08/11/2012 10:36
International press at a glance
BBC
At least 48 people have been killed and more are missing after a 7.4-magnitude quake hit off Guatemala's Pacific coast, the president has said.
ABC News
Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is expected to talk democracy with other leaders Thursday despite his country being branded one of the world's worst human rights abusers.
The Guardian
China's departing president, Hu Jintao, has warned that corruption threatens the ruling Communist Party and the state, promising political reform as he formally opened a party congress that will usher in a once-in-a-decade leadership change
Fox News
A suicide bomber smashed a truck packed with explosives into housing for a paramilitary force protecting Pakistan's largest city, killing at least one person in the explosion Thursday morning that sent a large plume of smoke into the sky, officials said.
Reuters
China appears to be within two years of deploying submarine-launched nuclear weapons, adding a new leg to its nuclear arsenal that should lead to arms-reduction talks, a draft report by a congressionally mandated U.S. commission says.
BBC
A Russian lawyer reportedly suffering from unrequited love has shot dead five colleagues in his Moscow office, officials say.
The New York Times
The French cabinet approved a draft bill legalizing same-sex marriage on Wednesday after weeks of loud opposition, especially from religious figures and the political right.
ABC News
Not long after President Obama stepped off the stage in Chicago where he celebrated his re-election early this morning, congratulatory messages began to roll in from world leaders.
Daily Mail
President Barack Obama wasted little time today as he headed back to Washington hours after celebrating his election victory in Chicago and securing a second term in the White House.
BBC
New York and New Jersey residents have been warned to evacuate their homes as a new storm hits the area still reeling from Sandy's devastating impact.
Times of India
Voters a continent apart made history on Tuesday on two divisive social issues, with Maine and Maryland becoming the first states to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote.
The New York Times
Before a packed courtroom in the capital, a judicial panel on Wednesday found four members of the Afghan Local Police guilty of involvement in the rape of a sheep herder’s daughter in a case that tested the judicial system’s ability to hold the controversial force accountable.