News Headlines - 03 November 2012

▽Japan nuclear safety team took utility money - Chicago Sun-Times

Members of a Japanese government team assigned to set reactor safety measures received funding from utility companies or atomic industry manufacturers, raising questions about the experts’ neutrality in the wake of last year’s tsunami-triggered nuclear disaster.

▽US election: Obama and Romney in frantic dash for final votes - Telegraph

The two men who would be president presented their closing arguments to the American people on Saturday, as they embarked on a frantic three-day dash for the finishing line in what is poised to be one of the closest contests ever seen in the United States.

▽Fractured recovery in NYC in superstorm's aftermath - CBC News

More New Yorkers were able to switch on their lights on Saturday for the first time since superstorm Sandy brought widespread devastation along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard but many are still without power and upset over what they say is a fractured response.

▽Tories at war over future of UK airports | The Times

David Cameron criticised Boris Johnson yesterday after he threatened to undermine a commission on the future of London’s airports before it had begun. The Prime Minister said that the Mayor of London was wrong to rule out a third runway at Heathrow on the morning that the panel charged with studying the aviation needs of the capital was announced.

▽BBC News - Alexander Litvinenko inquest 'may look at MI6 role'

The inquest into the death of murdered Russian former spy Alexander Litvinenko could examine the possible role of British spies in his death.