12/11/2012 11:50
International press at a glance
A British soldier died today after an ''insider attack'' at his base in Afghanistan, hours after forces gathered to remember fallen comrades at Remembrance Sunday services across the country.
Reuters
Under growing opposition pressure to keep a promise to call an election "soon", Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda looks to be leaning toward calling a vote as early as next month, after pledging backing for a controversial U.S.-led free trade pact.
The Guardian
The Israeli military has fired a missile into Syria, the first time Israel has been drawn into the fighting in the neighbouring country.
BBC
The woman who was the target of harassing emails from the lover of former CIA director David Petraeus has been named as Jill Kelley.
Sky News
China is stepping up its ambitious space exploration programme with another manned space mission early next summer, according to its official news agency Xinhua.
Reuters
Aftershocks rattled central Myanmar after an earthquake that killed at least 11 people, with that toll likely to rise on Monday as several workers were missing after a half-built bridge collapsed on the Irrawaddy River.