14/11/2012 10:11
International press at a glance
BBC
China's Communist Party has concluded a week-long congress, a day before unveiling its new leadership line-up.
Reuters
The scandal that felled CIA Director David Petraeus widened on Tuesday to snare the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Marine General John Allen, who was being investigated for "flirtatious" communications with a woman at the centre of the case.
Daily Mail
The internet giant Amazon has received a £159million demand from France for unpaid taxes.
The Guardian
Health authorities in Ireland are investigating the death of a pregnant woman whose husband says she was denied an abortion following severe complications.
The New York Times
France announced Tuesday that it was recognizing the newly formed Syrian rebel coalition and would consider arming the group, seeking to inject momentum into a broad Western and Arab effort to build a viable and effective opposition that would hasten the end of a stalemated civil war that has destabilized the Middle East.
ABC News
State prosecutors in western Mexico say four people were shot to death and 10 wounded after gunmen burst into a wedding reception and opened fire. An angry mob later tried to lynch the town police chief in revenge.