HuffPost World Daily Brief: Hundreds Killed In Turkey Earthquake.. Elections In Argentina And Tunisia

Monday, October 24, 2011 PHOTOS: Hundreds Killed In Turkey Earthquake, Rescuers Search For Survivors Among Pancaked Buildings ERCIS, Turkey — Four people were pulled alive from the rubble Monday when one managed to call for help on his cell phone after a 7.2-magnitude quake leveled buildings and killed some 270 people in eastern Turkey Mustafa Abdul-Jalil Addresses Liberated Libya Previously Banned Islamist Party Leads In Tunisia Elections 'Bittersweet' Win For Argentine President After Landslide Election Victory Circumstances Surrounding Gaddafi's Death Questioned Report: Program To Train Iraqi Troops Could Become 'Bottomless Pit' Of U.S. Money BLOG POSTS Shervin Pishevar: Fear is Finite, Hope is Infinite Yesterday, history was made in Libya and Libya is free after decades of brutal dictatorship. I was in Tripoli and Benghazi only 2 weeks ago visiting some of the bravest young people I have ever met. Jonathan Schienberg: Tunisia Elections: The Difficulties of Democracy As Tunisia gears up for its first democratic elections this Sunday, its popular emerging political parties, like Afek Tounes, have high hopes for spreading their message far and wide. Michelle Chen: Greece Strikes, the People Rise, Global Economy Teeters The tireless rage that has gripped Greece captures the tenor of the global crisis -- a cry of despair that resonates far and wide from Manhattan's 99 percent to Madrid's Indignados. Evelyn Leopold: Yemeni Leader Turns Deaf Ear to UN, Arab Allies Inspired by the death of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, demonstrators in Yemen shouted "You're next!" at President Ali Abdullah Saleh. The U.N. Security Council also told Saleh it was time to go. But it backed a plan granting him immunity that inspired more protests. Alexander Goerlach: Occupy the Playground! Having a youth movement is good. But what are the demands of the Occupy protesters? Without a message, they might as well occupy their local playgrounds. Real change happens through institutions, not by protesting against them.

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