Berlin and Washington back on track

The first formal meeting of US President George W. Bush and German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder for 16 months saw the men make a visible effort to rekindle the normally strong relations between Washington and Berlin.

After a 40-minute meeting at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York on Wednesday (24 September), Mr Bush emerged to say: "Gerhard and I just had a very good meeting. The first thing I told him, I said, look we've had differences and they're over, and we're going to work toget...