SAINT PETERSBURG: World powers failed to bridge deep divisions on Syria at a G20 summit dinner in Russia as they squared off over the United States push for military strikes against the Damascus regime.

As tensions over the Syrian conflict threatened to torpedo the working schedule of the G20 summit outside Saint Petersburg, host Vladimir Putin invited participants to air their views over dinner.

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