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Wednesday, November 16, 2011 – Daily News Italy's premier- designate Mario Monti to present new goverment ROME (AP) — Prime Minister-designate Mario Monti of Italy said Tuesday he is ready to present his new government to the president after winning wide backing — and important pledges of sacrifices — from political, business and union leaders during two days of intense consultations. Monti said he still has to put the final touches on his Cabinet and economic pro- gram, which he will outline to President Giorgio Napolitano on Wednesday. His govern- ment must receive votes of confidence in both houses of Parliament, expected this week, to take office and begin the task of steering the euro- zone's third-largest economy through its debt crisis. Monti expressed his ''seren- ity'' and ''conviction'' in Italy's ability to overcome the difficult phase in its history. ''I was impressed by the sense of responsibility and willingness to back social growth,'' Monti said. ''Every- one offered concrete contri- butions of possible partial sacrifices in exchange for a more general positive out- come.'' Monti, a respected econo- mist and former European commissioner, is under pres- sure to quickly reassure financial markets that Italy will avoid a default that could tear apart the 17 countries that use the euro currency and push the global economy back into recession. The European Union and the European Central Bank have outlined measures Italy must take — many of them reforms blocked in the past by special interests. Syrian soldiers killed as crisis WORLD BRIEFING offices. out of control BEIRUT (AP) — Army defec- tors ambushed dozens of Syrian troops and regime forces gunned down civilians during one of the bloodiest days of the 8-month-old uprising, which appeared Tuesday to be spiraling out of President Bashar Assad's control. Up to 90 people were killed in a gruesome wave of violence Monday, activists said. The extent of the bloodshed only came to light Tuesday, in part because corpses lying in the streets did not reach the morgue until daylight. As the bloodshed spiked, Assad's former allies were turning on him in rapid succession — a sign of profound impatience with a leader who has failed to stem months of unrest that could explode into a regional conflagra- tion. Turkey, Jordan and the 22- member Arab League all signaled they were fed up with Assad's response to the uprising and were ready to pressure him to go. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday he no longer has confidence in the government led by Assad, a 46- year-old eye doctor who inherited power from his father 11 years ago. US Postal Service loses $5.1 billion WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service said Tuesday it has lost $5.1 billion in the past year, pushing it closer to imminent default on a multibillion-dollar payment and to future bankruptcy as the weak economy and increased Internet use drive down mail volume. The financial losses for the year ended Sept. 30 came despite deep cuts of more than 130,000 jobs in recent years and the clos- ing of some smaller local post Losses will only accelerate in the coming year, Postmaster Gen- eral Patrick Donahoe warned, cit- ing faster-than-expected declines in first-class mail. He implored Congress to take swift, wide-rang- ing action to stabilize the ailing agency's finances as it nears a legal deadline Friday to pay $5.5 billion into the U.S. Treasury for future retiree health benefits. Congress is expected to grant a reprieve, but that will only delay the day of reckoning for an agency struggling for relevance in an elec- tronic age. Based on current loss- es, the Postal Service says it will run out of money — or come dan- gerously close — next September, forcing it to halt service. ''We are at a point where we require urgent action,'' Donahoe said. Apple names Levinson chairman CUPERTINO (AP) — Apple has named board member Arthur Levinson as its non- executive chairman to fill the vacancy left open when co- founder Steve Jobs died last month. Levinson is chairman of Genentech Inc., a pharmaceuti- cals company he joined as a research scientist in 1980 and led as chief executive from 1995 to 2009. Levinson has been co-lead director on Apple Inc.'s board since 2005. He joined the board in 2000. Robert Iger, president and CEO of The Walt Disney Co., was tapped as a director. After taking the reins at Dis- ney in 2005, Iger repaired frayed relations between Jobs and Disney, first by making ABC shows available on iTunes, and then by leading Disney's acquisition of comput- er animated movie studio Pixar for $7.4 billion. The Pixar deal made Jobs Disney's largest shareholder. The appointments were 3B school lunch lines and is fight- ing the Obama administration's efforts to take unhealthy foods out of schools. The final version of a spend- ing bill released late Monday would unravel school lunch standards the Agriculture Department proposed earlier this year. These include limiting the use of potatoes on the lunch line, putting new restrictions on sodium and boosting the use of whole grains. The legislation would block or delay all of those efforts. The bill also would allow tomato paste on pizzas to be counted as a vegetable, as it is now. USDA had wanted to only count a half-cup of tomato paste or more as a vegetable, and a serving of pizza has less than that. Police arrest 13 protesting Ala. immigration law MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Police arrested 13 protesters in Alabama's capital Tuesday as they demonstrated against the state's strict new law clamping down on illegal immigrants. announced Tuesday. Congress fights attempts to make school lunch healthier WASHINGTON (AP) — Who needs leafy greens and carrots when pizza and french fries will do? In an effort many 9-year-olds will cheer, Congress wants pizza and french fries to stay on About 100 people, most of them Hispanic and college-aged, chanted slogans as they marched in light rain around the state Capi- tol and to the adjacent Statehouse where the legislature works. Some sat down on Union Street between the Statehouse and the Capitol when police approached and warned them in English and Spanish that they would be arrest- ed if they didn't move. None did and police arrested 11 protesters, tying their hand with yellow straps and loading them into a city bus. It was unclear what charges the protesters would face. Federal courts have blocked parts of the Republican-backed law from taking effect, but both supporters and critics still call it the nation's toughest state law against illegal immigration. The Obama administration opposes the law, which is calls an over- reach by the state. 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