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AUGSBURG, Germany (Reuters) - Almost 300 German police raided 32 premises in a renewed crackdown on suspected members of a banned Islamist group, authorities said on Friday. Police in the southern city of Augsburg said officers had searched the homes and prayer areas of suspected members of the Cologne-based group known as the Kalifatstaat (Caliphate State) in several German states. "We found indications that the group continues to exist," said Klaus Bayerl, a spokesman for Augsburg police. Police said they had not made any arrests, but that 24 persons, predominantly of Turkish origin, were under investigation on suspicion of having...