Bush basks in Israel's love (AFP)
16 May 2008 2:10pm GMT AFP - Facing dismally low approval ratings at home, US President George W. Bush basked for three days in near-adulation as he joined Israel's 60th anniversary festivities.
Bush asks Saudis to increase oil production (AP)
16 May 2008 2:02pm GMT AP - President Bush is appealing to oil-rich Saudi Arabia to increase production just as oil prices have hit another record high.
Democrats accuse McCain of hypocrisy on Hamas (AP)
16 May 2008 1:59pm GMT AP - Democrats accused Sen. John McCain Friday of hypocrisy on the question of whether the United States should negotiate with terrorists and dictators, saying the certain Republican nominee had previously been willing to negotiate with the militant Palestinian group Hamas.
Bush to meet Abbas at Egypt's 'Davos' (AFP)
16 May 2008 1:54pm GMT AFP - US President George W. Bush flies on Saturday to Egypt where he will meet Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas after celebrating Israel's 60th anniversary and address the World Economic Forum on the Middle East.
Bush's leaves Mideast legacy of unsolved problems (AFP)
16 May 2008 1:35pm GMT AFP - As George W Bush left Israel on Friday, with only months to go as US president, he appeared confident his legacy there and in the wider Middle East would be a positive one.
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