dropouts
. It's actually inconceivable that they arranged this assassination plot themselves.
The Greek cabinet says President Karolos Papoulias will summon all party leaders for talks on a government of national unity for the country that's
weighed down
by its massive debts. The first meetings could reportedly take place on Sunday. The main task of the new administration is to
push through
the bailout and austerity deal agreed with the EU. Gavin Hewitt reports from Athens.
The Prime Minister George Papandreou, having survived a confidence vote, is trying to put together a government of national unity. He sees this as a necessary step to implement an EU bailout deal on which the country depends. The main opposition party has made it clear that it would not join a coalition government with Mr Papandreou at its head. The opposition would like a
caretaker
government and quick elections.
All of this raises the spectre of political deadlock. Senior political figures have said that Greece must choose a prime minister it can unite behind.
The Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has travelled to the camp where the leader of the Farc rebels, Alfonso Cano, was killed. He was shot dead during a battle with security forces after they bombed his mountain camp in Cauca province, in southwest Colombia. Officials say operations against the guerrillas are continuing.
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