The United States tried to defuse a potential row with its European allies on Thursday after a phone call in which a top US diplomat cursed the EU response to the Ukraine crisis was leaked.

US diplomat sorry for cursing EU in bugged Ukraine call
KIEV: The United States tried Thursday to defuse a potential row with its European allies after the leak of an embarrassing phone call in which a top US diplomat cursed the EU response to the Ukraine crisis.
The leak of the bugged conversation came as Ukraine's embattled president, Viktor Yanukovych, flew to Sochi late Thursday for crisis talks with Russian counterpart and ally Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the opening ceremony for the Winter Olympics.
Washington and Brussels have engaged in ...
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