Bush will leave the G-8 summit on Monday, a day early, to fly to Egypt for a meeting with Arab leaders before traveling to Jordan to meet the Israeli and Palestinian prime ministers to discuss implementing the U.S.-backed "road map" to peace.

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Having said this, the Congress should expect to witness substantial enthusiasm on the part of the Bush Administration and other G-7 leaders to off-load this emerging financial nightmare from bilateral arrangements onto the shoulders of multilateral financial institutions such as the IMF, the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the BIS and even the Asian Development Bank.

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If they get this right, Bush aides whisper, the G.

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Support for the measure came amid promises that the House would quickly adopt it as well, so President Bush could sign a final bill before he attends the G-8 summit of industrial nations on 1 June.

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For Bush, getting there means having a credible plan that the G.

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In the meantime, President Bush needs to be alive to the hidden agenda item at the G-8 meeting.

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Nowhere did the zeal for a winner work to Bush's advantage as in California, a state where the G.

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The G-7 will not only meet Friday afternoon, but also with President Bush and the heads of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund Saturday morning.

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When President Bush sits down with his counterparts from the other Group of Eight (G-8) nations this weekend in St.

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President Bush and first lady Laura Bush came in the early evening on Thursday, following the close of the G-8 summit in Georgia.

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