Bush praises Kazakhstan president
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President Bush heaped praise Friday on the president of Kazakhstan, a Central Asian country important to the United States as an oil supplier and war-on-terror ally but which has a political system that stifles dissent.
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President Bush praised a diverse assembly of college sports champions on Monday, from the University of Florida men's basketball team to the UCLA women's water polo team.
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President Bush thanked U.S. school children and others Friday who have opened their wallets to help survivors of the school siege in the Russian city of Beslan that killed nearly 340 people, many of them students.
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President Bush expressed American condolences late on Wednesday for the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and called it "a significant moment" for the Palestinians in their bid for peace and an independent state.
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President George W. Bush got a warm welcome on Sunday in Albania on the first visit by a U.S. leader to a Balkan state once closed to the West but now a firm ally and enthusiastic supporter of the United States.
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President George W. Bush praised   Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday for his   efforts to form a national unity government and Abbas pleaded   for U.S. assistance, saying "we are in dire need."
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President Bush praised Egyptâs president while avoiding mention of the governmentâs arrests of political dissidents.
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DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, Feb. 18 -- President Bush hailed the newly independent Kosovo and officially recognized it as a state and a "close friend" on Monday, expressing strong support for the new Balkans nation even as he rebuffed protests by Serbia and Russia.
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Presidents George W. Bush of the United States and Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan met Saturday to emphasize that ties between their nations remain strong, despite Islamabad&#39;s decision to scale back its search for Osama bin Laden.
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - President Bush on Monday  received assurances from Russian President Vladimir Putin that  his country would boost production and export of oil as prices  hover near record levels.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin led world leaders&#39; tributes to George W. Bush&#39;s victory in the US presidential race, saying it meant Americans had not allowed themselves to be cowed by terrorists.
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Gov. George Pataki praised President Bush on Thursday night as a man of "supreme guts and rightness," qualities he said are necessary to protect the country after Sept. 11.
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MOSCOW  - Russian President Vladimir Putin said that a win by George W. Bush in the US election would mean victory over terror.
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The Russian president puts some blame on his international critics -- and supports president Bush
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US President George W. Bush praised presidents Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan and Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan as &quot;two courageous leaders&quot; worthy of US help as they prepared for three-way talks next week.
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President Bush praised Sunday's  Palestinian elections as an essential step toward the goal of  statehood and promised to help the new president, Mahmoud  Abbas, in a renewed push for peace with Israel.
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ISLAMABAD -- When Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, meets with President Bush in Washington today, both leaders will have reason to thank the other: Musharraf for the $1.2 billion arms package announced by the United States last month; Bush for Musharraf's struggle against Islamic militants and his role in ensuring peaceful elections in Afghanistan.