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Greece: Election turnover

ATHENS — Greece's Socialists trounced the governing conservatives in a landslide election Sunday, with voters angered by scandals and a faltering economy ousting Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis halfway through his second term.

Humbled by his New Democracy party's worst electoral performance ever, Karamanlis, 53, resigned as its leader and said a new chief is needed for the party founded by his late uncle Constantine Karamanlis 35 years ago. George Papandreou, 57, now follows in the footsteps of his father, Andreas Papandreou — who founded his Panhellenic Socialist Movement party, or PASOK — and grandfather and namesake George Papandreou, both of whom served several terms as prime ministers.

Egypt: Peace talks urged

CAIRO — Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak urged Israel to resume peace talks with the Palestinians where they broke off more than a year ago, warning that the peace process "can't take another failure."

Israeli-Palestinian negotiations tapered off last year and haven't resumed since last winter's war in Gaza and the election of Benjamin Netanyahu as Israeli prime minister. Since then, the two sides have yet to establish a framework to renew talks.

England: New high court

LONDON — Britain's most powerful judges take up their first case this week with new robes, new titles, a new office, and — some argue — more power.

Monday marks the hearing of the first case by Britain's new Supreme Court, a group of 12 justices who were until recently known as the Law Lords. The justices used to make their rulings from the red benches of the stately House of Lords. They now sit across the street at London's faux-medieval Middlesex Guildhall, at a simple crescent table, on a carpet designed by Peter Blake — the artist behind the cover of the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album. Although in most ways the changes are cosmetic, the removal of the nation's highest court from the legislature is meant to emphasize Britain's separation of powers.

Honduras: Conspiracy?

TEGUCIGALPA — A Jewish civil-rights organization is expressing alarm over conspiracy theories claiming Jews and Israel aided the ouster of the Honduran president and attempts to dislodge him from his refuge in the Brazilian Embassy.