All the countries of the European Union except the UK have backed a tax and budget pact to tackle the eurozone debt crisis, European leaders say.

BBC Graphic: EU and the euro: Where they stand

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The recordings come from 78s, 45s and LPs that record collector Will Holland found while scouring bins in Colombia.

Soundway’s Musical Map of Colombia

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy warns of the risk of Europe “disintegrating” if a solution is not found to the eurozone debt crisis at the summit in Brussels.

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Egypt could get some guidance from Indonesia where a revolution cut short the military rule and produced a fledgling democracy.

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Kiwanuka’s music is steeped in the earnest soul ballads that dominated radio airwaves in the 1970s.

Video: Michael Kiwanuka - I'm Getting Ready

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In Bashar Al Assad’s interview with ABC’s Barbara Walters, the Syrian leader says he feels no guilt for the deaths of Syrians during the past nine months of protests because he, Assad, does not control those forces. Marco Werman listens to parts of the interview with Andrew Tabler of The Washington Institute to get his reaction. Tabler lived in Syria for seven years and has met Bashar Assad.

Video: Barbara Walters interviews Bashar Al-Assad

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Syria is becoming the latest battleground in a Cold War for influence in the Middle East. On one side is Iran, an old ally of the Assad regime. On the other is Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf Kingdoms.

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The Obama administration is offering some advice to its most important ally in the region: Israel should do more to mend fences with its neighbors. That message was sent recently by Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. But as The World’s Matthew Bell reports from Jerusalem, Israelis aren’t buying it.

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