## [2012-10-26](/feed/2012/10/26/index.md)

##### China
### [Chinese politician Bo Xilai is stripped of his membership of the National People's Congress. ](/feed/2012/10/26/chinese-politician-bo-xilai-is-stripped-of-his-membership-of-the-national-people-s-congress.md)
##### Russia
### [Russian leftist protest leader Sergei Udaltsov is charged with plotting "mass disorder" and could face a 10 year prison sentence if convicted. ](/feed/2012/10/26/russian-leftist-protest-leader-sergei-udaltsov-is-charged-with-plotting-mass-disorder-and-could-face-a-10-year-prison.md)
##### China
### [China blocks the website of the "New York Times" and searches on social media after it published an investigation into the finances of Premier Wen Jiabao. ](/feed/2012/10/26/china-blocks-the-website-of-the-new-york-times-and-searches-on-social-media-after-it-published-an-investigation-into-t.md)
##### Javier Marías
### [Writer Javier Marías rejects the Spanish government's National Novel Prize, awarded for his novel "Los enamoramientos", saying "All my life I have managed to avoid state institutions, regardless of which party was in government, and I have turned down all income from the public purse. I don't want to be seen as an author who is favoured by any particular government." ](/feed/2012/10/26/writer-javier-marias-rejects-the-spanish-government-s-national-novel-prize-awarded-for-his-novel-los-enamoramientos.md)
##### Suicide bombing
### [A suicide bombing at a mosque in Maymana, Afghanistan, kills at least 41 people and wounds up to 50 others. ](/feed/2012/10/26/a-suicide-bombing-at-a-mosque-in-maymana-afghanistan-kills-at-least-41-people-and-wounds-up-to-50-others.md)
##### Civil war
### [A car bomb explodes in the capital Damascus, killing an unknown number of people and injuring many. ](/feed/2012/10/26/a-car-bomb-explodes-in-the-capital-damascus-killing-an-unknown-number-of-people-and-injuring-many.md)
### [Fighting in Syria continues as the ceasefire agreement mediated by U.N. special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi to occur during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha begins. ](/feed/2012/10/26/fighting-in-syria-continues-as-the-ceasefire-agreement-mediated-by-un-special-envoy-lakhdar-brahimi-to-occur-during-th.md)
##### Latest round of sectarian clashes
### [Latest round of sectarian clashes between Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims kill at least 64 people in western Burma; 3,200 Rohingya have been displaced. ](/feed/2012/10/26/latest-round-of-sectarian-clashes-between-buddhists-and-rohingya-muslims-kill-at-least-64-people-in-western-burma-3200.md)
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