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Foreign ministers from the G8 group of rich countries failed to patch up deep divisions over Syria or come up with a plan on North Korea during a meeting in London on Thursday.

The three-year investment fund to help farmers in the developing grew from $15 billion just days ago.

President Obama is wrapping up excruciatingly detailed G-8 talks on economic and environmental challenges and turning to some ...

The breakdown underscored the difficulty in bridging divisions between developed and developing nations.

China's president cut short a G8 summit trip to hurry home Wednesday after ethnic tensions soared in Xinjiang territory, with sobbing Muslim women scuffling with riot police and Chinese men with steel pipes and meat cleavers rampaging through the streets.

China, Russia and Brazil will use this week's G8 summit in Italy to push their view that the world needs to start seeking a new global reserve currency as an alternative to the dollar, officials said on Tuesday.