PARIS - Leaders of the 27 nations that comprise the European Union are gathering Wednesday in Brussels for a summit aimed at solving the bloc's debt crisis. The dinner summit 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 [OECD] warned that the eurozone risked severe recession. The ...

BAMAKO - A Malian political coalition opposed to the March 22 coup is calling for those behind Monday's attack on the nation's interim civilian president, Diouncounda Traore, to be held accountable.  Meanwhile a competing coalition says it has chosen junta leader, Captain Amadou Sanogo, to take over as head the transitional government. Mediators from West African regional bloc ECOWAS signed a deal Sunday with Sanogo to extend the mandate of interim president Diouncounda ...