Gunmen kill 12 at Baghdad brothel: officials
Baghdad. Unknown gunmen shot dead at least seven women and five men at a brothel in Baghdad on Wednesday, security and medical officials said, AFP reported.

Collapse in Bulgaria coal output will not be allowed: BEH
Sofia. “I will not allow collapse in the coal output in Bulgaria and respectively a collapse in the production of the heating power plants,” said Mihail Andonov, director of the Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH), speaking at the parliament, FOCUS News Agency reporter informed.

EU leaders call time on banking secrecy at tax summit
Brussels. European leaders targeted Wednesday setting a year-end deadline to do away with banking secrecy, hoping to recoup a trillion euros in lost tax each year in a time of record recession and unemployment.