What's News: World-Wide - Wall Street Journal

The candidates resumed attacks as a storm truce ended.Obama kicked off a four-state tour with a rally in Wisconsin, accusing Romney of trying to sell failed policies. Romney campaigned in Virginia and depicted the president as a foe of free enterprise. New York Mayor Bloomberg endorsed Obama, citing his positions on climate change, abortion and marriage equality.

The service-workers union emerged as the top outside spender on Democratic campaigns, surpassing even Obama's main super PAC.

Utility crews struggled to restore power to millions of households and businesses left in the dark by Sandy. The death toll reached at least 90. Some subways reopened in New York but in New Jersey and elsewhere, lines stretched long at gas stations.

The U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, where four Americans were killed, was primarily a CIA operation, shedding new light on the Sept. 11 events.

Armed protesters occupied an area near Libya's parliament building to protest the country's new cabinet.

Syrian rebels killed 28 soldiers in attacks on military checkpoints, hours after a wave of bombings hit Damascus and its outskirts.

China is tightening security, including Internet censorship, ahead of next week's Communist Party meeting to name the new party chief.

Penn State's ex-president was charged with eight criminal counts in the Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal, including conspiracy and perjury.

Lawmakers plan bills to give the FDA more authority to regulate large compounding pharmacies like the one tied to the deadly meningitis outbreak.

A Massachusetts man was sentenced to 17 years in prison in a plot to fly explosive-laden model planes into the Pentagon and Capitol.

A British man pleaded guilty of trying to buy missile parts from undercover U.S. agents and sell them to Iran.

The Kremlin denied reports that Putin is suffering serious back problems that force him to curtail activities.

An alleged member of the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram set conditions for peace talks with Nigeria.

London police arrested another man as part of a child sex-abuse scandal involving a deceased BBC TV host.

Israel acknowledged that it killed a deputy of Palestinian leader Arafat in a 1988 commando raid in Tunisia.

A fuel tanker crash in the Saudi capital Riyadh triggered a blast that killed at least 23.

Died: Arthur Jensen, 89, psychologist whose IQ work sparked racial controversy.

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A version of this article appeared November 2, 2012, on page A1 in the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: What's News: World-Wide.