12/10/2012 10:39
International press at a glance
BBC
US vice-presidential candidates Joe Biden and Paul Ryan have clashed sharply in their only debate, as polls show a tightening campaign.
France 24
Chinese writer Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday, a somewhat unexpected choice by a prize committee that has favored European authors in recent years. The Swedish Academy praised Mo’s “hallucinatoric realism.”
New York Times
Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Lebanese militant group and political party Hezbollah, declared Thursday that his fighters had assembled and piloted a drone that flew 35 miles into Israel on Saturday, calling the flight an unprecedented achievement in “the history of the resistance.”
Sky News
Ten years after al Qaeda-linked terror attack on the resort island of Bali, dignitaries and relatives remember the 202 victims. Ceremonies have been held to mark the tenth anniversary of the Bali bombing, which killed 202 people.
The Guardian
Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayipp Erdogan, has accused Russia of directly supplying munitions to the Syrian government, after Turkish jets intercepted a plane en route from Moscow to Damascus.
France 24
Valérie Trierweiler, the partner of France’s Socialist President François Hollande, is suing the authors of a new book that alleges she once had an affair with a prominent right-wing politician. New rumours are swirling about the French first lady’s private life, and she is preparing a counterattack.