Militants took control of a large police base in a remote part of northeastern Afghanistan after some 100 police and border guards surrendered following three days of fighting, security officials said Sunday.
Bailout negotiators from the European Commission, European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund had been due to start arriving in Athens on Friday to start talks for the new rescue package worth an expected 85 billion euros ($93 billion).
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Source: San Francisco Chronicle
