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Both the conservatives and PASOK have pledged to respect the commitments for further austerity and reforms that Greece undertook as conditions for two massive international bailouts

(CBS/AP) ATHENS, Greece – Rival Greek party leaders launched a second day of talks on Tuesday in an attempt to quickly form a coalition government, after the debt-crippled country’s second inconclusive election in six weeks. Antonis Samaras’ New Democracy party came first in Sunday’s vote, winning 129 of Parliament’s 300 seats — not enough for him to govern alone. He is seeking an alliance with the third-placed Socialist PASOK and the smaller Democratic Left party. New Democracy and PASOK took part in a 6-month coalition government earlier this year. PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos met Tuesday with Democratic Left head Fotis Kouvelis, 캐나다 카지노 who told reporters afterward that a deal could potentially be achieved “within hours.” Nevermind Greece, Spain’s banks may need $190BVideo: Election gives many Greeks new hopeVideo: Markets still anxious over Greek crisis President Obama, meanwhile, was at an economic summit in Mexico trying to land assurances that Europe is closing in on a financial crisis response that will calm the markets and keep the continent’s woes from undermining the world. Obama, as leader of the giant but struggling U.S. economy, remains central to the Group of 20 summit talks wrapping up Tuesday in this coastal resort region. But it is the European members gathered there, led by Germany and its chancellor, Angela Merkel, who carry both the power and responsibility to stabilize a eurozone reeling from...

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On Sunday, Mood said the observers had been trying for the past week to bring out families and wounded trapped in Homs by regime shelling of rebel-held areas

(CBS/AP) BEIRUT – Syria’s government said Tuesday it was ready to act on a U.N. call to evacuate civilians who have been trapped in the rebellious central city of Homs for more than a week, but blamed rebels for obstructing efforts to do so. Maj. Gen. Robert Mood, chief of the U.N. observer mission in the country, has told both sides of the conflict to allow safe passage from the city and other combat zones to women, children and sick people. A Foreign Ministry statement carried by state-run news agency, SANA, said the government has contacted the U.N. mission and 스포츠 토토 local authorities in Homs to start efforts to bring out the trapped civilians. “But the efforts of the U.N. monitors’ mission failed in achieving this goal because of the armed terrorist groups’ obstructions,” the statement said. It charged that armed groups were using innocent civilians as “human shields.” More in After the Arab Spring Video: US and Russia pledge to end violence in SyriaArab League: Peacekeepers must be sent to SyriaU.N. demands evacuation of civilians from Homs The Syrian government regularly refers to the rebels as terrorists. There was no immediate comment from the U.N. mission. Mood is traveling to New York to brief the U.N. Security Council in person on Tuesday afternoon amid growing concern that the escalating violence may spell the end of the monitoring...

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