New Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos is seen outside the presidential palace in Athens on Nov. 10, 2011. Papademos was named Thursday as the prime minister of the new Greek interim government, charged with keeping the debt-strapped country out of bankruptcy and firmly in the 17-nation eurozone.

After four days of intense political negotiations, the 64-year-old former vice president of the European Central Bank was chosen to lead a coalition backed by both the governing Socialists and opposition conservatives that will operate until early elections in February.

New Greek prime minister named

A mother prays for successful testing of her daughter at the College Scholastic Ability Test in front of the main gate of an examination hall in Seoul, South Korea, on Nov. 10, 2011.

Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav enters the courtroom at the Supreme court in Jerusalem, on Nov. 10, 2011. Israel's Supreme Court on Thursday ordered former President Moshe Katsav to spend seven years in prison after rejecting the disgraced politician's appeal of a rape conviction and other sex crimes.

A Thai couple, displaced by floods, lives in a concrete block that was to be used as a construction part for elevated trains in a flooded neighborhood on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, on Nov. 10, 2011. About 30 families, all victims of the floods, have been living in the make-shift shelter.

A man begs in a street in the center of Barcelona, Spain, on Nov. 10, 2011. The European Union warned Thursday that the 17-country eurozone could slip into "a deep and prolonged recession" next year as the debt crisis shows alarming signs of spinning out of control. Spain has suffered a long economic crisis with more than five million unemployed.

An Afghan refugee child looks out of a window in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Nov. 10, 2011.

A child looks for coins thrown into the water as ritualistic offerings as a woman prays in the Bindu Sagar pond outside the Lingaraj Temple during Karthik Purnima festival in Bhubaneshwar, India, on Nov. 10, 2011. The festival, which is marked on a full-moon day of the month of Karthik, is considered very auspicious by Hindus.

Devotees whirl their heads to the beat of drums as a ritualistic performance during the annual Jhiri Fair in Jhiri village on the outskirts of Jammu, India, on Nov. 10, 2011. According to legend, the fair is held in memory of Baba Jitu, a simple and honest farmer who killed himself since he was not prepared to submit to the unjust demands of a landlord who wanted him to part with his crop.

U.S. golfer Tiger Woods checks the wind on the the second fairway during the first round of the Australian Open golf tournament in Sydney, Australia, on Nov. 10, 2011.