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1. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said that any Syrian transition government " will be chosen by mutual consent and will exclude murderers ".
2. " The government is very concerned by this, " Community Affairs Minister Andrea Ronchi told reporters after the meeting began.
3. The prime minister will preside over the Government Council, which will prepare policy before presenting it to the cabinet.
4. TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's beleaguered government was hit by another scandal Saturday, as local media accused a Cabinet minister of accounting irregularities.
5. But Australian Sports Minister Mark Arbib was unimpressed, becoming the latest foreign government official to call for change at FIFA.
6. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper won reelection with a significantly stronger minority government and called Wednesday for unity in staring down global financial crisis.
7. The cancellation came amid a review of defense contracts ordered since Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's new government came to power in elections last November.
8. Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said a caretaker government would be set up to organize the polls " in the beginning of January ".
9. The Japanese government has set up a special task force at the emergency management center of Prime Minister Aso's office.
10. Iraq's foreign minister said insurgents are attempting to sow as much chaos as possible, as lawmakers struggle to form a new government and Americans withdraw troops.