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• Greece seals deal on new coalition under EU pressure (Reuters)
• Syrian forces kill 13 at start of Eid, Arabs to meet (Reuters)
• Nicaragua's Ortega poised for re-election win (Reuters)
• Iran's Ahmadinejad defiant as U.S. raises heat: paper (Reuters)
• Colombia rebels reject demobilization plea, vow fight (Reuters)
• Holding On: Papandreou Keeps His Party in Power But Will He Still Lead Greece? (Time.com)
• Intrigue, betrayal in Rome as Berlusconi fights on (Reuters)
• 11 Hungarian tourists killed in Egypt bus crash (AP)
• Death toll in Colombia landslide reaches 21 (AP)
• US: Sect bomb attacks possible in Nigeria capital (AP)
• Chinese boat skipper arrested off Japan's coast (AP)
• Debt crisis: Where do a rattled Greece and EU go from here? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Lebanese villages bordering Syria fear encroaching violence (Time.com)
• Why Colombia's FARC rebels remain a threat after Cano's killing (The Christian Science Monitor)

Greece seals deal on new coalition under EU pressure (Reuters) Posted: 06 Nov 2011 04:44 PM PST Reuters - Greece's politicians agreed on Sunday to form a unity government to approve a euro zone bailout, with Prime Minister George Papandreou due to step down to break an impasse after the EU demanded its parties join forces to avert bankruptcy.

Syrian forces kill 13 at start of Eid, Arabs to meet (Reuters) Posted: 06 Nov 2011 11:00 AM PST Reuters - Syrian forces shot dead at least 13 civilians on Sunday in a continued military assault on the restive city of Homs and in attacks on pro-democracy demonstrations that erupted after prayers marking the main Muslim feast, activists said.

Nicaragua's Ortega poised for re-election win (Reuters) Posted: 06 Nov 2011 04:35 PM PST Reuters - Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, a former Marxist guerrilla leader, looks likely to win re-election on Sunday after heavy social spending won him strong support among the country's poor.

Iran's Ahmadinejad defiant as U.S. raises heat: paper (Reuters) Posted: 06 Nov 2011 03:27 PM PST Reuters - The United States fears Iran's growing military power because it is now able to compete with Israel and the West, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in comments carried by an Egyptian newspaper on Monday.

Colombia rebels reject demobilization plea, vow fight (Reuters) Posted: 06 Nov 2011 09:33 AM PST Reuters - Colombia's FARC rebels scorned the "happy laughter" of their foes and rejected a plea to demobilize after the killing of their leader Alfonso Cano gave President Juan Manuel Santos his biggest military victory.

Holding On: Papandreou Keeps His Party in Power But Will He Still Lead Greece? (Time.com) Posted: 06 Nov 2011 06:15 AM PST Time.com - With only a couple of votes to spare, the beleaguered premier manages to win political continuity for now. There may be more tumult ahead

Intrigue, betrayal in Rome as Berlusconi fights on (Reuters) Posted: 06 Nov 2011 03:42 PM PST Reuters - With Silvio Berlusconi's fate resting on a group of party rebels threatening to pull the rug from under his government next week, the Italian prime minister is using carrot and stick to try to win over the doubters and pull off yet another parliamentary escape.

11 Hungarian tourists killed in Egypt bus crash (AP) Posted: 06 Nov 2011 11:59 AM PST AP - Eleven Hungarian tourists were killed late Sunday when a speeding tour bus overturned at a Red Sea resort town in southeastern Egypt, police and medical officials said.

Death toll in Colombia landslide reaches 21 (AP) Posted: 06 Nov 2011 02:58 PM PST AP - Rescuers are searching for signs of life amid mud and rubble after a rain-fueled landslide buried homes in northwestern Colombia, killing at least 21 people.

US: Sect bomb attacks possible in Nigeria capital (AP) Posted: 06 Nov 2011 01:39 PM PST AP - After a weekend of violence and fear, U.S. officials warned Sunday that luxury hotels frequented by foreigners and Nigeria's elite may be bombed by a radical Muslim sect as the death toll from attacks in the country's northeast rose to more than 100.

Chinese boat skipper arrested off Japan's coast (AP) Posted: 06 Nov 2011 05:06 PM PST AP - The Chinese skipper of a fishing boat has been arrested off the coast of Japan on charges of refusing inspection and fleeing from the Japanese coast guard.

Debt crisis: Where do a rattled Greece and EU go from here? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 05 Nov 2011 02:59 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A stirring, patriotic speech by Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou gained him a key confidence vote, and today he vowed to set up a unity government that supports a European Union bailout and stave off spreading fears of chaos in the eurozone.

Lebanese villages bordering Syria fear encroaching violence (Time.com) Posted: 06 Nov 2011 06:15 AM PST Time.com - Even as an Arab League sponsored initiative to end violence in Syria seems to flounder, fear grows in Lebanese villages along the frontier

Why Colombia's FARC rebels remain a threat after Cano's killing (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 05 Nov 2011 11:53 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Colombia forces have killed the top leader of the country’s most powerful guerrilla army after a bomb raid on his jungle camp, officials said, calling it the “most resounding blow” to the FARC in its nearly 50-year struggle against the government.

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