Warsaw applies for financial centre
Sofia. Bank giants UniCredit, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Societe Generale are opening their investment centres in Warsaw, where the stock deals have exceeded PLN 15 billion (USD 4.6 billion) since the beginning of the year.

Killer tornado smashed 1,200 homes: US officials
Moore. Monday's tornado in this Oklahoma City suburb damaged or destroyed 1,200 homes and affected 33,000 people, officials said Thursday, AFP reports.

Obama tackles drones, Guantanamo in reset of war on terror
Washington. President Barack Obama Thursday laid out new guidelines for drone strikes abroad and launched a new bid to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, seeking to rein in a "boundless" US war on terror, AFP reports.