The report recently released by the UN nuclear watchdog on Iran's nuclear program is alarming, White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Thursday, vowing to put added pressure on the Islamist state.

What I would say is that we're consulting with our partners and allies. The conclusions that the report draws are alarming and they reinforce what we've been saying about Iranian behavior, Carney told reporters at the briefing.

Two days ago, the latest report released by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that credible evidence showed that Iran has engaged in projects and experiments relevant to the development of nuclear weapons.

Teheran completely rejected the report and insisted that Iran had no nuclear weapon programs, criticizing that the IAEA report was imbalanced, unprofessional and politically-motivated.

Carney reiterated that the U.S. is looking at additional ways to apply pressure on Iran because the onus is on Iran to address the questions raised by the international community about the intent of its nuclear program.

He said the existing sanctions on Iran have been stringent and have had a dramatic impact on the Iranian economy and have put great strain on the regime as a result.

Carney vowed that the U.S. will continue to take measures and working with its international partners to put added pressure on Iran, in a bid to force it to change its behaviors and live up to its international obligations.

We'll continue to pursue that going forward in the wake of this very alarming report, he added.

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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Thursday expressed deep concern over the possible military- dimensioned nuclear program in Iran, and called for a diplomatic solution, rather than the military one, to the nuclear standoff with Iran, a UN spokesman said here.

Martin Nesirky, the UN spokesman, said at a daily news briefing that after International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) released a report on Tuesday accusing Iran of conducting activities aimed at developing nuclear weapons, the secretary-general noted with serious concern that Iran might have carried out nuclear activities with military purposes,

The secretary-general reiterates his belief that a negotiated rather than a military solution is the only way to resolve this issue, the spokesman said.

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Ban emphasized again that the onus is on Iran to prove the peaceful nature of its nuclear program, and reiterated his call for Iran's compliance with all the relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council and IAEA board of governors, Nesirky said.

IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano has circulated an updated report on Iran for consideration at the meeting of the IAEA board of governors, and copies of this report have also been submitted to the UN Security Council and secretary-general, Nesirky said.

The UN Security Council has imposed four rounds of international sanctions on Iran, despite Tehran's repeated insistence on the peaceful nature of its nuclear program.

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi said on Saturday that the relevant IAEA documents are unfounded and baseless.

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On Wednesday, Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the latest IAEA report is a politicized compilation f well-known facts.

The authors (of the report) juggle the facts to create the impression that Iran's nuclear program has a military component, the statement said, adding that the approach can hardly be called progressional and unbiased, and the report might lead to a dangerous confrontation.

Tehran insists on the peaceful aspect of its nuclear program, but the United States and its Western allies worry that Iran would use the uranium enrichment to make nuclear weapons.

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Fears spread that Italy may seek international bailout after borrowing costs of the world's No. 8 economy soared to a dangerous level Wednesday.

According to the Korea Center for International Finance (KCIF), the yield on the Italy's 10-year government bonds soared 49 basis points (bps) to a euro-era record of 7.21 percent, breaching the dangerous threshold of 7 percent at which Greece, Ireland and Portugal sought bailout funds.

The three peripheral nations were all forced to ask for bailout funds after their borrowing costs reached similar levels. Greece sought international bailout just 17 days after its borrowing costs breached the 7 percent level, while Ireland and Portugal took 22 days and 91 days each in seeking bailouts after their yields breached that level.

It is imperative for Italy to seek international bailout. Greece, Ireland and Portugal asked for financial aid within three months after their borrowing costs breached the 7 percent level, Kang Hyun-gie, a strategist at Solomon Investment & Securities in Seoul, told TingVoa.com.

Kang, however, noted that the Italian event would unlikely cause a Greek-typed turmoil in the global financial market as the euro region's third-largest economy could avert the crisis through its own capacity such as strong manufacturing sector and international trade.

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According to the Italian central bank's data, Italy's aggregate debts amounted to 1.89 trillion euros (2.56 trillion U.S. dollars), exceeding that of Greece, Spain, Portugal and Ireland combined. The rate of Italy's debts to its gross domestic product (GDP) reached 118 percent last year, the second-highest in the euro zone after Greece.

Italy had a sea of debts to refinance next year, with debts that mature in February to April accounting for 45 percent of the total maturing in 2012. Even though Italy could afford to refinance 37.3 billion euros in debts that mature within this year, the economy would face challenges next year without outside help.

Italy is the third-largest economy in euro area, accounting for 17 percent of the region's total GDP. Italy is also a huge government bond market, which can trigger troubles in other nations with exposure to its debts, said Lee Young-won, a strategist at HMC Investment & Securities in Seoul.

Lee noted the possibility could not be ruled out that Europe's debt crisis would fall into another serious phase like the Greek crisis if Italy may get bailout funds, and consequently other nations with Italian exposure should realize losses on their books.

According to Bank for International Settlement (BIS), France was exposed to Italian debts worth 289.8 billion euros as of the end of March, with German exposure amounting to 116.5 billion euros. Spain had relatively small exposure to Italy worth 25.3 billion euros.

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Given Italy's position and scale of economy in the region, European leaders were expected to give a helping hand to Italy, but they are faced with dilemmas that Europe has not enough resources to save such a big country.

Italy is a too-big-to-fail economy, which Europe cannot give up, but the euro area's current rescue fund will not stabilize market fears. European leaders should unveil determined measures such as printing money by the European Central Bank (ECB) or issuing Euro Bonds, but those actions would not be taken in the short term, said Lee Eun-taek, a strategist at Dongbu Securities in Seoul.

Under the current 440 billion euros European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), Italy could receive a financial support of around 160 billion euros, or 10 percent of its GDP, but it was not enough to save the nation, of which haircut was estimated to rise up to 20 percent. European leaders agreed to boost the EFSF to 1 trillion euros, but the agreement was not fleshed out yet.

The Group of 20 (G20) leaders discussed whether to boost the IMF's funds in a bid to assist troubled nations in Europe, but concrete plan was not decided. The ECB, now helmed by a former Italian central bank governor Mario Draghi, implemented bond- buying program to ease Italy's strains, but objections to the bond purchases have been growing recently

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Market watchers worried that the global financial market may slip into a vicious cycle as seen in Greece's case. Following the Greek bond yield breaching the 7 percent level in July last year, the yield soared to 12 percent level in one month, and the nation faced additional troubles such as credit rating downgrades, political split and civil protests against austerity plans.

The market is increasingly worried about a vicious cycle of higher yields resulting in the imposition of higher collateral haircuts on Italian government bonds and faster rating downgrades, as happened to other periphery issuers as their funding costs rose, said Luca Jellinek, head of European rates Strategy in Credit Agricole.

LCH Clearnet, a Europe-based clearing house, triggered such a vicious cycle. The clearing house lifted the deposit it demands for Italian bonds that mature in seven and 10 years to 11.65 percent overnight from the previous 6.65 percent. That means institutional investors should pay additional costs when they trade repurchase agreements (RPs) with Italian bonds as collateral.

Italy was directly hit by LCH Clearnet's action. In addition, French and German banks have reduced their exposure to Italy over the past four months, said Kang Hyun-cheol, a strategist at Woori Investment & Securities in Seoul.

Jellinek predicted that the market would remain skeptical and skittish until sufficient reforms are undertaken and the ECB and German bloc decide to monetize debt on a much larger scale.

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Italy is experiencing a severe trust crisis that will lead to years of economic suffering, but it has solid fundamentals which could eventually allow it to turn around, Alberto Forchielli, President of the thinktank Osservatorio Asia, told TingVoa.com on Thursday.

Italy is already in recession. Its demand and development will drop, and the country will go through two very hard years, and then through another hard 10 years, said Forchielli, also the founder and CEO of Mandarin Capital Partners - the largest Chinese-European private equity fund.

In his view, Italy is experiencing a historical moment very similar to the one right after the Second World War.

In the same way the country started developing in 1950 after going through five terrible years since 1945, it will finally manage to turn around from the current crisis without outside help due to its solid economic fundamentals,he said.

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In fact, a great part of the Italian debt is owned by Italian families, whose private debt is very low, while their private savings almost double the country's public debt,he noted.

He also added that Italy's gold reserves, which are worth 170 billion euros (over 230 billion U.S. dollars), are the third largest in the world, after U.S. and Germany.

Taking all these into account, Forchielli said Italy would be able to pay off and refinance its debts next year, because a risk of insolvency does not exist in the country, he said.

In fact, due to its solid fundamentals, Italy's situation is similar to the French one, and very different from Greece Portugal and Spain, Forchielli said.

Moreover, he added, Italy has a deep sense of belonging to the EU, of which it was one of the founding countries.

Saying Italy is the same as saying Europe, as if Italy collapses the euro would collapse, and with it the whole EU project would fail bringing its member states back to centuries ago,he said.

Regarding the rumors that some speculators are attacking the euro, he said that this was an unfounded conspiracy theory.

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The problem is that when investors perceive a risk, they start selling which also triggers speculative waves in the financial markets,he said.

As a consequence, Forchielli added, if Italy's yields continue to soar as happened in the past days when they went over a crtitical threshold of 7 percent, the country would go through a much more severe recession.

In order to avoid this scenario, Italy needs to regain as soon as possible from international markets the trust that it deserves through implementing quickly some necessary austerity measures, including for example a property tax, and a reform of the pension system and public service.

Forming a technocrat government after premier Silvio Berlusconi's resignation, likely on Saturday, would be the best solution to deliver those unpopular reforms that everybody has considered fundamental since many years ago but no politicians had the courage to implement, he said.

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Italy's financial markets calmed Thursday on the prospect of a new government led by the country's respected economist Mario Monti.

Milan stocks first saw a decline by more than one percent but swung back to green and gained 1.5 percent in morning trading.

In a treasury auction earlier on Thursday, Rome also managed to raise five billion euros, though at the cost of a record high interest rate of 6.087 percent.

The 10-year bond yields dropped to 6.98 percent, just below the critical 7-percent threshold, with its spread against the German benchmark bond falling from 574 basis points to 520.

The 10-year bond yield reached over 7 percent on Wednesday, after Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's announcement that he would step down, but only after the Parliament approves an austerity package.

The jittery markets calmed on Thursday when Mario Monti emerged as a possible leader of a new government.

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Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said he supported an emergency government of national unity led by the former European commissioner.

He (Monti) has an international profile that no-one can deny, Frattini said, noting he had worked very hard during his term in Brussels.

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano appointed Monti, a highly-respected and unaligned economist, a life senator later on Wednesday.

Wednesday, the day after Berlusconi tendered what Italian newspapers called a conditional resignation, was a dark day for the economy in Italy -- and in Europe as a whole.

The Italian Stock Exchange in Milan erased two days of gains by mid-morning and finished the day down nearly 4 percent, sparking similar sell-offs across Europe's main exchanges.

The euro lost almost 3 cents against the dollar, it's largest one-day drop in two months.

Most importantly, the yield on Italy's 10-year benchmark bond shot above the 7-percent barrier Wednesday to close at 7.25 percent, by far its highest close since the inception of the euro in 1999.

Greece, Portugal and Ireland were all forced to seek international bailout after their borrowing costs reached similar levels.

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Economists say that if Italy is forced to pay more than 7 percent interest in order to refinance its debt, the costs would be unsustainable.

Antonio Bolzano, an economist with ABS Securities, said the rising debt yield and other factors were as much a reflection of political uncertainty than of underlying shifts in the country's economic health.

From the market's perspective, it would probably be better if Berlusconi left than if he stayed, but the worst-case scenario is that neither happens and the country is caught in some kind of in-between state, Bolzano said. That's what happened Wednesday -- the market reacted strongly because it did not know what to expect.

So far, the debate on the austerity measures Berlusconi had made conditional to his resignation has been slow to move forward.

The Italian press on Wednesday speculated that the approval of the measures could drag on for weeks at a time when its implementation is badly needed.

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The austerity plan is probably too small to save Italy, but it is clearly better to have it in force, Bolzano said.

In an unexpected development, pollsters reported that preliminary results are showing that Berlusconi's approval levels, though still low, are actually on the rise since he said he would step down.

People in Italy have always liked the idea that Berlusconi beats the system and perhaps they think he will do it now one more time, said Maria Rossi, Opinioni's co-director, adding that the final results of the in-progress poll will be available Monday, the day a new government of the country is expected to be formed.

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Leaders of 21 economies will meet here this weekend for their annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, with topics on green growth, regional economic integration and trade facilitation through improving regulatory coherence expected to top the agenda.

Themed Toward a Seamless Regional Economy, the upcoming Hawaii APEC has three specific priority areas including strengthening regional economic integration and expanding trade, promoting green growth, and advancing regulatory coherence and cooperation.

Jeffrey Schott, a trade policy expert at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, a Washington think-tank, told TingVoa.com recently that he expects APEC leaders to build on the success in previous years of strengthening cooperation between the 21 economies.

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A lot of work in promoting green and sustainable growth will be discussed and promoted, as the APEC has defined green growth as environmentally sustainable economic growth and development, he said.

U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said recently that the forum's U.S. hosts will seek commitments from participants to encourage competitions and open markets as a way to bolster innovation.

Ernest Bower, director of Southeast Asia Program at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), said renewable energy products and technology are likely the focus of this topic.

The U.S. is also hoping to persuade other Asia-Pacific economies to agree to a deal to tear down barriers to the trade of environmental goods and services. But some experts don't think blockbuster agreements on green growth will be reached during the meeting.

On Monday, China's Assistant Foreign Minister Wu Hailong said APEC members generally hold positive attitudes toward U.S. proposals in various fields such as green growth, innovation policy. But some of the U.S.'s expected outcomes are beyond the capacity of the developing members, and they have expressed their difficulties and concerns.

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He said China expects the APEC members to comprehensively promote regional trade and investment liberalization, and all member states should fulfill their commitments and oppose all forms of trade protectionism.

Yu Jianhua, Chinese assistant commerce minister, called for pushing the development of a green economy in the region steadily as APEC members differ sharply in their basis, conditions and levels.

It is widely believed that the U.S. will advance the the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), an Asia-Pacific regional trade agreement being negotiated among the United States and eight other partners, namely Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam.

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As leaders from 21 economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum meet this weekend in Hawaii, they are expected to check the pulse of the world economy and mull measures to bolster growth in their region.

The Hawaii meeting, the 19th for APEC leaders, comes at a time of world economic uncertainty, with the European debt crisis still unresolved, inflationary pressure increasing and a slowdown of growth in Asia, and high levels of unemployment in the U.S. and many developed countries.

Jeffrey Schott, a trade policy expert at Washington thinktank Peterson Institute for International Economics, said the forum will very likely take on a broad global perspective.

The biggest concern of the APEC members will be restoring global economic growth, getting more stability, and getting a stronger foundation for economic growth going forward. That's the principal concern leaders will have when they come to Honolulu, said Schott during a recent interview with TingVoa.com.

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Schott believed APEC leaders would focus first on global economic situation, because they represent half of the world economy. So obviously they'll have some concerns about the spillover effects of the crisis in Europe. But the meeting itself is not one about the European crisis, as that is mainly dealt with through each country's participation in the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

What leaders can do, is to make sure they work together and build on the success in previous years of strengthening cooperation between the 21 economies, noted Schott.

The integration efforts are means of boosting productivity throughout the region, and thereby enhancing growth. So that's what you want the APEC economies to do. That's what they are trying to do, is work together more cooperatively, more efficiently so they boost economic growth throughout the region. That would lead to more trade and investment, and higher wages.

With a global perspective in mind, leaders of APEC economies will try to provide some certainty and stability.

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If you think about the effective governance of the world economy, you want to have these meetings provide continuity in effort and a coherence of effort between the partner economies, so that they can best work with each other to promote the best economic outcomes for themselves, Schott said.

Many experts agree that the Hawaii APEC is unlikely to produce big-ticket agreements in its prioritized areas of discussion, including strengthening regional economic integration and expanding trade, promoting green growth, and advancing regulatory coherence and cooperation.

I think it's getting harder given all the distractions in the world economy to find some big trophy that would be hoisted at the end of the meeting like a world cup winner, Schott said.

Specifically on green growth, Michael Green, Japan Chair and Senior Adviser at Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), said last week that he expects most of the agreements made at APEC on the issue will be aspirational.

When it comes to green growth, said Green, most of the economies are in competition for these technologies in these markets. So an agreement that green growth is important can only go so far in terms of cooperation.

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But APEC does have its values. Schott said the real value of the meeting will be to move forward the progress that has been achieved over the past few years in driving more productive investment and economic growth in the region.

Hopefully we'll see a meeting where there are a lot of announcements of important progress and new initiatives or acceleration of efforts to put an agreement on the table.

On the sidelines of APEC, the forum's U.S. host is determined to pursue the adoption of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), an Asia-Pacific regional trade agreement being negotiated among the United States and eight other partners, namely Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam.

Michael Green of CSIS noted the real narrative President Barack Obama would want to tell at the APEC will be America has a trade agenda signified by the TPP.

As a major country in the region, China has already outlined its expectations for the Honolulu meeting.

Chinese Assistant Commerce Minister Yu Jianhua said Monday China hopes the meeting will further promote the liberalization and facilitation of trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region, push forward economic and technology cooperation, support multilateral trade systems, oppose trade protectionism, so as to inject vitality into world economic recovery and growth.

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Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Thursday for the Economic Leaders Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), slated for Saturday and Sunday.

At the annual meeting, leaders of the 21-member group will exchange views on economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region, strengthening regional economic integration and expanding trade.

They will also consider the promotion of green growth and fostering job creation in green industries, energy security, and expanding regulatory cooperation and advancing regulatory convergence.

President Hu is expected to speak at the meeting and express his views on the world economic situation and the regional economic situation, Wu Hailong, assistant foreign minister of China, said at a press briefing earlier this week.

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In his speech, Wu said, the Chinese leader will call for improving global economic governance, shifting the growth method, promoting economic globalization and regional economic integration.

Hu will also explain China's stand on the issues of free and open trade and investment, green growth, the adjustment of economic structure and regulatory cooperation, Wu said.

In Hawaii, Hu will join other APEC leaders in dialogue with the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC).

APEC leaders are expected to discuss with ABAC representatives, among other things, regional economic integration, reform of the international monetary system, and food security.

The Chinese leader is scheduled to deliver a speech at the APEC CEO summit Saturday.

On the sidelines of the APEC Economic Leaders Meeting, President Hu will meet U.S. President Barack Obama and other leaders of APEC members.

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China hopes the meeting will further promote the free and open trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region, push forward economic and technology cooperation, support multilateral trade systems, oppose trade protectionism, so as to inject vitality into world economic recovery and growth, Assistant Commerce Minister Yu Jianhua said at a press briefing earlier this week.

APEC is the premier economic forum in the Asia-Pacific region.

Since APEC's birth in 1989 it has grown to encompass 21 members spanning four continents, and represents the most economically dynamic region in the world, accounting for approximately 40 percent of the world's population, around 50 percent of world GDP and about 44 percent of world trade.

APEC's 21 member economies are Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, China's Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, the United States and Vietnam.

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An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale jolted East China Sea at 10:59 a.m. Beijing Time (GMT 0259) Tuesday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.

The epicenter, with a depth of 220 km, was initially determined to be at 27.2 degrees north latitude and 125.9 degrees east longitude.

The epicenter was 270 km from Diaoyu Island, 480 km from Taipei and 520 km from the city of Wenzhou in eastern Zhejiang Province.

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At least 18 buildings, including two hotels, collapsed in the province of Van in eastern Turkey after a 5.6-magnitude quake struck Van on Wednesday night, Turkish private NTV news channel reported.

The report said that many people were trapped under the buildings and rescue workers could be seen searching through the rubble.

An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted Van province on Wednesday at about 21: 23 local time (1923 GMT), said Turkey's Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute.

The institute said that the quake hit Edremit town of Van province.

Six-storied Bayram Hotel collapsed in the quake in Marsal Fevzi Cakmak Street in the center of Van city, said NTV news channel, adding that 11 people have been pulled out of the rubble.

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Search and rescue teams and ambulances were dispatched to the Bayram Hotel after the building collapsed in the quake.

Journalists and officials from the Turkish Red Crescent (Kzlay) were reportedly staying in the collapsed hotel. There was no immediate information about casualties.

Early Wednesday, an earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale shook the Kaustuk village of Adilcevaz town of Bitlis province in eastern Turkey, said the institute on its website.

On Oct. 23, a 7.2-magnitude quake shook eastern province of Van, killing 605 people and injuring 4,152 others while 188 people were pulled out alive from the rubble.

On Aug. 17, 1999, two powerful earthquakes, measuring 6.7 and 7. 4 on the Richter scale respectively, jolted northwestern and western Turkey, killing about 18,000 people and affecting hundreds of thousands of others.

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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Tuesday promised to resign once new economic measures requested by the European Union (EU) to balance the country's budget by 2013 are approved by the parliament.

On the same day, main Greek parties were continuing their protracted power-sharing negotiations over a new government to replace the one led by outgoing Prime Minister George Papandreou.

The consecutive announcements of resignation from the two EU prime ministers were both triggered by the chronic European debt crisis, which first started in Greece two years ago.

The financial and political situations of Italy and Greece have similarities. First, both countries are crunched by huge government debts and mounting pressure from other eurozone countries and the financial market.

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Secondly, the disappointed public of both countries have decided to change their leaders and are longing for a new start of tackling the debt burden.

And last, financial and economic pains are obviously spreading into political and social layers, which have retroacted by manacling the political exertion on the debt crisis.

Just like a patient waiting for rescue, when the heart and brain get stuck at the same time, the rejection of the body makes it harder to find better treatment.

The new leaders of Italy and Greece are expected to face complex situations entangled with bailout disciplines, party struggles, austerity resistance and public complaints.

Deteriorating political conjunctures are also at sight in the eurozone scope. Lack of political determination and executive ability has already wasted good chances of stopping the crisis from spreading.

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The past two weeks since the EU summit hammered out a bailout plan have witnessed a relapse of political shilly-shallies indicating that Europe is losing courage as well as direction on the debt crisis.

The situation is now getting worse with Italy, the eurozone's third largest economy, which shoulders debts of about 1.9 trillion euros (2.6 trillion U.S. dollars) and is on the verge of bankruptcy.

Italy's borrowing cost rose Tuesday to the highest level since 1995, as the yield on its 10-year bonds hiked to 6.68 percent. A rate of over 7 percent is considered a turning point for a country to look for bailout.

Apart from Italy and Greece, the debt situations of Portugal and Ireland have also worried the market and creditors.

How to avoid the domino effect has emerged to be a tough challenge for EU countries.

Now still having chances and full ability to handle the situation, the countries perhaps should quit the wait-and-see mentality and seek a decisive salvation from the debt crisis.

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The meeting of Greek political parties to form a new government would be extend to Thursday, as the negotiations ended without the official resignation of outgoing Prime Minister George Papandreou on Wednesday.

Political leaders will meet under the president (Carolos Papoulias) at 0800 GMT on Thursday, the president's office said.

It was not clear whether other parties' leaders would attend the political talk that has been held for three days. Left parties leaders refused to take part in Wednesday's meeting.

Earlier on Wednesday afternoon, Papandreou in a televised address to the nation described his selection for the post of new Prime Minister as an institutional figure, which prompted local analysts to strongly suggest that he was referring to Speaker of Parliament Philippos Petsalnikos.

Greek political crisis has been deteriorating since October 31, when Papandreou announced his plan to call a referendum on the October 26 euro zone summit agreement which he later cancelled under heavy pressure from Greece's European partners who feared that a negative result could destabilize euro zone economies.