Bush, Putin to Meet Monday
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The U.S. president is hosting his Russian counterpart at the Bush family's summer home on the craggy Maine coast. No other leader has received such a rarified invitation
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Six years ago, President George W. Bush said he gazed into Russian President Vladimir Putin's soul. Now he just wants to see if they can get along.
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President George Bush last night welcomed his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to his summer retreat in Kennebunkport, Maine, at the start of an encounter of less than 24 hours designed to patch up deteriorating relations between the two powers.
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President George W. Bush meets his  Polish counterpart Lech Kaczynski on Monday to iron out details  of plans for a U.S. missile shield in eastern Europe that could  strain relations with an already jittery Moscow.
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President George W. Bush and his Democratic opponent, John Kerry, both said they would stand up for democracy in Russia while maintaining a good relationship with the government of President Vladimir Putin.
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The political crisis in Ukraine marks a reality check for U.S.-Russian relations and may force President Bush to re-evaluate ties with President Vladimir Putin, his close ally in the war on terror.
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US President George W Bush has reiterated his desire to develop a stronger relationship with Russia. He is expected to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Slovakia in February.
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President George W. Bush, whose  administration has criticized anti-democratic moves in Russia,  said on Thursday he hopes for candid talks with Russian  President Vladimir Putin next week but will not lecture him.
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U.S. President George W. Bush plans on  Tuesday to hail democratic strides made by former Soviet states  like the Czech Republic, in a speech that may further inflame  tensions with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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President George Bush offered help on  Tuesday to resolve conflicts in Russia's neighborhood, hours  before he was to attend the first NATO summit on former Soviet  territory.
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U.S. President George W. Bush sought to calm Russia's Vladimir Putin on Tuesday over plans for a U.S. missile defence shield in Eastern Europe, saying on the eve of a big-power summit that Russia had nothing to fear.
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WASHINGTON -- In a phone call yesterday initiated by Vladimir Putin, President Bush and the Russian leader agreed to continue discussing Moscow's concerns about independence for Kosovo, a sensitive subject expected to come up next month in the UN Security Council.
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The American and Russian presidents' working teams will arrive in the Slovak capital of Bratislava at the end of this week to attend the first preparatory meeting for the upcoming summit of George W. Bush and ...
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KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine  - President George W. Bush sought to rekindle the rapport he once had with Vladimir Putin on Sunday, as he hosted the Russian president at his family's oceanfront home for talks on Iran, a proposed U.S. missile shield and independence for Kosovo.
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The White House is preparing for an important week: President Bush plans to meet Monday with Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, the Shiite leader of the largest bloc in Iraq's parliament, and the recommendations from the bipartisan commission are to be released Wednesday.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair will Friday meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G8 summit, with tensions between the two countries at a post-Soviet low.
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United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon expressed hope on Monday that meetings between U.S. President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin would lead to a breakthrough over Kosovo's independence.