Bush is shown the America volume of the 'Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem', a 17th century atlas, by curator Jan Mokre as he takes a tour of the Austrian National Library in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, June 21, 2006. Representing the entire surface of the Earth, the 50 volume Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem is often considered the most beautiful and most remarkable atlas ever composed. Containing more than 2,400 maps, prints, and drawings, it offers a pictorial encyclopaedia of seventeenth-century knowledge ranging from geography and topography to warfare and politics.
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06/21/2006 4:41:35 PM PDT by
GretchenM
(What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus.)
"... with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, right, European Union Council Secretary General Javier Solana, left, and Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel, second right, at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, ... President Bush began talks with European leaders on Wednesday amid rising tension across the globe about North Korea 's apparent plans to test a long-range ballistic missile believed capable of reaching U.S. territory."
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Austrian President Heinz Fischer, right, gestures as he talks to U.S. President George W. Bush prior to their talks at Vienna's Hofburg palace
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13 posted on
06/21/2006 4:42:07 PM PDT by
GretchenM
(What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus.)
To: GretchenM
Thanks for posting the dose Gretchen.
24 posted on
06/21/2006 4:44:55 PM PDT by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
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