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Bush on 'axis of weasel' tour

US President George Bush will embark on a week-long day visit to Europe on Thursday which will take in Berlin, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Paris, Normandy, and Rome.

Mr Bush will meet with the three leaders of what some have dubbed the "axis of weasel" for their opposition to the war on Iraq - German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, French President Jacques Chirac and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Mr Bush will also meet with the Pope, not named a member of the axis, but strongly anti...

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