Bush to host Putin in Maine in July
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President George W. Bush will host Russia's President Vladimir Putin in July amid friction between the two over U.S. plans to build a missile shield in Europe and U.S. criticism that Moscow is moving backward on democracy.
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KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine, July 2 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin expanded his counter-proposal to U.S. missile defense plans Monday, challenging President Bush to create a regional system and offering to build a new radar installation in southern Russia as part of such a joint effort.
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The February summit meeting of the US and Russian presidents, George Bush and Vladimir Putin, will probably take place at Bratislava Castle, Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic said Monday.
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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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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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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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KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine  - Russian President Vladimir Putin made a new counter-proposal to President George W. Bush on Monday for expanded cooperation on missile defense, an issue that has strained relations between their countries.
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The personal touch can be a pivotal item in the diplomatic toolbox. President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin, time and again, have reached for just the thing to improve one of the world's most crucial partnerships.
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President Bush is toning down his administration&#039;s criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin&#039;s steps to restrict political and economic freedoms as Russia prepares to host an annual summit of economic powers.
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KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine, July 1 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived here Sunday for a patch-up session at the Bush family compound as war protesters filled this resort town to demand the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney.
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MOSCOW - The US and Russian presidents, George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin, will hold a summit in the Slovak capital Bratislava, on February 24, the Kremlin said on Monday.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned terrorist attacks in Iraq and around the world will increase if George W Bush is not re-elected in next month&#39;s presidential poll.
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KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine  - Russian President Vladimir Putin made a new counter-proposal to President George W. Bush on Monday for reshaping a planned U.S. missile shield that has strained relations between their countries.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - A U.S. official said on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had shown a willingness to cooperate on missile defence in talks with U.S. President George W. Bush.
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Russian leader Vladimir Putin said Tuesday he doesn't expect President Bush to react immediately to Russia's proposals for changes in the U.S. plan for a missile defense system in eastern Europe.
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George W. Bush wraps up his first official visit to an &quot;old friend&quot; later this morning in Halifax. The US President and Prime Minister Paul Martin will fly to Atlantic Canada this morning, where Bush will give a 30-minute speech to Canadians.
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KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine  - More than a thousand anti-war protesters rallied near President George W. Bush's family compound on Sunday as he prepared to host Russian President Vladimir Putin for a fence-mending summit.