Philippines Sunday Inquirer (Philippines)
Obama scores in debate according to surveys
Here's for an overlook of US media responses to the debate… and a look at the polls, plus a few choice comments from some of the 100,000 people who watched the debate through online streaming for the first time ever.
 
Gulf News (UAE)
Heated exchanges between candidates on foreign policy were few and far between
The debate brought disappointment all round according to the Dubai-based daily, that calls the duel a damp squib. Nothing even set the two candidates apart as “suitable material for the next president of the most powerful country in the worlds,” says Gulf News.
 
The Observer (UK)
‘Tell them about Vietnam John!’
A view of how the audience enjoyed the show. As the headline indicates, it was a raucous affair with much heckling, and in this Republican stronghold, the few Democrats were proud of their champion, even if they had previously supported Clinton rather than Obama.
 
Sunday Times of Johannesburg (South Africa)
New shock for ANC
Here it’s the Mbeki sacking aftermath that makes front page news. The paper presents what it calls a “shock survey”, where it appears that new president Kgalema Motlanthe is more popular among ANC voters than Mbeki or Zuma, and that most respondents (52%) feel South Africa is going “in the wrong direction”.
 
La Meuse (Belgium)
Paul Newman s’est éteint
A front page picture of "the man" Paul Newman in full racing gear. Newman is described here as one of Hollywood’s last legends.
 
The Independent on Sunday (UK)
There was simply no one else like him
The Independent’s front page shows a picture of the Newman legend, in his ‘blue-eyes’ heyday. The special issue looks at what it calls a “good guy in life and on screen”.