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• Berlusconi to resign after parliamentary setback (Reuters)
• Opposition row hinders deal on Papademos-led coalition (Reuters)
• Iran worked on nuclear bomb design: U.N. watchdog (Reuters)
• Sarkozy tells Obama Netanyahu is a "liar" (Reuters)
• Castro daughter, dissident blogger clash on Twitter (Reuters)
• South Sudan Faces Growing Pains Amid Its Economic Boom (Time.com)
• Defiant Berlusconi taken down by markets (AP)
• UN reports Iran work 'specific' to nuke arms (AP)
• Bolivia: DEA not welcome back (AP)
• Liberia counts votes after opposition poll boycott (Reuters)
• 3 Australian soldiers wounded in Afghanistan (AP)
• Saskatchewan re-elects government; potash royalties firm (Reuters)
• Analysts' view: Australia passes carbon reduction laws (Reuters)
• Is Nigeria's militant group Boko Haram in it for the cash? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Italy: Can Berlusconi Withstand a Panicking Economy? (Time.com)
• Greece cobbles together interim government as Italy teeters (The Christian Science Monitor)

Berlusconi to resign after parliamentary setback (Reuters) Posted: 08 Nov 2011 04:26 PM PST Reuters - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Tuesday he would resign after suffering a humiliating setback in parliament that showed a party revolt had stripped him of a majority.

Opposition row hinders deal on Papademos-led coalition (Reuters) Posted: 08 Nov 2011 01:52 PM PST Reuters - Greek party leaders labored on Tuesday to agree on a new unity coalition led by a former central banker, with the rest of the nation and the EU clamoring for an immediate deal to save the country's finances and end the chaos threatening the euro.

Iran worked on nuclear bomb design: U.N. watchdog (Reuters) Posted: 08 Nov 2011 02:01 PM PST Reuters - Iran appears to have worked on designing an atomic bomb and may still be conducting secret research, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said in a report likely to raise tensions in the Middle East.

Sarkozy tells Obama Netanyahu is a "liar" (Reuters) Posted: 08 Nov 2011 11:03 AM PST Reuters - French President Nicolas Sarkozy branded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "a liar" in a private conversation with U.S. President Barack Obama that was accidentally broadcast to journalists during last week's G20 summit in Cannes.

Castro daughter, dissident blogger clash on Twitter (Reuters) Posted: 08 Nov 2011 04:21 PM PST Reuters - Social media moved into a new realm in technologically backward Cuba Tuesday when Cuban President Raul Castro's controversial daughter Mariela began tweeting and quickly got into the Twitter equivalent of a shouting match with dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez.

South Sudan Faces Growing Pains Amid Its Economic Boom (Time.com) Posted: 08 Nov 2011 11:20 AM PST Time.com - The fledgling country is getting enormous amounts of money from its oil resources, but a host of social problems have emerged as well

Defiant Berlusconi taken down by markets (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2011 03:53 PM PST AP - Silvio Berlusconi survived sex scandals and corruption trials. Tawdry accounts of sexy "bunga bunga" parties turned him into an international laughing stock. Prosecutors pursued him over a mind-boggling array of suspected improprieties.

UN reports Iran work 'specific' to nuke arms (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2011 03:34 PM PST AP - The U.N. nuclear atomic energy agency said Tuesday for the first time that Iran is suspected of conducting secret experiments whose sole purpose is the development of nuclear arms. The report is the strongest sign yet that Iran seeks to build a nuclear arsenal, despite claims to the contrary. With Israel threatening a military response, the report opens the way for a new confrontation between the West and Iran.

Bolivia: DEA not welcome back (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2011 04:29 PM PST AP - Bolivian President Evo Morales said Tuesday that U.S. drug agents are not welcome back in his country despite the newly announced normalization of diplomatic relations with Washington.

Liberia counts votes after opposition poll boycott (Reuters) Posted: 08 Nov 2011 03:47 PM PST Reuters - Votes were being counted on Wednesday in the run-off of a Liberian presidential election that was meant to shore up peace in the war-scarred state but which instead appears to have deepened divisions.

3 Australian soldiers wounded in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2011 03:42 PM PST AP - Australia's defense chief says three Australian soldiers and two Afghan soldiers have been seriously wounded in Afghanistan after a member of the Afghan national army opened fire.

Saskatchewan re-elects government; potash royalties firm (Reuters) Posted: 07 Nov 2011 08:07 PM PST Reuters - Brad Wall's Saskatchewan Party romped to the biggest election victory in decades on Monday in the resource-rich western Canadian province, promising to leave potash royalties unchanged for the next four years.

Analysts' view: Australia passes carbon reduction laws (Reuters) Posted: 07 Nov 2011 07:26 PM PST Reuters - Australia's parliament passed laws that impose a price on carbon emissions on Tuesday in one of the biggest economic reforms in a decade, giving new impetus to December's global climate talks in South Africa.

Is Nigeria's militant group Boko Haram in it for the cash? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 07 Nov 2011 12:31 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - As violence rampages across northern Nigeria and the capital city of Abuja faces renewed terror threats, questions are being raised about the true motivation of Boko Haram, the Muslim group responsible for the hostilities. Since Friday, Boko Haram has killed more than 100 people, the group’s most audacious display of violence to date.

Italy: Can Berlusconi Withstand a Panicking Economy? (Time.com) Posted: 08 Nov 2011 11:20 AM PST Time.com - The euro-zone crisis has turned its attention to Italy and to a man who has defied his political enemies time and time again. But can Silvio Berlusconi withstand a panicking economy?

Greece cobbles together interim government as Italy teeters (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 07 Nov 2011 09:20 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Embattled Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou stepped down last night to allow the formation of a new caretaker government in Athens that will pass a European Union bailout plan, and, the hope is, avert chaos in international markets and Greece’s possible default.

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