JERUSALEM – Right-wing leader Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday  accepted a mandate to form Israel’s next government and  immediately called for a broad, national unity coalition with  centrist and left-wing partners.
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SEOUL – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton yesterday  told North Korea to stop being provocative and return to nuclear  talks, warning ties could not improve with Washington if it  continued insulting South Korea.
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NEW YORK – A top adviser to U.S. President Barack Obama said  yesterday the global economy may be deteriorating even faster  than during the Great Depression, grim euro zone services and  manufacturing data hit a record low, and Japan warned economic  conditions were also worsening.
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COLOMBO – Two Tamil Tiger planes launched a defiant air raid  on Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo yesterday, killing two people and  injuring 40 when one crash-landed onto a government building.