Camp David peace talks

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- George W. Bush kicked off his last Christmas season as president of the United States by lighting the national Christmas tree in Washington Thursday.

HOUSTON, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Barbara Bush, wife of former President George H.W. Bush, left a Houston hospital Tuesday to finish recovering from a perforated ulcer at home.

CAMP DAVID, Md., Oct. 20 (UPI) -- A series of talks among world leaders on global financial reform will begin soon after the U.S. presidential elections in November, officials said.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush, flanked by the presidents of France and the European Commission, announced plans Saturday for an international economic summit.

CAMP DAVID, Md., Oct. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush said Saturday that any international financial plan must "preserve the foundations of democratic capitalism."

QUEBEC CITY, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- On a visit to Canada, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said he was "one of the most involved leaders" seeking an EU-Canadian trade pact.

MONTREAL, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy is shortening his trip to Canada this week in order to meet with U.S. President George Bush on Saturday, his staff said.

People of Iraq deal with their situation by focusing on the results of U.S. occupation instead of what brought about the challenges their country faces.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- The prevailing mood in Israel about Iran’s nuclear facilities is hawkish and uncompromising. “It is a race against time, and time is winning,” said a key Israeli player. The Bush administration argues the clock won’t run out until Jan. 20, 2009, when the president turns things over to his successor. Barack Obama’s advisers are saying the clock should be reset to the results of next June’s Iranian presidential elections. John McCain, with Joseph Lieberman by his side, agrees with Israel’s hawks.

BETHESDA, Md., Aug. 5 (UPI) -- A teenage Maryland bomb-making suspect had a map of Camp David marked with a motorcade route at the U.S. presidential retreat, a prosecutor said Tuesday.