Sunday, February 24, 2013

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Italians vote in parliamentary elections
Supporters wait for Italian comic-turned-political agitator Beppe Grillo, leader of the anti-establishment 5 Star Movement, to deliver his speech at a final rally in view of the upcoming general elections, in Rome, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. Grillo fills piazzas from Milan to Rome, from Palermo to Verona with Italians who seem to get some catharsis from his rant against politician who drove the country to the brink of financial ruin, industrial managers whose alleged shenanigans are tarnishing p rized companies and bankers who aided and abetted the other two classes of powerbrokers. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)ROME (AP) -- Will Italy stay the course with painful economic reform? Or fall back into the old habit of profligacy and inertia? These are the stakes as Italy votes in a watershed parliamentary election Sunday and Monday that could shape the future of one of Europe's biggest economies.


Conservative favored in Cyprus presidential poll
Right-wing opposition leader Nicos Anastasiades, right, maintaining a wide lead over his two main rivals for Cyprus' presidency, left-wing candidate Stavros Malas, left, smiles before the start of their live televised debate in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. The conservative candidate Nicos Anastasiades in Cyprus' election runoff Sunday, Feb. 24, looks poised to become the crisis-hit country's new president charged with swift ly negotiating a rescue package with international creditors, analysts said Wednesday, even without a key endorsement from his third-place rival. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) -- Cypriots are choosing a new president with the conservative candidate favored to win over his left-wing rival in a runoff vote.


Watershed elections in Italy
Supporters wait for Italian comic-turned-political agitator Beppe Grillo, leader of the anti-establishment 5 Star Movement, to deliver his speech at a final rally in view of the upcoming general elections, in Rome, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. Grillo fills piazzas from Milan to Rome, from Palermo to Verona with Italians who seem to get some catharsis from his rant against politician who drove the country to the brink of financial ruin, industrial managers whose alleged shenanigans are tarnishing prized com panies and bankers who aided and abetted the other two classes of powerbrokers. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)ROME (AP) -- Will Italy stay the course with painful economic reform? Or fall back into the old habit of profligacy and inertia? These are the stakes as Italy votes in a watershed parliamentary election Sunday and Monday that could shape the future of one of Europe's biggest economies.


Insurgents launch 4 attacks in Afghanistan
An Afghan intelligence officer, center, tries to turn on a vehicle used by an insurgent, who was killed by security forces, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. A series of early morning attacks hit eastern Afghanistan Sunday, with three separate suicide bombings in outlying provinces and a shootout between security forces and a would-be attacker in the capital city of Kabul. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A series of early morning attacks hit eastern Afghanistan Sunday, with three separate suicide bombings in outlying provinces and a shootout between security forces and a would-be attacker in the capital city of Kabul.


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