G8 Leaders

• Staff Backlash Over Charity's Award For Tony Blair

  Almost 200 staff at the global charity Save the Children have signed a letter condemning its decision to give former British prime minister Tony Blair an award for his work on debt relief.

• Barack Obama holds G7 summit as Russia tightens Crimea grip

  US President Barack Obama arrived in the Netherlands on Monday to discuss with six other world leaders how to punish Russia for annexing Ukraine's Crimea region, including possibly excluding Moscow from the G8 club of rich nations.

• G7 leaders condemn Russia over Ukraine

  The leaders of the world's top industrialized powers turned on fellow G8 member Russia on Sunday, condemning its "clear" violation of Ukraine's sovereignty.

• Barack Obama expresses deep concern on Ukraine, may skip G8 summit

  The United States warned on Friday that President Barack Obama and other European leaders could snub the G8 summit in Sochi if they judge Russia is usurping Ukraine's sovereignty.

• Together again, Barack Obama and Vladamir Putin are 'odd couple' at G20 summit

  A brief photo-op on Thursday between Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin spoke volumes, limited mostly to tight smiles and a business-like handshake between U.S. and Russian leaders bitterly divided by the crisis in Syria.

• Vladimir Putin locks horns with West over Syria at G8 summit

  Russian President Vladimir Putin clashed with other world leaders over the civil war in Syria at a tense G8 summit, blocking any mention of the fate of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad from a final communique to be issued on Tuesday.

• Vladimir Putin faces isolation over Syria as G8 ratchets up pressure

  Russian President Vladimir Putin faced further isolation on the second day of a G8 summit on Tuesday as world leaders lined up to pressure him into toning down his support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

• Britain urges bold G8 action on global economy

  British Prime Minister David Cameron called on his fellow G8 leaders on Wednesday to start work now on agreeing "bold steps" to help boost global economic growth, ahead of a summit he will host in June.

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  Internet bosses woo world leaders at 'e-G8'

  The world's most powerful Internet and media barons gather in Paris for the G8 summit

• Rupee off record lows on G8 statement

  The rupee was broadly flat against the dollar on Monday tracking a mild recovery in risk assets after G8 leaders over the weekend backed keeping Greece in the euro zone

• Obama sees 'emerging consensus' on economic fix

  Confronting an economic crisis that threatens them all, President Barack Obama and leaders of other world powers on Saturday declared that their governments must both spark growth and cut the debt that has crippled the European continent and put investors worldwide on edge.

• World leaders back Greece, vow to fight financial turmoil

  World leaders backed keeping Greece in the euro zone on Saturday and vowed to take all steps necessary to combat financial turmoil. A summit of the G8 leading industrialized nations came down solidly in favor of a push to balance European austerity - an approach long driven by German Chancellor Angela Merkel - with a new dose of U.S.-style stimulus...

• G8 leaders to focus on Europe's woes

  The G8 needs to discuss "a responsible approach to fiscal consolidation that is coupled with a strong growth agenda," said Obama.

• G8 leaders still divided on banking tax: Canada

  G8 leaders have so far failed to reach a deal on imposing a global banking tax on financial institutions to pay for future economic crises, a top Canadian official said today. "There is no agreement for a global bank levy," Len Edwards, top Canadian negotiator at talks among the leaders of the Group of Eight richest nations, told journalists...

• Internet bosses woo world leaders at 'e-G8'

  The world's most powerful Internet and media barons gather in Paris for the G8 summit