CAMP DAVID, Maryland (AFP) - President Barack Obama greeted G8 leaders at his rural presidential retreat of Camp David Friday, marking the opening of summit dominated by Europe's fiscal woes.

MADRID (AFP) - Spain on Friday revised its 2011 public deficit figure, saying that it stood at 8.9 percent of gross domestic product instead of 8.51 percent as reported earlier.

NEW YORK (AFP) - Facebook shares stumbled Friday, managing a gain of less than one percent in the first day of trade, dampening optimism over the much-anticipated debut for the world's biggest social network.

BAMAKO (AFP) - The parliament in Mali on Friday passed a law granting amnesty to the leaders of the March coup that plunged what was considered one of Africa's democratic success stories into chaos.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - French President Francois Hollande said Friday that a promised withdrawal of his troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year was "not negotiable."