european union spokesperson says barroso will meet with greek prime minister antonis samaras, hoping it will help greece get out of its debt crisis and a request to ease the cost-cutting condition that is a prekan for bailout funds. >>> inspectors from the eu, the i in, f and the european central bank arrived tuesday in athens. they'll be looking at how greece is implementing debt-cutting measures and report their findings to the eu. european officials hope the report will speed up talks with greece and lead to a revised aid package in september, but negotiations are expected to be difficult, because greek leaders have been unable to cut the number of public sector workers and privatize state-run firms. >>> and now it is time to get a check on tokyo markets. wall street ended lower for a third day in a row on renewed concerns about greece, as well as lackluster earnings reports, as we just went over. to see how stocks are trading this wednesday in japan, let's go to ramin mellegard, who is at the tokyo stock exchange. ramin, we have some economic data here in japan, but give us a bre

european commission president jose-manuel barroso held his first meeting with antonis samaras.hey issued statements after the joint talks and affirmed greece will stay in the eurozone and confirmed the eu will continue to provide assistance. barroso called on samaras to follow through on promises to implement the austerity package. the measures include spending cuts and reducing the number of civil servants. >> the main issue is implementation to deliver results, to maintain the trust of your international partners, the delays must end. >> greek government leaders are asking their eu counterparts to ease the conditions for implementing the austerity measures. >>> all right, well you know that tokyo stocks are up, let's see how south korea and australian stocks are doing. >>> people across japan are honoring a culinary custom, many will spend their lunch or dinner eating eel. it's the day of the ox. people believe the food will give them ox-like stamina in the heat of summer. there's just one problem, fewer eels, so fisheries authorities in japan, taiwan and china agreed to work

. >> but that is what the newly elected greek prime minister antonis samaras and his coalition governmentusy trying to do. samaras is under huge public pressure to delude the tough austerity measures that have helped keep greece mired in recession. >> on monday, is coalition was huddled in talks to figure out their plan. >> the new government of greece is hard at work, preparing for negotiations with its international benefactors. minister is what the terms of the bailout softened, and the one more time to meet reform targets. from wednesday, officials from the eu, international monetary fund, and european central bank will be checking how far greece has enacted reforms in the past three months. ahead of the talks, the ecb said greece had no alternative but to stick to its austerity program, no matter how painful. >> so my point is this, the new government should not lose time looking to avoid or losing the program. it should instead focus on how to maximize the effectiveness of reforms. >> these so-called troika will decide whether to release the next installment of aid money based on th

. >> greek prime minister antonis samaras says he will do all he can to keep his country in the euro. >> here is the first public address since being elected last month, and he said he would speed up privatization and reform the greek public sector. but he also said he would try to negotiate the austerity measures imposed by the eu and imf to give the country more time to fight the recession. >> meantime, cyprus' left-wing president says the country will not accept conditions it deems unfair in exchange for a european bailout. this comes as cyprus takes over the eu presidency for the first time since joining the blog eight years ago. >> keep in mind that cyprus is the latest victim of the european debt crisis, and just last week it became the fifth country to ask for a bailout from eurozone partners. >> cyprus is a small island, but its geopolitical importance is much bigger. for almost 40 years, it has been occupied by turkey in the north, making the island a sticking point between the eu and ankara. cyprus has taken over the rotating presidency the eu. jose manuel barroso is all pra

the greek prime minister, antonis samaras, is meeting with the country's main lenders who persuaded them to release the next installment of bailout money. inspectors of the european union and the european central bank are in greece to examine the country's finances and the future of its bailout program. the death toll from beijing's heaviest rain storm in 60 years is more than doubled to 77. the storm on saturday sent torrents of water into underpasses. a number of drivers were drowned after being caught in the flooded streets. many residents took to china's popular microblogging sites to criticize the poorly managed drainage system inside the capital city. the british prime minister, david cameron, has pledged that london is ready for what he calls the greatest show on earth. while oscar-winning director danny boyle, who is a mastermind behind the opening ceremony, and we'll see him in a few hours' time, while he prefers the final jots and everything else he needs to do for the curtain raise in the stadium. there will be many people trying to, in a sense, make a comparison between where

seventy nine deputies from the three parties making up the government voted in favor premier antonis samaras formed a coalition after his conservative new democracy party came first and elections three weeks ago but the hard work is still ahead where the country's crippled economy set to shrink six and a half percent this year and previously expected. south sudan is marking its first anniversary of an apparent yesterday after police tear gassed a student protesters they were demonstrating against a stare a new measures of medical nomic hardship in the country south sudan's economy has been struggling after the leadership folded oil production following a dispute over where are the money was going and prominent opposition politician camilla maher has been arrested over alleged links to rebel forces. rebels in the democratic republic of congo have taken a strategic eastern town from fleeing government forces attacked or insurgencies an important mineral transit hub two days ago congress to your piece was broken one former tutsi rebels who have been incorporated into the country's army defected