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Bush Arrives at G8 Summit
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=130921E:3919ACA President is
calling on Middle East leaders to try to stop latest round of violence
President Bush has called leaders in the Middle East to try to stop
the latest round of violence there. President Bush is in Russia for
the Summit of the Group of Eight meeting of industrialized nations.







President George W. Bush, right, and Laura Bush attend wreath laying
ceremony at Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad in St.
PetersburgPresident Bush telephoned Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad
Siniora, Jordanian King Abdullah and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarek
from Air Force One en route to St. Petersburg.

He's trying to find a way to end to the latest round of violence,
sparked by missile attacks on Israel, and the kidnapping of Israeli
soldiers.

Israel reponded with air strikes on Beirut's airport and the road to
Syria.

While backing Israel's right to defend itself, President Bush has
expressed concern about how those air strikes will affect Prime
Minister Siniora's government.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has called on Israel to exercise
restraint. President Bush will discuss the issue during a social
dinner with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

President Putin said no hostage-takings are acceptable, but neither is
the use of full-scale force in reponse to these, even if unlawful,
actions. He says all sides should stop the bloodshed.


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