11/10/2012 11:23
International press at a glance
BBC
A former Canadian naval intelligence officer has pleaded guilty to spying for Russia for several years. Sub Lt Jeffrey Delisle admitted selling Canadian and Nato intelligence to Russia for $3,000 (£1,875) a month.
Reuters
Turkey scrambled fighter planes to force a Syrian passenger jet to land and seized what it suspected was military equipment being ferried fromRussia to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces.
The Guardian
Pussy Riot member freed as two bandmates face exile to prison camp. Release of Yekaterina Samutsevich prompts conspiracy theories as colleagues led away to complete two-year sentences.
The Washington Post
Two Americans are sharing this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry for helping reveal the way that many hormones and neurotransmitters — and hundreds of drugs — communicate with the interior of cells.
CNN
British police arrested a man and a woman at London's Heathrow Airport as part of an probe into people traveling to Syria participate in alleged terror activities.
The Telegraph
Turkish fighters jets forced down a Syrian passenger plane that it suspected was carrying weapons to the Assad regime from Russia last night and reportedly seized suspicious cargo.
BBC
Forced evictions in China have risen significantly in recent years as local officials sell off land to property developers, Amnesty International says.