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Presidential Debate

US Democratic frontrunner Biden drops in polls after debate

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Biden, a former vice president under Barack Obama, still polls the highest at 22% among the two-dozen contenders for the Democratic nomination
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Biden to hit campaign trail before blue-collar supporters

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For his first public event since announcing his candidacy last Thursday, Biden chose Pennsylvania, the state where he was born 76 years ago
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Corporate tax: How low can you go?

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​The reforms in the pipeline cannot stop countries from offering attractive corporate tax rates to attract investors.
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Debate in your own tongue, if at all

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In SA parties are elected, not individuals. Why, then, do we have the insistent hype about a debate between President Jacob Zuma and Helen Zille?
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Obama ends in poll position

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A global poll for the BBC World Service has revealed that 20 out of 21 countries preferred Barack Obama to his challenger.
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Opportunity knocks for Romney’s crew

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Obama has a variety of different routes to victory on November 6, but Romney's hopes are next to moribund unless he wins in Ohio.
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Obama aces foreign policy debate, Romney comes out solid

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US President Barack Obama came out with guns blazing at the final presidential debate on Tuesday but Republican Mitt Romney held his own just as well.
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Obama accuses Mitt of suffering from ‘Romnesia’

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Barack Obama told a crowd of about 9 000 in the battleground state of Virginia that Romney was backtracking on his conservative-leaning promises.
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Romney down but not out

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Barack Obama may have had the upper hand in the latest presidential debate, but the real loser was politics, writes Gary Younge.
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Ten things about presidential debates

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The US debate tradition began in 1858 when, during the senatorial campaign, Abraham Lincoln challenged an opponent from the audience.
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Romney on a roll after first TV debate

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Mitt Romney has raised Republican hopes of an election comeback with a spirited and aggressive performance in the first televised presidential debate.
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Response to the report of the independent assessors

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VUT welcomes the publishing of the report of the independent assessors to investigate concerns of poor governance, leadership, management, corruption and fraud at the university.
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NWU student receives international award

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Carol-Mari Schulz received the Bachelor of Health Sciences in Occupational Hygiene Top Achiever Award.
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Academic programme resumes at all campuses

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Lectures, practicals, seminars and tutorials will all resume today as per specific academic timetables.
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Strategic social investments are a catalyst for social progress

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Barloworld Mbewu enables beneficiaries to move away from dependence on grant funding
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Powering societal progress demands partnerships between all stakeholders
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Do the research first; it will save money and time later
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Social entrepreneurship means business

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Looking inwards

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Businesses are finding tangible ways to give back – but only because consumers demand it
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Biden, a former vice president under Barack Obama, still polls the highest at 22% among the two-dozen contenders for the Democratic nomination

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