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For his last meeting with Vladimir Putin, President Bush did an extra effort as a host. Like a groom in a desperate bid to impress, he took his guest to see his parent’s. Literally. In the residence ex-President Bush senior has by in the see in Maine, Putin was treated to a day out fishing and to a dinner with lobster as the main course. Maybe the lobster wasn’t that great, for, less than a month later, Putin is putting an abrupt end to President Bush’s charm offensive and has just given him a diplomatic slap in the face. He is withdrawing from the Conventional Arms Control Treaty (CTE). |
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President Musharraf is a lucky fellow. Who would deny that? Not only he has just emerged unscathed from the fourth attempt on his life in four years, the jihadis who are barricading themselves inside the Red Mosque of Islamabad have presented him on a silver plate the political triumph he so badly needed. If the Army storms the mosque, which seems inevitable, Musharraf will improved his image improving in the eyes of the White House, impatient as it was with him for not doing enough against the Taliban and their allies in Pakistan. At the same time, the rebels’ showdown has been so out of proportion, so irrational, that even the less radical Islamist opposition parties in Parliament had to give the Government (grudgingly) their support. Musharraf sees thus his popularity enhanced just a few months before an election whose prospects were gloomy for him. |
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