Israel and Palestine bringing together by Bush.

The White house retried for the second time to bring peace in the Middle-East by inviting the Israeli and Palestinian leaders for peacetalks.

This conference is raising doubts on both sides, whether the two leaders can handle the peace processus.
Ehud Olmert, the Israeli Prime Minister and Mahmoud abbas the Palestinian President, are particularly criticized at home for their weakness as political leader.

According to the White house spokeswoman Dana Perrino, Georges W. Bush would emphasise that his committed to bring peace in Middle-east and he means it, within a year.

The Israeli press acknowledged the event with sceptisim.
The Yediot Aharonot daily declared “Only a miracle can complete it within a year”.

But Abbas seems to be confident asking his people to trust in the future and declared that an “independent Palestine is coming”.

He also asked Israel “to end up the settlements, to reopen the Palestinian institutions closed in East-Jerusalem, to dismantle non-authorized settlements, to lift all barriers and free the prisoners”

Olmert vowed that Israel was prepared to make a “painful compromise” to achieve piece.

Musharaf must leave!

Benazir Buttho's home still circled by the police.
The Pakistani Police arrested parstisans who were protesting against Pervez Musharaf and ask him to leave his position as President.
Benazir Bhutto, declared that she wouldn't be able to be Musharaf's Prime Minister if the election decide so. She wants him to leave the government.
She is trying to allie all intellectuals and oponents of the government to form a strong opposition and put pressure to stop the emergency state and organise the Parlimanetary election and step down Pervez Musharaf.afp

French President reconquers America

The French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has been welcomed today for a dinner at the White House.

President Bush gave a warm welcome to the French president who visits the US for the second since he has been elected in May.
His first vsit was unofficial, he spent three days in New-England with his family in a friend's villa.
This journey in the US was controversial, and the french media revealed the expensive holiday, the President spent in America.

This official visit, seems to be the rapprochment between the two nations. The two Presidents will discuss Iraq, Iran's nuclear programme and global warming.

Nicolas Sarkozy declared that he wants to reconquer the americans'hearts and on the other side Bush declared that they are friends and allies. It seems like Geroges Bush finds another friend in Europe de replace the fromer British Prime minister Tony Blair.

Nicolas Sarkozy, during his election campaigns has already expressed his hope to relance the political relation between France
and the US.

This visit comes just after his recent liberation of the french journalists and spanish hostess who were kept by the Ghana's authority because of their humanitarian activities in Zoe's arch.
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