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Bush bows out, China assertive at APEC summit

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DogPoundPup (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Nov-21-08 04:28 PM
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Bush bows out, China assertive at APEC summit
Source: AFP

LIMA (AFP) - US President George W. Bush began Friday his last scheduled foreign trip, meeting the leader of increasingly important China ahead of a summit aimed at containing a spiraling financial crisis.

Bush and 20 other leaders from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum were arriving in Peru's capital Lima for two days of talks under a backdrop of unending gloom in the world economy as more companies slash jobs.

"APEC is an important meeting this time, particularly given the financial situation in the world," Bush told Peruvian television before arriving.
Alan Garcia
©AFP/Presidencia

"I've worked hard on a lot of fronts," Bush said as he prepares to hand over the White House to Barack Obama. "I have given it my all."



Read more: http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/newsmlmmd.8d6c3...


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Some 1,000 leftist protesters took to the streets of Lima for Bush's international swan song, accusing him of triggering the global financial crisis through the Iraq war and his advocacy of free trade.


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   "I have given it my all."  Xipe Totec   Nov-21-08 04:30 PM   #1 
   It's hard work and "I've worked hard". n/t  54anickel   Nov-21-08 08:00 PM   #3 
      More like hardly working n/t  livetohike   Nov-21-08 08:11 PM   #4 
   He could just leave NOW!! nt  and-justice-for-all   Nov-21-08 07:12 PM   #2 
 
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1. "I have given it my all."
Your all is an idiot, Bushie.

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54anickel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Nov-21-08 08:00 PM
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3. It's hard work and "I've worked hard". n/t

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4. More like hardly working n/t

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2. He could just leave NOW!! nt

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