British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Monday that crisis talks between European Union foreign ministers over how to bring Turkey into the EU were in trouble, suggesting entry talks with Ankara may not start as planned later in the day. "Negotiations are hard and difficult," Straw told reporters. He said it was "by no means certain" Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul would come to Luxembourg to open the EU membership talks that were due to start at 5 p.m. (1500GMT). Austria is resisting Turkey's bid to become the first predominantly Muslim nation to join the European Union, The Associated Press reported.
