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Greece, IMF race to secure rescue funds

Greek authorities and top world finance officials have been racing to get rescue funds to the debt-stricken country.

Turkey denounces Obama´s accusation on massacre

Turkey´s foreign minister has denounced a statement by US President Barack Obama that the massacre of Armenians during the First World War was one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century.

3 nations to unite under EU banner

Leaders of Turkey, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia have expressed their hope that the Balkan countries will unite under the EU banner in the near future.

Turkey, Bosnia, Serbia expect Balkan countries to united under EU banner

Leaders of Turkey, Bosnia and Serbia Saturday expressed their hope that the Balkan countries would unite under the EU banner in the near future.

Russia pledges objective investigation into Polish air crash

Russia would spare no efforts in drawing an objective conclusion soon for the probe into the tragic Smolensk air crash that claimed lives of Polish presidential couple and dozens of other senior officials, said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov here Saturday.

Wind change closes Iceland airport

Iceland´s major international airport has closed for the first time since the eruption of the volcano on April 14th. This was due to shifting winds that blew the ash cloud westward, toward the capital Reykjavik.

NATO to hand over control of Afghanistan

NATO has agreed to begin handing over control of Afghanistan, to the Afghan government this year. The agreement was reached after a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Estonia.

Volcano eruption weakens in Iceland

After triggering widespread disruptions to air travel in Europe, the volcano eruption in Iceland is weakening, though no one knows when it will stop.

Britain´s new political star keeps on rising as he beats rivals again in TV debate

Political attention in the British general election campaign on Thursday focused on the second of the live TV debates between the leaders of the three main parties, with viewers tuning in to see if current Golden Boy Nick Clegg could do it again -- and he did.

European flights back to normal, aftermath assessed

Flights in Europe returned to normal Thursday, one week after an Icelandic volcano eruption caused the continent to almost completely shut down its airspace.