The European Commission, which will pronounce Wednesday on the Greek government's budget plans, will seek "additional measures" from Athens to bring down its massive debt, a spokeswoman said Monday.

Sri Lanka's president on Monday sacked 12 senior military officers over what one army source said were fears of a coup after last week's presidential elections.

At least 41 people were killed and 106 wounded, including women and children, Monday when a female suicide bomber blew herself up among Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad, an interior ministry official said.

US President Barack Obama will Monday formally propose abandoning plans to return US astronauts to the moon, as the Constellation next-generation space vehicle becomes a casualty of budget cuts.

US President Barack Obama's 2011 budget will put the projected deficit at 1.267 trillion dollars, down from 1.556 trillion dollars in 2010, officials said Monday.