Bush defends decision to attend Olympics opening (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Sun, 07/06/2008 - 7:59am

US President George W.<br /><br />Bush, left, gestures during a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda at the G8 summit Sunday, July 6, 2008 in the lakeside resort of Toyako on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - President Bush spoke out Sunday on the Beijing Olympics and North Korea's abduction of Japanese citizens, two sensitive issues in Asia, before turning attention to global talks on the Earth's rising temperature and oil prices.




 

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