Obama calls on Democrats for help

With his party expected to lose seats in both chambers and perhaps its House majority, President Barrack Obama made his final campaign-trail pitch to voters as he asked for support in helping his party retain control of Congress
"There is no doubt that this is a difficult election," President Obama said
According to a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll conducted October 27-30, Republicans are leading Democrats 52 percent to 42 percent among likely voters. 

Shuttle Leak Repaired.

After a two-day delay, NASA's countdown clocks begins ticking towards the final launch of space shuttle Discovery.

A pair of gas leaks resulted in a postponement for Discovery. NASA test director Steve Payne said repairs took care of the problem. The launch team aims for a Wednesday liftoff.

Bomb Blast in Istanbul

A suspected suicide bomber injured at least 15 people in Istanbul’s central Taksim Square on Sunday. The bomber had targeted a police vehicle and police suspected a suicide bomber was responsible.The blast targeted riot-police patrolling the busy Taksim Square in the centre of the Turkish economic capital, police chief Huseyin Capkin said.Taksim Square, and the streets leading to it, attract tens of thousands of people a day and are patrolled by anti-riot police around the clock.

Pakistan v South Africa, 2nd ODI, Abu Dhabi - Razzaq wins it for Pakistan

Pakistan 289 for 9 wickets (Razzaq 109*, Afridi 49) beat South Africa 286 for 8 wickets (Ingram 100, Amla 65, Duminy 54) by one wicket

Striking 10 sixes and seven fours, Abdul Razzaq took Charl Langeveldt and Albie Morkel to the cleaners in snatching victory for the Pakistanis. Abdul Razzaq broke South Africa's ten-match winning streak with an onslaught that even in the era of Twenty20 stood out for its brutality. Razzaq launched an astonishing assault to smash anunbeaten 109 from just 72 balls and seal victory with one ballto spare.

South Africa scored a huge total of 286 for the loss of eight wickets with help of a 25-year-old left-hander Colin Ingram who scored a century (his second century in just five matches) and rapid half-centuries from opener Hashim Amla and middle-order batsman J-P Duminy.

Pakistan seemed certain to lose when they crawled to 135 for five in the 30th over before Razzaq rewrote the script and blasted 14 runs from thefinal over from just five balls to square the series at 1-1.

The third match takes place in Dubai on Tuesday.