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• Berlusconi plays last cards, denies will resign (Reuters)
• Syrian forces move into Homs district after shelling (Reuters)
• France forced to cut budget again as election looms (Reuters)
• Berlusconi's Fate: The Day Italian Bonds Went Bunga Bunga on Him (Time.com)
• Defiant Carlos the Jackal on trial in France (AP)
• AP Exclusive: Palestinians face steep court fees (AP)
• Trinidad PM calls off curfews (AP)
• Ethnic rioting in Papua New Guinea leaves 6 dead (AP)
• China considers shrinking railway investment goal: report (Reuters)
• Inspector review may delay Canada-U.S. oil pipeline (Reuters)
• Labor negotiations resume in Qantas dispute (AP)
• Why killing of Colombia FARC chief 'Alfonso Cano' may delay peace (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Janitor Makes Million-Dollar Error at German Art Museum (Time.com)

Berlusconi plays last cards, denies will resign (Reuters) Posted: 07 Nov 2011 10:25 AM PST Reuters - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi defied huge pressure to resign on Monday, desperately playing his last cards to save his crumbling government as fears over Italy's instability hit markets across Europe.

Syrian forces move into Homs district after shelling (Reuters) Posted: 07 Nov 2011 02:09 PM PST Reuters - Troops and militiamen loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad moved into a residential district of Homs after six days of tank bombardment that killed scores of people and wounded hundreds in the hotbed of unrest, residents and activists said on Monday.

France forced to cut budget again as election looms (Reuters) Posted: 07 Nov 2011 12:54 PM PST Reuters - France announced 65 billion euros of tax hikes and budget cuts over five years on Monday, as President Nicolas Sarkozy seeks to protect the country's creditworthiness in financial markets without killing his chances of re-election in six months time.

Berlusconi's Fate: The Day Italian Bonds Went Bunga Bunga on Him (Time.com) Posted: 07 Nov 2011 09:50 AM PST Time.com - The Eurozone crisis has turned its attention to Italy and on a man who has defied his political enemies time and time again. But can Berlusconi withstand a panicking economy?

Defiant Carlos the Jackal on trial in France (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2011 05:00 PM PST AP - A defiant and smiling Carlos the Jackal, one of the most dreaded terror masterminds of the Cold War, has gone on trial again — this time over four deadly attacks in France nearly three decades ago.

AP Exclusive: Palestinians face steep court fees (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2011 12:21 PM PST AP - Dozens of Palestinians who lost relatives in an Israeli military offensive in Gaza three years ago have been forced to put their compensation claims on hold, saying Israel has placed near-impossible barriers to proceeding with their cases.

Trinidad PM calls off curfews (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2011 04:58 PM PST AP - Trinidad's prime minister has lifted a curfew the government first imposed in August.

Ethnic rioting in Papua New Guinea leaves 6 dead (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2011 05:14 PM PST AP - Rioters have burned down the homes of thousands of people in an ethnic clash in Papua New Guinea's second-largest city, killing at least six people, leaving thousands homeless and turning the city of Lae eerily silent.

China considers shrinking railway investment goal: report (Reuters) Posted: 07 Nov 2011 04:38 PM PST Reuters - China's annual investment on railway construction could fall to about 500 billion yuan ($78.7 billion) a year, retreating from ambitious heights mapped out in a plan for the sector that has struggled with high debts, an official Chinese newspaper said on Tuesday.

Inspector review may delay Canada-U.S. oil pipeline (Reuters) Posted: 07 Nov 2011 03:08 PM PST Reuters - The U.S. State Department's inspector general has opened a "special review" of the department's handling of permitting for the Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL oil sands pipeline, which could delay the final decision on the line into 2012 or later.

Labor negotiations resume in Qantas dispute (AP) Posted: 06 Nov 2011 05:31 PM PST AP - Qantas Airways and union workers met Monday for their first negotiating session since the Australian airline grounded its entire fleet late last month over a bitter labor dispute.

Why killing of Colombia FARC chief 'Alfonso Cano' may delay peace (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 06 Nov 2011 10:49 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - The killing of the supreme commander of Colombia's top rebel group may delay rather than precipitate a negotiated end to the country’s nearly half century of civil strife, analysts say.

Janitor Makes Million-Dollar Error at German Art Museum (Time.com) Posted: 07 Nov 2011 09:50 AM PST Time.com - Simple mistake, or an indictment of modern art itself?

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