majority of people surveyed in eu countries said that the us is more important than asian countries, suggesting that the transatlantic relationship for europeans remains relatively strong. the poll also found that 75 percent of europeans approve of us president barack obama's handling of international affairs,... higher than the approval rating they gave their own leaders. oh jee-hyun, arirang the italian government has approved a package of austerity measures... as it attempts to balance its budget. the move is expected to be viewed positively by moody's when it reconsiders the country's credit rating later this week. park ji-won reports. in the midst of continuing uncertainty over greece's debt woes,... the italian parliament finally approved a 54 billion euro package of austerity measures on wednesday. the lower house passed the center-right government's austerity budget plans... that aim to balance the country's budget deficit by 2013. the package of tax