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The French President insists that Putin's presence at D-Day celebrations is necessary.
The unabated violence comes just over a month after millions of Iraqis voted in the first general elections since US forces left the country.
Euro observers also expect the European Central Bank to cut its already very low interest rate from 0.25 to 0.1 per cent.
Rebel groups fired mortar rounds near Damascus University as hundreds of expat Syrians who were unable to vote abroad arrived in the capital on Monday.
The explosion happened as patrons were watching a football match, police added.
On Thursday, a group of Christian men sacked an empty mosque in Bangui in a reprisal attack.
According to the European Union's Statistics office Eurostat, Italy's economy shrank by 0.1 per cent in the first three months of 2014.
The Obama administration had initially estimated the economy grew 0.1 per cent.
Washington wants to develop regional ballistic missile defense systems with allies South Korea and Japan.
Voter turnout on Wednesday, the extended day of voting, was light, reports said.
