By Paul Taylor and Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders failed to agree at a summit on Wednesday on sharing out a package of top jobs in the 28-nation bloc, including a new foreign policy chief, and postponed the decision until late August. The talks foundered over opposition to Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini's candidacy for the foreign policy role and demands by central and east European leaders that the job should go to someone from their region, diplomats said. "It's a bit unfortunate but not dramatic at all," European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, who chaired the summit, told a news conference. I'm absolutely certain we will take the decision on Aug. 30." The leaders did agree to step up sanctions against Russia over separatist violence in eastern Ukraine, shortly after Washington also tightened the screws.
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