29/11/2012 11:51
International press at a glance
BBC
The assembly writing a new Egyptian constitution says it hopes to vote on a draft version as early as Thursday.
Daily Mail
China has attacked Sir Elton John for his support of dissident artist Ai Weiwei.
Sky News
The UK will abstain from a UN vote granting recognition to a Palestinian state if a commitment to talk with Israel is not made.
ABC
The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal will deliver its verdicts Thursday in the unprecedented retrial of Kosovo's ex-prime minister and two of his former Kosovo Liberation Army comrades on charges including the murder and torture of Serbs.
BBC
Police in Burma have used water cannon to break up a protest against the expansion of a copper mine near the central town of Monywa, activists say.
Daily Mail
Four young Syrian women who staged a women’s march against violence dressed in wedding dresses are now in jail.
Sky News
At least 50 people have been killed after two suspected car bombs exploded in the Syrian capital Damascus, according to UK-based opposition activists.
The Telegraph
Americans were breathlessly waiting for a winner to emerge last night after numbers for the second-biggest jackpot in US history were drawn, with the $580million payout inspiring hopefuls to buy Powerball tickets at the rate of 130,000 tickets a minute.