Greece PM Papandreou wins Election

Greece's PM George Papandreou has won a vital confidence vote after promising to hold power-sharing talks.

In an address to parliament before the vote he ruled out snap elections, saying they would be "catastrophic".

He said he did not care about his post and the leadership of any government of national unity would be negotiable.

Mr Papandreou previously shocked EU partners and sent markets into turmoil after calling for a referendum on an EU deal to bail out debt-ridden Greece.

Mr Papandreou said the bail-out deal currently on offer by the EU had to be accepted, and it would be "historically irresponsible" to lose it.

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Afghanistan releases majority of election results

Afghanistan – Afghanistan's top prosecutor announced a new inquiry Wednesday into accusations of ballot handling, potentially dealing another setback to a fraud-marred parliamentary election just as many had hoped a announcement of final results would allow the country to move on.

The Afghan election commission, in the meantime, certified tallies from 33 of 34 provinces but failed to transport on a promise to provide complete fallout more than two months after the Sept. 18 poll.

The panel said it had not determined what to do about the eastern province of Ghazni, where a host of problems clouded the ballot even after considerable investigations. Other than the delay in the Ghazni results, the winners were unaffected since fraud investigators announced a number of banned candidates earlier this week.

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Compromise on Capitol Hill: Is it really what Americans want?

The majority Americans say they want members of Congress to forge compromises to resolve the nation's problems, yet many are turning to candidate in this tumultuous election season who is sneering of compromise.

Through a large margin, 57 percent to 37 percent, Americans survey in the latest ABC News/Yahoo! News poll say they would quite that political leaders work across party lines, even if it means "compromising on important issues." It's a feeling heard often across the country — and one that played a dangerous role in helping Barack Obama win the presidential election.

Yet electorate has given the president little credit for the efforts he's made to cut deals with Republicans. At the same time, conformist candidates who are campaigning on the need for more ideological transparency are enjoying the hold up of angry voters who are expected to turn out Nov. 2 in large numbers.

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