Two polling stations blown up in Balochistan

Bombers on Thursday blew up two schools designated as polling stations for Pakistan’s general election next week, police said. A boys’ primary school and a middle school were bombed at the village of Chattar in Naseerabad district in the southwestern province of Balochistan.
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New Jersey announces email voting option for presidential election as the Northeast scrambles to prepare polling stations amid Sandy clean up efforts.

As the East Coast tries to get back on its feet after the damage from superstorm Sandy, New Jersey has announced that residents can vote by email in the upcoming presidential election.
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US stations two aircraft carriers opposite Iran, 15,000 troops in Kuwait

Contributing to the mounting sense in Washington of an approaching US-Iranian confrontation, the Pentagon is substantially building up its combat power around Iran, stationing nearly 15,000 troops in Kuwait – two Army infantry brigades and a helicopter unit — and keeping two aircraft carriers the region
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