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PARIS - Leaders of the 27 nations that comprise the European Union have opened a summit aimed at solving the bloc's debt crisis. The dinner summit in Brussels will be dominated by increasing calls for growth measures, the creation of jobs and stimulating the troubled eurozone economy, which has been hit with grim news. This week, the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development warned that the eurozone risked severe recession. The EU's focus has shifted ...

ADDIS ABABA - Somalia's main political entities have ended three days of often-heated talks, saying they remain committed to a political process leading to a post-transitional government by August.     Participants say the United Nations-sponsored talks were surprisingly congenial given the number of contentious issues facing Somalia's often-hostile clans.    In the end, the six parties agreed to put some difficult issues, and many of the ...