26/10/2012 11:12
International press at a glance
BBC
Chinese lawmakers have formally expelled disgraced politician Bo Xilai from the top legislature, state media has announced.
Reuters
Hurricane Sandy pounded the Bahamas with battering winds and rain on Friday, sweeping over the island chain after killing 21 people across the Caribbean and posing a menacing threat to the U.S. East Coast.
The New York Times
Israel maintained its official silence on Thursday over Sudan’s accusation that the Israel military was behind an air attack that destroyed a weapons factory in Khartoum, the Sudanese capital, early Wednesday.
Daily Mail
A surfboard rests on the white sand of Surf Beach, Santa Barbara, a foot-wide puncture mark bitten deep into its tough fibreglass shell, showing the size and sheer ferocity of the shark that killed its owner.
The Telegraph
At least 56 people have been killed and thousands of homes torched in communal violence in western Burma, a local government spokesman said Friday, as international concern over the unrest grew.
The Guardian
After more than two months of near stalemate, rebel groups have advanced into three government-held areas of central Aleppo.
Fox News
The Taliban claimed responsibility Friday for killing two American service members in southern Uruzgan province, in what may have been the latest insider attack against Western troops.
CBS
The family of the Pakistani girl who was shot in the head after standing up for the rights of girls to go to school arrived in England Thursday.
U.S. News
An archaeologist says a structure that is believed to be the remains of an ancient Hindu temple has been unearthed on Indonesia's resort island of Bali.
Sky News
A ceasefire is under way in Syria after the army and the main rebel force agreed to stop fighting for the four-day Muslim holiday of Eid Al Adha.