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UN resolutions. Speaking to the BBC's Persian television service, Mrs Clinton expressed regret about some US actions involving Iran in the past, including its role in the 1953 coup.

Rescue workers in eastern Turkey, trying to get food and blankets to survivors of Sunday's earthquake, say 17 aid trucks have been looted. Thousands of people who've been left homeless face a fourth night of freezing weather conditions and snow. The Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan acknowledged there had been failures in the distribution of tents.

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European Union leaders are meeting in Brussels to thrash out the details of plans to fix the eurozone's sovereign debt crisis. A statement by the leaders after the first round of talks said agreement had been reached on strengthening banks or recapitalisation. Andrew Walker is in Brussels.

欧盟领导人与会布鲁塞尔，研讨制定欧元区主权债务应对方案的具体细节。第一轮讨论后发表声明，已就加强银行即资产重组达成协议。安德鲁·沃克在布鲁塞尔报道。

Tackling the weakness of the banks was the area where European countries had made most progress ahead of the summit. In a statement, the leaders said there's broad agreement that banks should meet higher standards of financial strength. The statement said what that standard would be, although it did not give a figure for how much extra the banks would have to raise. It said the banks should try to get the money privately but if necessary they would have to turn to public funds. The decision was taken by the full European Union. Leaders of the 17 countries that use the euro are continuing discussions separately on other measures to establish financial stability.