Meeting on Airbus military plane to seek deal

Defense officials from seven nations are to meet with representatives from contractor EADS in Berlin later this week for the next round of discussions over the future of the troubled Airbus military plane A400M, a German official said Tuesday.

The seven nations _ Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Spain and Turkey _ and EADS officials will convene Thursday in hopes of reaching a compromise on the troubled plane, a spokesman from the German Defense Ministry said. He did not give his name in keeping with …