Bush Meets With President Of France, Gets Sick, And Drops Out Of G-8
G-8 Leaders Meet Without Bush
Jun 8 04:58 AM US/Eastern
By CHRISTINE OLLIVIER
Associated Press Writer
HEILIGENDAMM, Germany (AP) - The leaders of the Group of Eight met with African and international officials on their summit’s concluding day Friday, agreeing on $60 billion in HIV/AIDS assistance as diplomats worked on a possible deal with Russia over the future of the Serbian province of Kosovo.
The leaders began their first working session of the day without President Bush, who was ill and stayed in his room after meeting privately with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
The others met with the presidents of Egypt, Algeria, Senegal, Ghana, and Nigeria. Earlier, Germany’s development minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul said in Berlin that G-8 leaders had approved earmarking an additional $60 billion in HIV/AIDS assistance for Africa.
Sarkozy said he and Bush discussed Kosovo—and that the leaders would talk more about the subject after their deputies worked late into the night to find agreement on the province’s future.
The United States and the European Union back a U.N. resolution to give the predominantly ethnic Albanian province supervised independence. Kosovo has been under U.N. supervision since a NATO-led air war in 1999 to halt a Serbian crackdown on ethnic Albanian separatists.
Serbia, however, considers Kosovo its historic heartland, and has resisted ceding the province. The Russians, Serbia’s traditional ally, say they oppose any solution imposed over Belgrade’s objections.
Sarkozy has proposed imposing a six-month wait on the resolution, during which Belgrade and the Kosovo Albanians would hold further talks. If they reach no agreement, the U.N. plan would take effect after the six month wait.
Officials “worked through part of the night on the Kosovo issue. At the moment, we have not achieved the necessary progress, and I remind you that in my proposal, the key question that I posed was recognizing the need for Kosovo to achieve independence within a certain timeframe,” Sarkozy said Friday.
“We are going to discuss the issue this morning.”
In Pristina, Kosovo’s prime minister urged the West not to betray Kosovo.
“I want to say this to the international community: We have trusted you to bring clarity to Kosovo. We have committed to the U.N. path and we have been very patient,” Ceku told The Associated Press on Friday. “I urge you; do not betray this trust.”
G-8 leaders also were meeting Friday with the heads of state of Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa, as well as key international figures from the U.N., World Bank, World Trade Organization and the International Monetary Fund.
On Thursday, the leaders reached an agreement on climate change, adopting a statement that says they should “seriously consider” proposals to cut the emissions of greenhouse gases by 50 percent by The nonbinding language is a compromise between the European Union, which wants mandatory cuts, and the United States, which opposes them.
The thousands of protesters who swarmed around the fence sealing off the summit Wednesday and Thursday were gone Friday, with a final anti- G-8 demonstration set for the afternoon in nearby Rostock.
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Whew, 0835 Philadelphia, just heard POTUS is back to business. Must have been something he ‘et’.
June 8th, 2007 at 4:37 amDamn, that pic is funny!!!
June 8th, 2007 at 5:44 amyeah, the pic is funny ! how long the boss did past with photoshop ?
yeah, Mr Bush had a belly ache, apparently sauerkraut couldn’t fit his stomach addicted to the fluo jellies, or he fancied to meet Sarko privately in his room, one would ask why
rase putin in kosovo
June 8th, 2007 at 6:28 amI can see the boss is a member of a mongololian site ; may-be he is one of the specialists of the photoshoppings over there too
June 8th, 2007 at 6:39 amHey Frenchy:
Quel temps fait-il dans Belgum ?
June 8th, 2007 at 6:40 amLa France le retour:
Qu’exactement la France le retour signifie-t-elle ? Revenir à ce qui ?
June 8th, 2007 at 6:55 amDan, http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/539/carte01h20070608gr2.jpg
June 8th, 2007 at 7:26 amLa France le retour:
Pluie ? Bon
June 8th, 2007 at 8:32 amDan, it’s like Terminator 2, terminator 3, terminator 4…
June 8th, 2007 at 9:00 amLa France le retour:
Et qu’exactement terminez-vous ?
June 8th, 2007 at 10:19 amthunders I suppose, it’s the same in north of France where there had violent rainings and muddy streams
June 8th, 2007 at 10:28 amHi Pat,
Hey, give the French a break now that Sarkozy is in charge.
Let’s see how he does…the French voted for a major change.
I’m cautiously optimistic and almost ready to restock that part of my wine cellar.
Certainly, he could give lessons to Bush about how to handle illegal aliens…
J O S H U A P U N D I T: France: Legalize illegal immigrants? Mais non!
Regards,
June 8th, 2007 at 11:08 amFF
Lol! Dan’s the man!
June 8th, 2007 at 8:38 pmEt qu’exactement terminez-vous ?
je ne termine rien de special, j’ai juste pris “le retour” après que mon premier pseudo ait été banni, et comme il y a des suites de film, j’aurais pu ajouter, le retour 1, le retour 2…
par contre, this movie “Le Retour” is magnifique
http://www.ocean-films.com/leretour/synopsis.htm
June 9th, 2007 at 1:18 amLMAO at that image.
June 9th, 2007 at 11:05 amLook’s like King George Soros has your name, number, and voting information. Welcome to the new communist paradise of the USA.
http://tinyurl.com/37qk3n
June 9th, 2007 at 3:06 pmFF, whenever you want, I can give you advices
June 12th, 2007 at 12:10 am