In Maine, Bush tries to revive rapport with Putin
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KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine  - President George W. Bush sought to rekindle the rapport he once had with Vladimir Putin on Sunday, as he hosted the Russian president at his family's oceanfront home for talks on Iran, a proposed U.S. missile shield and independence for Kosovo.
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President Vladimir Putin said he valued the partnership of President George W. Bush, but voiced suspicion the US might be behind what the Kremlin sees as efforts to isolate Russia and even destabilize it.
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KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine  - Russian President Vladimir Putin made a new counter-proposal to President George W. Bush on Monday for expanded cooperation on missile defense, an issue that has strained relations between their countries.
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President George Bush last night welcomed his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to his summer retreat in Kennebunkport, Maine, at the start of an encounter of less than 24 hours designed to patch up deteriorating relations between the two powers.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is maneuvering to take the nuclear waste the rest of the world shuns, hoping for a financial bonanza &amp;#151; and President Bush, in a reversal of U.S. policy, is offering to help.
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President George W. Bush and President Vladimir Putin of Russia will meet in February in the Slovak city of Bratislava, in a summit that will take place against the background of recent tensions
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After the Sept. 11 attacks, Vladimir Putin and George Bush ushered in a short-lived era of cooperation between Russia and the United States, which had been firm adversaries for most of the 20th century.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin says the United States remains a key partner and praised US President George Bush. But, the Russian leader also said he would like to know whether the United
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KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine  - Hundreds of anti-war protesters rallied near U.S. President George W. Bush's family compound on Sunday as he prepared to host Russian President Vladimir Putin for a fence-mending summit.
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U.S. relations with Russia are on simmer, so President Bush's meeting Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin will be judged on how respectfully the two leaders agree to disagree.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin heads to the US for talks with President Bush aimed at easing tense ties.
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The first time Vladimir Putin met President Bush's dog at the White House, the Russian president seemed distinctly unimpressed. When Putin later played host at his dacha outside Moscow,  he presented his Labrador to Bush.
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WASHINGTON -- In a phone call yesterday initiated by Vladimir Putin, President Bush and the Russian leader agreed to continue discussing Moscow's concerns about independence for Kosovo, a sensitive subject expected to come up next month in the UN Security Council.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - U.S. President George W. Bush and Russian leader Vladimir Putin meet at a summit in Germany on Thursday for the first time in half a year as ties between their countries sink to a post-Cold War low.
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KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine  - President George W. Bush will seek Russian President Vladimir Putin's support for wider sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, during weekend talks in Maine where Bush hopes to rekindle a friendship with the Russian leader.
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President George Bush offered help on  Tuesday to resolve conflicts in Russia's neighborhood, hours  before he was to attend the first NATO summit on former Soviet  territory.
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President Bush yesterday defended his friendly relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin but acknowledged that the Kremlin leader has been "wily" about whether he plans to hold onto power next year and lamented that democracy may not be in the "Russian DNA."