Word: summiteering
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...Khartoum for an Arab league summit last week, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas received hourly dispatches on the vote in the Israel elections. There was no secret about who he wanted to win: Ehud Olmert, leader of the centrist Kadima party, and political heir to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has lain in a coma since January. Olmert's party did better than any other; but Kadima scooped up just 29 of the 120 seats in the Knesset. Opinion polls before the vote had suggested that it would win nearly 40. "I wish Olmert had more seats," Abbas told his aides...
...said the overhaul will be more consequential than it looked at first. These officials said Bolten, who comes on board April 15, plans to put some new faces in front of the public and on Capitol Hill. Bush, who retired to his Texas ranch for the weekend after a summit in Cancún, did not want it to appear that inside-the-Beltway carping had sparked a staff shuffle. Now it can be attributed to Bolten, who will add some meat to an election-year agenda that has disappointed even some of the President's most fervent supporters. Speaking of Bush...
President Bush had jokingly promised a Washington audience that he wouldn?t wear a Speedo bathing suit during his summit in Cancun, but he was spotted in shorts and a T-shirt after a lunchtime workout at his seaside hotel. He gave White House stenographer Ellen Eckert a hearty, sweaty hug. He was clearly enjoying the break between two of his least favorite activities - sightseeing and chaotic international conclaves. Bush, changing the black Cadillac limousine that had picked him up at the Cancun airport for a hearty black Suburban with the Presidential seal on the side, had spent his Thursday...
...said, but that was all that was needed - the video quickly showed up on newscasts around the world. Bush paused long enough for a second question, about whether he was optimistic a long-running dispute with Canada over a protective tariff on softwood lumber would be resolved during the summit, Bush dodged but provided a thought for the day. ?I?m always optimistic,? he said slyly...
...Lewis has his doubts about this year's upcoming G8 summit in July, which will be chaired by Russia. "I think it will be tough to get Russia to give priority to the pandemic," he told TIME. "The solace I have is that the British are single-minded; they're very determined. They will keep it on the agenda." He's also counting on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to fulfill a Conservative promise made during their stint as opposition to donate 0.7% of Canada's GDP. "Harper may give more money than Martin did. The Conservatives may be stronger supporters...