Bush to balance energy, rights to host Kazakh president
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Treading a fine line between US strategic goals and his drive for global democratization, President George W. Bush Friday hosts Nursultan Nazarbayev, president of oil-rich, Muslim-majority Kazakhstan.
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Text of report by Interfax-Kazakhstan news agency  Astana, 12 June: Kazakhstan intends to set up a space reconnaissance and flight control system in order to position its forces, the head of the National Space Agency (Kazkosmos), Talgat Musabayev, has said.
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The United States on Friday echoed  European concerns that Kazakhstan's parliamentary election may  be unfair because authorities and media favor the parties of  the president and his daughter.
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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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The Kazakh president lobbies in Brussels to take the chair of the OSCE, in the face of US and British opposition.
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U.S. President George W. Bush plans on Tuesday to hail democratic strides made by former communist nations like the Czech Republic, in a speech that may further inflame tensions with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Analysis: President Bush invites the leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan for a meal, hoping to force President Musharraf to once again choose between the West and the Taliban
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The Christian Science Monitor - With one of the world&#39;s 10 largest oil fields, Kazakhstan lies at the heart of a second &quot;Great Game&quot; for Central Asia&#39;s energy resources being played out between the US, Europe, Russia, and China. Amid growing concern that an influx of resource wealth could be siphoned off by corruption and mismanagement, it&#39;s been hailed as the region&#39;s most stable country.
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The United States said on Monday it was closely watching pledges by Kazakhstan to liberalize its political system as it prepares to take over the chairmanship of Europe's top democracy watchdog.
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President Bush held a rare Saturday Oval Office meeting to host Pakistanâs President, General Pervez Musharraf, one of its administration&#39;s most important allies in the war on terror.
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US President George W. Bush will send a delegation headed by Secretary of State Colin Powell and the president&#39;s brother, Florida Gov.
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President Bush and his wife, Laura, will host German Chancellor Angela Merkel for a two-day visit at the president's Texas ranch on Nov. 9-10, the White House said.
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ST PETERSBURG, Russia  - President George W. Bush   arrived in Russia on Friday planning to press President   Vladimir Putin at a weekend G8 summit over concerns the Kremlin   is curbing the rights of the Russian opposition and media.
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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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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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U.S. President George W. Bush tried to calm rising tensions with Moscow over a planned missile defense system ahead of a meeting Thursday with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the world's richest nations.
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U.S. relations with Russia are on simmer, so President Bush's meeting Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin will be judged on how respectfully the two leaders agree to disagree.