01/11/2012 10:16
International press at a glance
Mercury News
The Greek police arrested and then quickly released the owner and editor of a respected investigative magazine on Sunday morning, hours after he published a list of more than 2,000 Greeks who were said to have accounts at a bank in Switzerland, throwing new controversy into a scandal over whether the government is actively pursuing suspected tax cheats.
Daily Mail
President Obama took time out from the campaign trail to visit a stretch of the devastated New Jersey coast and take on a role of comforter-in-chief that could be a major boost to his hopes of re-election next week.
BBC
US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton has urged Syria's opposition to resist efforts by extremist groups to "hijack the revolution".
World News
Protesters stormed Libya's national assembly on Tuesday, forcing the cancellation of a vote on a proposed coalition government named by the country's new prime minister just hours earlier.
The Globe and Mail
The United States called on Wednesday for an overhaul of Syria’s opposition leadership, saying it was time to move beyond the Syrian National Council and bring in those “in the front lines fighting and dying”.
CNN
A U.S. Navy sailor has been found dead with a head injury at a Japanese train station, local police said Monday.
USA Today
More than 100,000 people were evacuated from their homes Wednesday as a tropical storm hit southern India from the Bay of Bengal, officials said.
CBS News
Saudi media reports say a blaze that erupted inside a tent at a wedding in the country's east has killed at least 23 women and children.
CNN
At least 24 passengers have died in a collision in central Punjab, a province in Pakistan.
BBC
Libya's General National Congress has approved the new government led by Prime Minister Ali Zidan.