World

Bush-Putin meeting mixed with smile and strife

(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-06-08 09:54

US President George W. Bush (L) shakes hands with President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the G8 summit in Heiligendamm June 7, 2007. US President George W. Bush sought to calm tensions with Moscow on Thursday ahead of a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a Group of Eight (G8) summit in Germany. [Reuters]