By Anna Yukhananov and Paul Taylor WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - When the International Monetary Fund announced it had ordered its team home from stalled debt talks with Greece, the gesture of frustration was aimed chiefly at Athens but also at euro zone governments, sources familiar with the talks say. The pullback partly reflected exasperation at the chaotic way in which the talks have been conducted, with technical experts denied access to Athens' public accounts, kept cooped up in hotels and latterly forced to cool their heels while talks moved to a political level involving government leaders. IMF spokesman Gerry Rice cited "major differences" over pensions, taxation and financing when he announced on Thursday that the global lender's representatives had returned to Washington in the absence of progress in the negotiations.
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