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Mali's new interim president took office Thursday, returning the country to constitutional rule three weeks after mutinous soldiers overthrew the nation's democratically elected leader in a coup.

Mali's coup leader said on Saturday the junta would hand power to an interim government within days in a deal with neighboring nations in return for an end to sanctions and help in tackling Malian rebels who have seized much of the north.

Greek PM George Papandreou says an agreement has been reached on the creation of an interim government that will secure the new debt deal.

Italian borrowing costs reached breaking point on Wednesday after Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's insistence on elections instead of an interim government opened the way to prolonged instability and delays to long-promised economic reforms.

The head of Libya's National Transitional Council said an interim government will be announced in the coming week.

The prime minister of Tunisia has stepped down from the interim government, according to the country's official news agency.

In Tunisia, police join demonstrators calling for the interim government to resign.

Kyrgyzstan's interim rulers sent troops on Tuesday to quell ethnic violence that has threatened their fragile grip on the Central Asian state after the overthrow of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev.

Bakiyev rejects interim government's demand to step down, urges U.N. to help stabilize nation.

An opposition coalition proclaimed a new interim government Thursday in Kyrgyzstan after clashes left dozens dead nationwide ...