Newsdome: Libya’s new interim prime minister is a former University of Alabama professor

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• Abdurrahim El-Keib

>> Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has called a referendum on the country’s new bailout package, sending shock waves across the 17-nation euro zone. This comes three days before France hosts the G20 summit, which will no doubt turn into a NPR-style pledge drive for the EU. (Reuters)

>> The U.S. has cut its funding to the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO after it accepted a Palestinian bid for membership. The U.S. was going to make a $60 million payment this month, and is the agency’s largest contributor. Well, that saves us $80 million this year. (CNN)

>> Libya’s National Transitional Council has named Abdurrahim El-Keib the new interim prime minister after Mahmoud Jibril resigned following Qaddafi’s death. El-Keib lived in the U.S. for 10 years, including acting as a professor at the University of Alabama in 1984. I know Libyans are in a pickle, but a teacher from Alabama? (Bloomberg)

>> Homeless people are coming in big numbers to the Occupy movements across the country for free food and shelter, with as many as 30 percent at some demonstrations (though some protesters gave up their apartments and are now officially homeless). There are complaints that the homeless have started fights, but if anyone knows a thing or two about the unfair redistribution of wealth, it’s these bums. (the New York Times)

>> And finally: The Republican Party of Virginia sent out a mass Halloween email with a graphic featuring President Obama with bullet holes in his head and a disfiguring of Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. It crossed the line, according to a Virginia county GOP chairman, and may even be incitement. More so, it’s an unforgivably crappy Photoshop job. (National Journal)