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Major-General Robert Mood gives bleak assessment of task his team faces as violations of ceasefire continue.

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German police said they detained 400 anti-capitalist protesters in Frankfurt on Friday for defying a ban on demonstrations against austerity policies implemented to tackle the intensifying euro zone debt crisis.

Leaders of the world's most industrialised nations meet at Camp David as European politicians are split over austerity.

CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) - A growing chorus of world leaders on Friday pushed for a shift toward more pro-growth policies to help ease a European crisis that threatens to oust Greece from the euro zone and reverberate throughout the global economy.

Many displaced head to neighbouring Rwanda and Uganda in exodus the UNHCR describes as a "humanitarian disaster".

A glimpse of life after Nato in Afghanistan's wild east

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PARIS (Reuters) - The French find their new first lady, Valerie Trierweiler, to be down-to-earth compared to her former supermodel predecessor, but distant, a poll released on Friday said.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New French President Francois Hollande told President Barack Obama on Friday that he will stick by his pledge to withdraw France's troops from Afghanistan at year's end, a note of discord in an otherwise convivial first meeting between the two leaders.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn struck back this week at the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault with a sharply worded countersuit claiming defamation, but lawyers say the filing could backfire.

Claims that Germany's chancellor suggested debt-stricken Greece should reconsider its place in the eurozone spark a row as the US hosts the G8 summit.

Claims that Germany's chancellor suggested debt-stricken Greece should reconsider its place in the eurozone spark a row as the US hosts the G8 summit.

Spokesperson says chancellor did not float idea of popular vote on membership during phone call with Greek president.

Inmates who took control of a jail in Honduras on Wednesday agree to surrender after clashes that killed one prisoner and injured another 11.

Deputy PM says auditors to assess amount of cash needed by banks to rebuild their balance sheets.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad shot two protesters in the capital Damascus on Friday and fired in the air to break up thousands of anti-government demonstrators in the commercial hub of Aleppo, activists said.

Visit to Windsor Castle stirs controversy at a time when the Gulf state is accused of rights violations.

Chelsea captain Frank Lampard is relishing the task of leading his team into the Champions League final against Bayern Munich.

Chelsea captain Frank Lampard is relishing the task of leading his team into the Champions League final against Bayern Munich.