly 90 people were confirmed dead in a recent outbreak of communal violence in Rakhine states.

Thousands of Malaysians have rallied against the government, calling for changes in the voting system in a run-up to the next national poll. Many braved heavy rain storms to attend the protests. Jennifer Pak reports from Kuala Lumpur.

Opposition parties say Malaysia's electoral system is fraudulent. They accused the governing coalition of manipulating the voter list and changing the boundaries of constituencies in order to retain the power they've held for the last 55 years. The government denies these allegations but similar protests last year forced the authorities to look at improving the electoral system. These anti-government rallies are damaging the image of the Prime Minister, Najib Razak, who had thought himself as a reformer.

The most senior Roman Catholic cleric in France has denounced the government's plan to legalize same sex marriage. The Archbishop of Paris Andre Vingt-Trois said the proposal could profoundly affect the balance of French society, he urged people to join protest marches. President Hollande's cabinet is due to discuss planned legislation to legalize gay marriage on Wednesday.

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