Reuters World News Highlights 1000 GMT, Oct 25

AMMAN - President Bashar al-Assad's forces fired heavy tankand rocket barrages at a Damascus suburb on Thursday, killingfive people, opposition activists said, a day before aU.N.-brokered ceasefire is due to come into force. - - - - HAVANA - Hurricane Sandy, strengthening rapidly aftercrossing the warm Caribbean Sea, slammed into southeastern Cubaearly on Thursday with 105 mph winds that cut ...