This week was full of political events. Of course the biggest news was NATO summit in Bucharest. During the summit Bush struggled to invite Ukraine and Georgia to join the alliance thankfully some European leaders has enough balls and brains to say "no". Also Poland and the Czech Republic agreed to set up interceptors missiles and a radar dish on their territory - these countries are paid enough to keep their balls small and brains inactive. As you know both of these decisions are fiercely opposed by Russia. And I'm beginning to think they are doing this on purpose. It seems Bush wants

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Iran should be allowed to pursue its nuclear program for peaceful purposes. He said this during his visit to Tehran for the summit of Caspian Sea nations. Vladimir Putin said "The Iranians are cooperating with Russian nuclear agencies and the main objectives are peaceful objectives." Russia is building Iran's first nuclear power plant and has resisted moves by the U.S. and its allies to impose stronger U.N. sanctions against Tehran.U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said "all options" must be kept "on the table" even

The leaders of North and South Korea have agreed to formally end the Korean War, and introduce regular cross-border freight train services to boost economic cooperation. This agreement was achieved at the Pyongang summit The declaration was signed on Thursday by Roh Moo-hyun, the South Korean president, and Kim Jong-il, the North Korean leader. The two leaders also pledged to create a joint fishing zone along their disputed sea border – a frequent source of tensions between the North and South. North Korea has never recognized the sea border, which was drawn by United Nations forces after

President Bush told South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun In a rare public exchange that a formal end to the Korean war will begin when North Korea halts its secretive nuclear weapons program. Both leaders met in Sydney before the annual Asia-Pacific economic summit. They had spent much time discussing diplomatic stagnations over the North Korean Nuclear program. "We spent a lot of time talking about the six-party talks and the progress that is being made in the six-party talks," Bush said. They agreed there had been progress, with Roh characterizing it as "positive" and "meaningful."During

Bush called for a meeting this fall of 15 countries identified as major emitters of greenhouse gases. This list would include the United States, China, India and major European countries. The president outlined his proposal in a speech ahead of next week's summit in Germany of leading industrialized nations, where global warming is to be a major topic. Bush urged other nations to eliminate tariffs on clean energy technologies. Daniel J. Weiss, a critic, said the Bush administration has a "do-nothing" policy on global warming despite U.S. allies' best efforts to spur U.S. reductions. "Our