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Less than three months after Vladimir Putin was cast as a pariah over Syria at the last big meeting of world leaders, the Russian president has glimpsed a chance to turn the tables on Barack Obama.
Until now, internet companies have been forbidden from revealing that they have received secret court orders for information about users outside the US made under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
Google's methods of minimising its British tax bill have made front page headlines in Britain and angered voters at a time when their own incomes are being squeezed, putting pressure on politicians to be seen to be taking action.
France's finance minister entered the race on Wednesday to head the IMF and succeed the fallen Dominique Strauss-Kahn, despite anger in big emerging economies over Europe's "obsolete" lock on the job.
European leaders raced on Friday to nominate a successor for fallen IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn before a G8 summit next week, with French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde in pole position.
The world's main trading nations remain divided over a global trade deal despite a compromise plan put forward by the European Union to rescue the stalled Doha trade round, the EU's trade chief said on Friday.
