Today's Headlines News

• Mitchell says Israel and Palestinians believe in deal
• Cuba announces mass layoffs in bid to spur private sector
• Eiffel Tower evacuated in Paris bomb alert
• Scandals dominate Brazil campaign as vote nears
• Peru's Garcia shuffles cabinet before elections
• Ahmadinejad under pressure inside and outside Iran
• Sweden government seen winning parliament majority
• EU bid to upgrade U.N. status hits road-block
• Chile's Bachelet to head new U.N. women's entity
• Elections put Nigeria on the brink, but of what?