BERLIN — As Greek leaders argue about whether to accept the painful terms that come with another bailout for their country, the two people who control Europe’s purse strings have drawn ever closer together. Read full article > >

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Germany’s Merkel pledges campaign support for France’s Sarkozy

Thousands of Yemenis take to the streets of Sanaa, to protest against the killing of demonstrators and demand their country’s acting leader resign.

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BRUSSELS — NATO defense ministers are exploring ways Wednesday of ending the alliance’s aerial campaign in Libya and training Afghan security forces for a larger role in their country’s war. In a speech before the meeting, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta urged NATO member states to cooperate more closely and pool their resources in order to make up for the shortfalls that have plagued the alliance’s operations in Libya and Afghanistan. Read full article > >

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CAIRO — Syrian dissidents meeting in Istanbul on Sunday announced the formation of a council uniting most of their country’s fractious opposition groups , a step that activists hailed as a potential breakthrough in the months-long standoff between a largely leaderless protest movement and the government of President Bashar al-Assad. Read full article > >

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Laglio, Italy — The citizens of this sliver of a village on the southern bank of Lake Como are not exactly broken up over the breakup between George Clooney, their most famous resident, and Elisabetta Canalis, their country’s most stunning showgirl. “I mean, who is she?” said Jennifer Folloni, 25, a barista at La Lanterna coffee bar down the road from Clooney’s Villa Oleandra in this monied enclave in northern Italy. Sure, Folloni acknowledged, she has never met Canalis, but as locals played La Rosa del Texas and Billy Bones poker machines, she nevertheless expressed bewilderment over what Clooney ever saw in the Italian bombshell. Read full article > >

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George Clooney’s ex: Elisabetta Canalis is Laglio’s odd woman out

TORONTO — Canadians will face an unusually polarized political landscape for at least the next four years after one of the most stunning election outcomes in their country’s 144-year history.

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Canada’s Conservatives win long-sought majority

Swiss authorities announced on Monday that banks in their country had located almost $1 billion in assets of Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi and the former presidents of Egypt and Tunisia.

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Gaddafi, other leaders had almost $1 billion in Swiss banks

Pakistani officials threatened Monday to impose new limits on CIA drone strikes in their country and to expel agency operatives whose missions are not approved by Islamabad, escalating a high-stakes feud between the counterterrorism allies, U.S. and Pakistani officials said.

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Pakistan threatens to impose new restrictions on CIA activities

Mexican authorities have long complained about American guns flooding their country, and now they may have proof. U.S. officials arrested 17 people in Arizona Tuesday, saying they were part of a smuggling ring that made legal purchases of about 700…

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With Ivory Coast’s defeated incumbent president still refusing to step down, British officials have said that their country would support the use of United Nations-sanctioned military force to resolve the situation. While William Hague, the United Kingdom’s foreign secretary has said that the U.K. is not about to deploy British troops to the African nation, they are taking a number of other diplomatic measures to bring an end to the political stand-off, reports Britain’s Press Association. read more

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South Korean military personnel protest in Seoul, saying they are angry their country’s government has not done enough to respond to recent shelling by North Korea.

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South Korean military protests response to shelling by North