为了方面受上周飓风影响的美国东部大部分地区的投票，已经采取了专门措施，据悉纽约的主要投票站运转正常，有的是在帐篷中进行的。根据紧急法案，人们可以在从任何能乘坐专门汽车的地方前来投票。

The main Islamist group occupying northern Mali says it rejects all forms of extremism and terrorism. The Ansar Dine group urged the Malian government and other armed movements to engage in political dialogue following talks with the regional mediator, President Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso. Richard Hamilton has more.

占领马里北部的主要伊斯兰组织称摈弃任何形式的极端主义和恐怖主义。在与地区协调者布基纳法索总统布莱斯·孔波雷会谈后，“伊斯兰后卫”组织敦促马里政府和其他武装运动组织进行政治对话。理查德·汉密尔顿报道。

Ansar Dine which controls the feeble town of Timbuktu, a large tracts of the Arab northern desert is thought to have stoned people to death and amputated the hands of thieves under a strict interpretation of Islamic law or Sharia. But now it seems to be talking about peace. This apparent turnaround may be because of the very real threat of military intervention by international forces. West African army chiefs have been meeting in the capital Bamako to discuss such an operation in the north. And despite a long arduous process involving consultation with the United Nations, they are now very close to finalizing details of that action.