Bush gets a warm welcome in Albania
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TIRANA, Albania -- Evidence of Albania's love for the United States lined the road leading into this capital yesterday. US and Albanian flags flew from lampposts. People wearing cardboard Uncle Sam hats milled in the streets. Oversize billboards and banners heralded the American president's visit.
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US President George W. Bush enjoyed strong ties with his friend and ally Tony Blair and will reach out to his successor Prime Minister Gordon Brown, the White House said Wednesday.
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President Bush on Monday applauded what he called a promising sign of political progress by Iraqi leaders who said they had found common ground on some issues standing in the way of reconciliation.
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Tony Blair arrives in the US to become the first foreign leader to meet George Bush since his re-election.
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President Bush said Monday he would welcome newly elected Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to the White House, extending an invitation he refused to offer to the late Yasser Arafat.
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As President Bush begins a new year's effort to rebuild ties with European allies, one good place to start would be in the heart of Europe, with Kosovo.
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In a morale-boosting visit, President Bush crossed the country today to thank the Marines for their service in the war on terrorism, and he urged every American during the holiday
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - U.S. President George W. Bush met on Tuesday with a senior ethnic Albanian leader from Kosovo, as Washington pushes for a United Nations vote within days on the province's bid for independence from Serbia.
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President George W. Bush arrived in Albania on Sunday for the first visit by a U.S. leader to the Balkan republic, once a byword for hardline communist isolationism but now a staunch ally of America.
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US President George W. Bush said he looked forward to welcoming Prime Minister Iyad Allawi of Iraq next week, amid election-year worries in the United States about deadly chaos in that war-torn country.
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President George W. Bush arrived in  Albania on Sunday for the first visit by a U.S. leader to the  Balkan republic, once a byword for hardline communist  isolationism but now a staunch ally of America.
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US President George W. Bush was to welcome Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi to the White House to help spread his election-year message that the war to oust Saddam Hussein was worth it.
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PRISTINA, Kosovo -- Like countless ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, Albin Kurti spent the weekend glued to his television set, watching President Bush's visit to Albania. He was eager to see what Bush would say from just across the border about Kosovo gaining its independence from Serbia.
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President George W. Bush on  Tuesday recognized the independence of Kosovo from Serbia and  said it would bring peace to the Balkans.
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US President George W. Bush was to welcome Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi to the White House, hoping to reassure worried US voters six weeks before the election that the Iraq war was worth it.
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BRUSSELS, Jan 20 (IPS) - European Union officials watched with interest, and  some with dismay, as U.S. President George W. Bush was  inaugurated for a second four-year term at a lavish ceremony  Thursday (Jan. 20).
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U.S. President George W. Bush on Sunday  visits Albania which hopes to receive reassuring words on  backing for its NATO membership bid and the future independence  of breakaway Kosovo.