BRUSSELS: Europe’s leaders head into a crucial summit on Thursday, torn over the military campaign in Libya and facing a political crisis in Portugal that threatens fresh trouble for the euro.

Originally scheduled to finalize a long-anticipated deal to shore up the single currency, leaders of the 27-nation European Union (EU) gather for the two-day talks facing a new financial storm should troubled Portugal seek a bailout.

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