deputy assistant secretary of state jim zumwalt says the transfer would ease the prefecture's burdenf hosting the bases. >> i don't have a date in mind but i this i it would be soon. there's no obstacle to returning. >> zumwalt referred to a part of camp zukeran and three other areas u.s. authorities agreed to return to japan last month. japanese and u.s. officials also agreed to relocate about 9,000 marines stationed in okinawa to places outside of japan. both sides separated the issues from the plan to relocate the u.s. futenma base. zumwalt suggests american officials wanted to do that so they could work quickly to move the marines. >>> greece's political parties are again trying to cobble together a coalition government in a last ditch effort to avoid new elections. the move follows a fresh proposal from the country's president, but the talks look set to collapse. president karolos papoulias on monday proposed including private sector experts in government after the three biggest winners on the may 6th elections repeatedly failed to agree in coalition talks. the leaders of all th