Acrimony as G8 summit winds down

GROUP OF EIGHT leaders wound up a summit that adopted a raft of anti-terror, trade and development measures but saw a hoped-for display of unity punctured by new trans-Atlantic squabbles.

Before leaving their exclusive retreat, leaders issued a day pass to their rich nations club to counterparts from Africa, and found time to request a new bid by the diplomatic quartet on the Middle East to kick start peace talks.

However, they will head either for home, or the funeral of ex-US president Ronald Reagan today, still divided over Iraq, despite a United Nations resolution on Tuesday granting Iraqi sovereignty.