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BRUSSELS: European finance ministers will on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) be given the fine-print of a eurozone plan to rescue Greece with billions of euros in crisis loans if budget surgery hits complications.

BANGKOK: Thailand’s parliament postponed its session Tuesday due to the lack of a quorum, after lawmakers said they feared for their safety in light of anti-government demonstrations, a house speaker said.

TEHRAN: A day after his apartment block was besieged by hardliners calling for his prosecution, defiant Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi lashed out at the government, saying it was “plagued with despotism,” his website reported on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila).

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has withdrawn a bid to disqualify the judge hearing his sodomy trial, whom he had accused of bias, Anwar’s lawyer said Tuesday.