09/11/2012 11:02
International press at a glance
BBC
Fresh from his election win, Barack Obama will this month become the first US president to visit Burma, the White House says.
Reuters
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 shook northern Japan on Friday, public broadcaster NHK said.
USA Today
The leadership of Syria's main opposition group in exile is an all-male affair after elections failed to promote a single woman to the decision-making group of 41 members.
The Guardian
Iran has been accused of torturing to death a blogger who was arrested last week for criticizing the Islamic republic on Facebook.
Sky News
Outgoing Chinese President Hu Jintao has hailed what he described as his "golden decade" in power with a speech marking the opening of the Chinese Communist Party conference in Beijing.
Fox News
he United Nations is warning that if the Syrian conflict continues at such a deadly pace the number of people inside the country needing humanitarian aid could rise from 2.5 million now to 4 million by early next year.
BBC
Iranian fighter jets shot at an unmanned US drone during a routine surveillance mission over the Gulf, Pentagon officials have said.
Reuters
President Bashar al-Assad said he would "live and die" in Syria and warned that any Western invasion to topple him would have catastrophic consequences for the Middle East and beyond.
USA Today
Guatemalans huddled in the cold streets of an earthquake-ravaged town without communications or power on Thursday, one day after the worst temblor since 1976 shook nearly the entire country, killing at least 52 people and leaving another 22 people missing.
Fox News
Thousands of people flooded the streets of Argentina's capital for hours Thursday night and many others marched in cities worldwide in the country's biggest anti-government protest in more than a decade.