FRANKFURT (AFP) - The European Aviation Safety Agency has ordered all 67 Airbus A380 superjumbo planes currently in operation to be checked for wing cracks, a spokesman said on Wednesday.

MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who returned from talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, said Wednesday that recalling envoys from Damascus did not help promote the Arab League's plan.

ATHENS (AFP) - A finalised plan to cut Greek debt that was hammered out with the European Union and IMF has been handed to partners in the governing coalition, a conservative party source said on Wednesday.

MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who returned from talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, said Wednesday that Syrians themselves should decide the fate of their leader.

HELSINKI (AFP) - World-leading mobile phone maker Nokia plans to cut 4,000 jobs at its smartphone manufacturing facilities in Finland, Hungary and Mexico by the end of 2012, it said Wednesday.