WORLD
* Croats were voting in a presidential runoff with a leftist opposition candidate running against the populist Zagreb mayor
* Outgoing Croatian President Stjepan Mesic could become head of a company to build Croatia"s segment of the South Stream gas pipeline, if Zagreb joins the project, Croatian newspaper Jutarnji List reported
* Ahmed Jibril, leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command (PFLP-GC), said there were no guarantees of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit"s safety
* The Greek Cypriot authorities rejected proposals by the Turkish Cypriot leader on state regulations in case of the reunification of Cyprus, local media reported
* At least 86 people have been killed by the drug mafia in Mexico over the past few days, the local Excelsior newspaper said
* Some 25,000 people were left without electricity as a powerful quake damaged power lines in California
RUSSIA