U.S. first lady Laura Bush (L) adjusts the jacket collar of Russian President Vladimir Putin as U.S. President George W. Bush watches on, at Bush's family home in Kennebunkport, Maine, July 1, 2007. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

Bush to meet Putin on Sunday to ease tensions

    WASHINGTON, July 1 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W. Bush is due to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Sunday in Kennebunkport, Maine, to soothe tensions between the two countries that have developed over issues such as a proposed U.S. missile shield, human rights issues and the Iraq war.

    The meeting will take place at the Bush family's stone-and-shingle summer home on the craggy Maine coast overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. No other foreign leader has ever received such a rarified invitation before. Full story

Analysis: What can world expect from Putin, Bush's "lobster summit"

    MOSCOW, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin is leaving Moscow on Sunday for a visit to his U.S. counterpart George W. Bush's Atlantic coastal summer residence. What can the world expect from them, when the two countries are in rows on a number of issues?  Full story

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