eu states. the 2010 strategy was drafted focussing on the eus field of justice, and framework of the eu easy overarcing policy. csdp -- those are very complicated institutional structure. many are mentioned in all three documents, but the decision making process to tackle each is different. if you look at the eus institutional structure for crisis management, you'll see a dozen or so committees, groups, and other institutional bodies. each one works with others on escs but how they work varies from threat to threat. numerous other factors come into play, but we end up with a very complex puzzle that even involves nato because of the institutional links between the organizations as mentioned in the lisbon treaty. so the role of the eu isn't clear when addressing a threat. a court between the members states and nato, the eu sometimes leads, it sometimes acts as an enabler and it sometimes only follows. the general role also isn't clear. recently the eu has tried to establish itself as a kreshl act

i do not think this will lead to greece leaving the eu. as a said, he wants to renegotiate the bailout deal. what you have going on is almost a game of bluff and double bluff. he is arguing it will cost the eu itself far too much for greece to leave them for them to stay. >> are you getting a sense that renegotiation would be possible? rhetoric has been strong on both sides. >> yes, well, situation where greece's international debtors have pretty much written off the books all the debt owed to them. it is held by the european central bank or greece's own banks. the signals of brussels are starting to suggest that maybe, much -- just maybe, they could have extra time to come up with all the austerity measures that need to be instituted. you will see a capital flight from greece. since this crisis broke, $250 billion has been estimated to have left greece to overseas banks. that is the immediate danger. >> thank you very much. >> let's get the view from brussels'. are the eurocrats tearing there hair out -- their hair out over this? >> absol

some eu members remain cautious. they want japan to do more. >>> the nikkei and the topix sharply down this morning this morning. i'll leave you with a look at the markets. >>> many feared it was a day that would never come. aung sang suu kyi is traveling outside myanmar. and was banned from leaving the country. we're joined from our bangkok bureau with details. >> it's yet another milestone in myanmar's ongoing process. the country's opposition leader suu kyi has begun her first trip abroad in 24 years. aung sang suu kyi flew in. the pro-democracy leader was greeted by many people from myanmar who were gathering at the airport. >> she last returned to myanmar in 1988 and became a leader of the democracy movement but long periods of house arrest followed. she refused traveling abroad fearing she would not be allowed back in myanmar. she was awarded the nobel peace prize in 1991. but she was unable to accept in person. at the invitation of david cameron in june, she will visit britain where she previously studied at o

the leaders of the 27 eu nations want greece to stay in the eurozone. they are urging politicians there to follow through with austerity measures in exchange for an eu bailout. greek will vote again next month. party members couldn't agree on an austerity package in may and failed to form a coalition vernment. voters in other countries too have grown frustrated with the spending and job cuts. some eu leaders believe the strict policies could be making economic conditions even worse. so they discuss ad joint plan for growth. the leaders already agreed to budget about the to 30 million euro in credit backed guarantees to help companies invest in infrastructure and they discussed ways to increase the lending power of the european investment bank. investors too are in a tough spot. they don't know what positions to take without clear direction from policymakers. so how are the markets responding to what's happening in europe? >> well investors don't know what to do without a lot of clear direction as you said. so they are staying away from risk, for example

individual eu member states. we're starting to see much more interested particularly by key countries like france and germany and the u.k. making a much more robust investment in their capacity building efforts in places like africana and asia. we are working on a number of upcoming programs the state department will be a bleeding where we will be doing joint programs to include the you and a number of other key partners including countries like japan and our capacity building efforts. we think that is a great way to go forward. let me shift now to talk about cyber crime. i am currently working on the state department on a temporary detail. i also share the high-tech crimes subgroup. i have a little experience dealing with cyber crime. if we look at the successes we have had in addressing cyber crime. it really provided a good model for how we can tackle other challenges like helping insure other countries have brazilian networks. we have been duly with cyber crime for almost 25 years now. we have been in a focus

the eu and of the troika members have made very clear that this greece that tracks from the austeritysures, then there will be no need for them to stay in the euro. they will be -- there will be no other choice for them. >> brian williams, as ever, thank you so much. the german finance minister wolfgang bashary blood has suggested that the eurozone could handle a -- wolfgang scheuble has suggested that the years of good handle putting pressure on countries are anti bailout sentiment is strong. spain is one of them. >> to turn things around there, the government has launched a reform program that is tough on banks, but austerity has already led to such damage to the tax revenues in spain are plummeting as thousands continue to lose their jobs, businesses, and homes. >> the european commissioner for economic affairs confirmed that the european economy is a troubled but said he was optimistic about the potential for recovery. >> the european economy is estimated to be currently in a mild but short-lived recession. however, gdp growth will remain, as i said, soft and uneven across member

in terms of the eu/u.s. potential deal, we had a conversation at the end of the g8 where we agreed to look at the issues paper for the g20 whether there was a small enough distance between the eu and u.s. to close that would make a deal worthwhile. i'm hopeful, britain is one of the most open trading nations. there are real concerns on both sides. you have a french position on agriculture, and i think we have a good look at it in the g20 and see whether we can fast track it. >> is the prime minister aware that greece spends 50% more on defense than ourselves, france or turkey. it is the biggest arms importer in europe. the greek shipping industry doesn't pay a penny in tax. the greek orthodoxed church doesn't pay a penny in tamm. can we ask him to descale defense spending? the orthodoxed church to pay a little bit to solve the greek crisis. >> i think the auto general makes a good point, which is it, however much one can look at the greek situation and feel for the suffering people have in terms of unemploym

eu has been reaching out to ukraine in recent months.sn't there a risk that this will just turn ukraine away? >> there is a big risk. i think the president and the rest of the commission felt this was an isolated matter of forcing the ukrainians to give their former prime minister some better treatment. but, yes, the point is that ukraine has been moving towards the process of further eu integration, not membership. that is light years away. but partnership agreements and cooperation deals. the president of poland -- boeing co hosted the tournament with ukraine. he has warned that if this goes ahead, it this boycott goes ahead, there is a deal with russia on closer customs cooperation with ukraine, and the president of poland says ukraine may be tempted to turn eastward rather than westport. maybe that would have no great effect in the grand scheme of things, but europe is desperate to keep on side with countries like ukraine on trade, cooperation, and further integration. this has the potential to become a political, rather than exporti

they agreed to improve the membship witthe eu. they admitted to the differences of opinion on how to boost the economies. merkel pointed out the roles that germany and france must play with the issues. the chancellor said she will coordinate views at the eu summit in late june indicating that could get over their differences. >>> and that concludes this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. do join us again.

we have in enhancing eu nato cooperation. eu -- more and more civilian crisis management issues will be the task of the transatlantic community. and the european union has these capabilities. i just hope we get some of the internal obstacles that we have in nato and the internal obstacles we have within the eu politicly to get this out of the way, so that the eu/nato cooperation can move ahead. in conclusion, i'd like to just say that i do believe that a ren renewed nato, a reinventeded nato, can still be the institution of choice of the transatlantic relationship for the 21st century. >> i just thank you very much for that. i see i'm going to regret using the snow white metaphor. >> it's always great. >> john. >> thanks. well, first, let me lay my cards out on the table and say i don't see this as gloomy news whatsoever. i've been pushing for cuts in military spending here in the united states and throughout europe for a decade or more. so i see it all as great news. i just want to be clear about that. because i see the prob

to bring home to the greek public just how devastating an exit from the eu could be.re has been a lot of talks about the effect of the greek exit on the other eu countries, but actually, the affected will have on greeks themselves as a somewhat been underplayed, i think. >> brian williams reported from athens, thank you very much. >> not surprisingly, the future of a eurozone with or without greece is again dominating talks among european leaders. >> on wednesday, eu and national officials met in brussels, and it was difficult to find much support for the path that greece appears to be on now. >> political uncertainty in greece dominated the talks. the european commission president jose burress 0 had a clear message for athens. -- jose barroso, had a clear message. >> i want to be very clear, all the euro area member states -- greece has to respect the agreement. >> other words, warrants luxembourg's foreign minister, future bailout installments could be blocked. >> i only know we will not be able to release the 130 billion euros if there is no government in greece th

on the eu, on theiron the eu, oy for the eu, but the transatlantic conference is different.e wanted this report to reflect a strong willingness of the united states tuesday turkey play that leadership role. a final point is that we need nato not to be global in terms of membership but global in

a group of law makers recently met with eu president and foreign policy chief in brussels. it came last month ashton visited myanmar for the opening of the eu office which aims to promote trade and investment. >>> authorities in south korea are again pointing fingers toward the north. they say their neighbors continue to jam their gps. that's causing confusion for pilots. transport ministry officials say the instrument panel of a plane that took off from japan two weeks ago malfunctioned as it was approaching the airport. an alarm warned that the aircraft was too close to the ground but it had not reached the landing strip. officials say it caused a false alarm. the plane landed safely on the second try. 674 planes have reportedly by affected by gps jamming signals. south korean government officials say north koreans are responsible for the disruptions. they plan to file a formal complaint. >>> in egypt, people power ousted a regime. during last year they threw rocks now their weapons of choice are paint brushes and wall painting. >> reporter: portrait of young egyptians ki

politically, to get this out of the way see that the eu nato cooperation can move ahead. in the -- in conclusion, i'd like to just say that i do believe that a renewed nato, a reinvented nato, can still be the institution of choice of the transatlantic relationship for the 21st century. >> thank you very much for that, an dras. i'm going to regreet using the snow white metaphor towards the end of this. >> that was great. >> thanks. >> well, first, let me lay my cards out on the table and say that i don't seep think as gloomy news whatsoever. i've been pushing for cuts in military spending in the united states and throughout europe for a decade or more. so i see it all as great news. i just want to be clear about that. because i see the problem here, and folks coming from europe, from asia, they come to the united states, and they realize that immediately when they sgee a restaurant and they see the size of the entrees that are served here. and they realize we have a problem with portion control. here in the united states. and there's no surprise that we have a problem wit

used unemployment across the eu is also paint -- youth unemployment across the eu is also painfully high. there are worries this could dangerously undermine the social fabric in struggling economies. >> in europe, we have an austerity trap. more austerity damaging the economy, employment, and fiscal resources. this cannot continue. >> the ilo fines dangers in the german economy. they say too many jobs are temporary or part-time and poorly paid. >> the labor market may be suffering, but many companies are making a lot of money. we have this report on one firm from frankfurt. >> surprised and pleased for investors -- a stellar first quarter. profits up by almost 40%. there were increases across the product range and across regions in the world. dieter expects more this year than the year before. they expect a higher profit. not least because of the olympic games coming up in london and the european football championship in ukraine and poland. a plus of about 5%. that is a lot. many shares losing. some say not dramatic because of gains last week. others point to spain going into recession.

eu leaders say the measures are a prerequisite for receiving new bailout funds. still many in greece and else where are increasingly uncertain about what will happen with the belt-tightening program. >>> investors, too, have shared their concerns for weeks now. ai uchida from the business desk gives us the latest market moves. >> most major markets around the world fell yesterday and u.s. and european shares no exception. share prices went tumbling overnight on u.s. and europe markets due to worsening concerns over europe's cret problems. [ bell ringing ] in new york the dow jones industrial average dipped nearly 160 points at one stage. the key index finished the day at 12,695 down 125 points or just below 1% from last week's close. over in europe stock prices dropped even more sharply. frankfurt was down nearly 2% italy and spain, 2.7% each greece saw a fall of 4.6% meanwhile, over in the bond market, investors unloaded the sovereign debts of fiscally strained countries, yields for ten-year government bonds briefly rose to the 6.3% level in spain and to 5.7% in

many eu members said countries who cannot follow the rules should leave the eurozone. if the next government rejects austerity measures, they will decide whether greece should stay in the single-currency block. >>> angela merkel and nicolas sarkozy's successor takes a different view. now hollande and merkel are trying to figure out how they'll work together. this is the report from berlin. >> reporter: hollande fru lew t berlin on tuesday, after he was inaugurated as president. during his election campaign, hollande responded to the debt crisis, by focusing on austerity. differences between the two leaders raised concerns that the two key eu members would not be able to take concerted action. back in the news conference, they stressed that they will continue to cooperate despite their differences. >> translator: i am visiting berlin because i want to show our friendship with germany. we will work together to overcome our differences. >> translator: we agreed that we have an obligation to tackle the crisis together. we have different opinions, but also something in comm

. >> the head of the european commission calls for the eu rescue fund to bail out troubled banks. and britain's highest court says julian assange can indeed be extradited to sweden. it is being called a major date for international justice. a united nations war crimes court has jailed charles taylor, the former president of liberia. >> he has been given 50 years for helping rebels from neighboring sierra leone commit a gruesome list of active during an 11-year civil war that ended in 2002. >> it was considered one of the most brutal conflicts in post- world war ii history. the presiding judge says the world is entering an era of accountability. >> charles taylor remained in passive as the sentence was announced. the presiding judge said he saw no attenuating circumstances, and taylor showed no signs of remorse. taylor was found guilty last month of 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder, rape, and constricting child soldiers. the judge said taylor's crimes were of the utmost gravity in their scale and brutality. >> witness tf1 064 was forced to carry

greece at future eu summits. the election was inconclusive, which means greek voters will be headed back to the ballot box the middle of next month. rebels showed the radical left party, could come out on top. they want to scrap the austerity measures attached to the new bailout plan, a position sure to win him lots of votes, but is making him unpopular with some powerful heads of government. >> chancellor merkel's office in the heart of berlin's government district was just a stone's throw away, but the distance between the german head of government and city sillier cannot be measured in meters. there was no meeting between the two. instead, he met members of the german left party and spoke to journalists eager to hear how the man who could become greece's next prime minister sees the future of his country and the eu. then the people of europe have the chance to bring about changes. my party and i do not see ourselves as protagonists. it is the greek people who are taking the stage. and he came to berlin from pa

so we should be thinking exactly by that in terms of eu/u.s. trade. >> mr. hugh bailey. >> at a time when the defendant's budgets is constrained across the alliance, is it not important for nato itself in the same way as nato's member states to demonstrate that every pound they spend is well spent? and will the uk therefore support proposals being considered by the nato secretariat to insure that the external audit is independent of nato? and that they're available for polltarians in this government and others to scrutinize in the same way we scrutinize our own defense expenditures? >> my friend has great knowledge of these things i think makes a series of sensible suggestions. and i think we should look carefully at them. let me commend secretary general rasmussen for what he has done in terms of reforming the huge number of command posts and headquarterses posted on nato. i suspect there is more to be done on that as well. >> currently 3% of the european market in services. can the prime minister confirm just how important completing the services market is

and the eu on cyber security matters. if you set aside the data privacy issues, then i think you find that we are almost in complete lockstep on most of the key issues. also, as prince of very well teed up for you at the end of his comments, we both look ahead and see a number of very significant coming debates basically that have already begun that are going to be very active in the year ahead at the u.n. on things such as the group of governmental experts looking at norms for state behavior in cyberspace that the u.s. and international telecommunication union world conference on information, technology that will take place in dubai this december looking at revising its treaty document and how cyber issues can or should play in that document. i think it is very encouraging steadily from the u.s. government policy perspective to know that we have in the eu such a strong partner on these very high level policy debates and challenges that we face ahead. what i would like to do is spend a few minutes talking to you about a c

at the end of the g8 meeting there was a serious discussion at the potential for an eu/u.s. trade deal. the eu and u.s. make up half of the world with's gdp. there's a huge amount of work to be done. this could have a positive impact on both sides of the atlantic. mr. speaker, the greatest risk facing the eurozone and the world economy is the situation in greece. the future of greece is for the greek people to determine, it is for them to decide what is best for their country. i don't believe we can afford to allow this issue to be endlessly fudged or put off. it should be a straightforward choice between staying in the eurozone with the responsibilities that entails or taking a different path. the eurozone needs to have contingency plans in place for both eventualities. this should involve strengthening banks, protecting financial systems and decisive action to prevent contagion. whatever the outcome, this government will do whatever is necessary to protect the country to secure our economy and our financial system. alongside the discussion on the economy, i have two furthe

effect that we are able to generate when we have our international partners working with us, with the eu working with us, japan, south korea, australia, switzerland, i mean, you name it, we have a -- and the united nations as well. a very, very broad-based coalition of countries, not doing exactly the same thing, but all pushing in the same direction of applying pressure on iran really as part of this dual track strategy and, you know, the impact of that that we have seen particularly sort of through the fall of last year and into the spring of this year is, really, you know, a very significant deterioration in the iranian economy. the value of their currency that real has dropped like a rock, and that has, you know, significant impact on iran's ability to the, you know, pay for the material that it needs for its nuclear program and more broadly, just puts pressure other than the leadership, because the people in iran are feeling this pressure themselves. and you see that in, you know, iran's gdp, which is, lags well behind its peers, as, you know, other countries that are oil exporters

the eu as an international security actor is still an infant. it's still trying different possibilities, launching missions within specific frameworks, no large scale operation, no large scale mission. for the moment, the number of ships involved in atlanta, as you may know, is fairly limited, so we would not be able to do it alone. i think it's developing its capacity, developing its capabilities. in terms of trying to avoid the costly duplication of efforts, i think that's what i was trying to underline there, the institutional complexity as such that when you start with a good idea, you could have a good idea at the beginning, but then you run into very complicated hurdles in order to achieve what you were trying to achieve, the launch of atlanta could be one example. lib ba, the aborted operation in libya could be another example of something where there was a little political will but became so die remember jent that it's then handed over to nato to such an extent. >> thank you. i just can't be the only woman who speaks on this panel today.

most eu states are becoming less competitive, not more. competition throughout europe is too constrained. indeed, britain has long been arguing for a pro business, pro-growth agenda. i formed an unprecedented alliance with 11 other eu leaders, setting out an action plan for jobs and growth in europe, pushing for the completion of the single market in services, energy, and digital. these are gains sitting there waiting to be taken if we can show the political leadership to get it done. the euro zone is at a cross roads. it either has to make up or it is looking at a potential break up. either europe has a committed, stable, successful euro zone with an effective fire wall, well capitalized and regulated banks, and supportive monetary policy across the euro zone, or we are in uncharted territory, which carries huge risks for everybody. as i have consistently said, it is in britain's interest for the euro zone to sort out its problems, but people should be in no doubt, which ever path is chosen, i'm prepared to do whatever is necessary to pro

>> the investors have waited for a long time for the eu to agree on a fiscal treaty. they'll eye the french/german plital relations carefully. u.s. digested the results of europe, the dow ended lower while nasdaq managed a game. for more in tokyo we have ramean melagard from the tokyo stocks exchange. what can you tell us at the open? >> thank you very much, ai. french and german stocks ended high after opening lower. concerns after the french elections eased a little bit, but also hopes the spanish government will come up with measures to use public funds to help shore up its banking sector. in the u.s. the nasdaq did close a touch higher. we saw gains for apple's shares while the dow was way down a little bit about shares in hewlett-packard and ibm weighing on that index. let's have a look at how things are kicking off here in tokyo. switching there to the nikkei and the topix boast indices are trading a touch higher this tuesday morning. the nikkei had the worst points last day this year yesterday, but it was mostly really catching up after the holidays that we had

and we certainly -- we should clear with the eu-3 right now. weav we're not going to take the position there cannot be negotiations in august because everybody in europe is on vacation. so we need to set up a schedule now. this is a real test of the iranians. there should be meetings at the very least every other week, at the very least. >> last question. >> i'm not a journalist. i'm a private lawyer. my name is bob ostrum. like it or not, we're in the middle of this in what will prove to be a nasty and very close presidential election in this country. the timing couldn't be better, worse. what do you think, and i apologize for asking those of you who are diplomats, but what do you think the impact of this presidential campaign will be? and secondly, assuming a change of administration with the election in november, what impact do you see on this longer-term of negotiation and threat of military, if necessary? >> let me just make one comment on the -- when you get a new administration, and it doesn't matter who is coming to power, it can even b

. >>> eu leaders meeting in brussels today, eu has agreed to spend 230 million euros on a pilot program that some see as a step toward issuing common euro zone bonds for sovereign debt. let's first get out to sylvia. what are the odds we come out with something on the table with regard to a step forward for euro bonds? >> reporter: well, this is not so easy when you talk euro speak and eu speak. i don't think we're going to get any fast track into euro bonds. even spain has come out and said they don't need that -- don't need that right now. but we might have some kind of back door open to the idea of a euro bond somewhere down later down the road. they won't call it euro bond. the germans will never go for that. we have to relabel it. that's what we're all great at. it's probably going to be called stability bond or something along those lines. but more likely, the outcome of the summit is going to be far less than what the markets are expecting. we're going to enhance the fiscal pact with something that angela merkel said last week. we've always talked about adding a second pillar to

and they are also angry about eu led austerity measures. so those measures have resulted in economic slowdown in france. and voters want to punish sarkozy. >> france has took a leading role in fixing this problem in the euro zone. what is going to happen now? >> hollande has targeted a balanced budget by 2017, but his program emphasizes equality and fairness. he plans to raise taxes on rich people while raising the minimum wage and hiring more public sector workers. he wants to lower retirement age from 62 to 60, and he wants to renegotiate the european fiscal treaty and add more concrete measures for economic growth. but some economies are unsure whether france can turn around its budget deficit, particularly with a socialist in office. >> what's the market reaction been like? >> tokyo stocks dropped nearly 3%. that's the biggest point loss this year, but investors are looking towards greece and they full uncertain about a coalition government there. now, the biggest concern is whether the alliance between france and germany can survive. s

and eu recently stepped-up sanctions on iran. they suspect it is working towards developing nuclear weapons. police in germany have carried out raids on properties run by the bikers' gang hell's angels. >> the targets were brothels, pubs, nightclubs, and private homes. >> the crime under investigation include cumin trafficking as well as drug and weapons dealing. and the elite police unit reading one of dozens of properties across northern germany. bars, brothels, and apartments were searched by more than 1000 officers. the raids are part of an ongoing investigation into a band local hell's angels group. >> the goal of these raids is to collect evidence related to all kinds of crimes, including assault and potentially even weapons dealing. >> at least six hells angels members were arrested. the raids followed months of evidence-gathering of possible illegal arms dealing by the group. it is not the members of the group could have supplied weapons to right wing and left- wing extremists. in a related rate, the apartment of an offic

germany expressed skepticism about eu plans to register all travellers entering and leaving europe. the u.s. justice minister and homeland security chief will brief their european colleagues on the u.s.'s system to screen travelers. all right, the german football association is hearing an appeal over what is being called the game of shame. >> tuesday, fans ran onto the field in a premature celebration of promotion two minutes before a final whistle in the game. >> the match was eventually restarted, but berlin claimed the disruption rob them of a chance of scoring the goal that they needed to avoid relegation. >> the panel will relegate over the weekend. a final decision is expected monday afternoon. duesseldorf maintains the outcome should be confirmed. the referee testified he rigorously conformed with fifa regulations as the match spiraled out of control. if the panel confirms his testimony, the ruling will stand. but berlin is relying on april the gives it the right to contest a match. a ruling in their favor means a rematch. isidor fans stormed the pitch two minutes before the

hollande said he wants to tell greek leaders that the eu will take steps to promote growth. hollande and merkel wanted to reassure the financial markets that they will continue to work together. joshua otonabe, nhk world, berlin. >>> timny geithner said that europe is making progress in dealing with the debt crisis. >> the greeks have a particularly unique set of challenges. but we should welcome this new debate about growth in europe. i think it's a welcome debate. they have a stronger set of tools to manage the crisis now in place. that allows them to shift the focus where they should. how they create the conditions for more growth. >> geithner said in a speech in washington on tuesday that europe is taking measures to restore fiscal sustainability at a steady pace. he also mentioned the discussions have begun to promote spending on infrastructure in debt-ridden nations to support their economies. geithner added that europe has become aware of the need to boost the global standing of those countries with excessive debts. but he warned against slowing down efforts to overco

eu officials announced last month that they were suspending trade sanctions against myanmar. an arms embargo remains in place. ashton met with pro-democracy leader aung san suu kyi last month. she was in myanmar to open an eu office promoting trade and investment pb. >>> a japanese city that suffered in last year's tsunami. the collective relocation in sendai city is the largest so far in a state-sponsored program to help rebuild devastated communities. the plan covers about 1700 households in the city's two wards along the pacific coast. the city will offer plots in more than ten inland lations for people who want to rebuild their houses. the relocation will cost sendai an estimated $750 million. the money will cover buying the land where the residents formally lived and developing the inland sites. the city will submit the plan to the central government later this month for approval. city officials hope the relocation will be completed by the end of 2015. >>> with less than three months to go before the year's biggest sporting event, the torch for the london olympics was li

there is a growing crisis and the likely response of the eu leaders. >> stock markets fell, the europe tumbled, on fears that greece would abandon the europe. others were drawn in. borrowing costs for spain neared dangerous levels. in athens, greek political leaders struggled for a ninth date to form a government. the deadlock could lead to new elections, where parties that oppose the terms of the greek bailout might increase their support. that would mean greece leading the euro, with incalculable consequences. there is speculation about the future of some countries in the euro zone, which i think is doing real damage across all european economy. >> talks will resume tomorrow about trying to form a government. finance ministers from the euro zone gathered in brussels. while leading eu officials pled with officials not to renege on austerity cuts but form part of a bailout deal, but there was no sign they were prepared to offer the greeks easier terms. the german chancellor angela merkel was pouring over the troubled european map at a school in berlin today. she said she thought agrees

that is a compound used by the eu, u.n., and aid groups. the casualties were afghan nationals.unfire continued for hours after the blast. a taliban spokesman said the attack marks the start of the spring offensive and serves as a rebuke to a partnership pact signed earlier by obama and his afghan counterpart hamid karzai. >> welcome to the french presidential race is heating up as we speak with incumbent nicolas sarkozy facing off in a televised debate with his socialist challenger francois hollande. >> this is seen as a make or break for sarkozy. hollande has a lead of between six and 10 points in opinion polls. and he has a reputation of being a better life speaker. we will find out who is doing best in the debate later on. >> standard and poor's has lifted it greece out of default territory. >> the move was expected after athens completed the onslaught of about 100 billion euros, canceling a third of the country's debt. but the credit rating agency kept greece firmly in the junk category with a ccc rating. the award of the deep recession, unpredictable elections sunday, and