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President Bush had many important foreign policy issues to discuss when he went to Lima, Peru, last weekend, but you wouldn't have known it from watching NBC's weekend "Today" show on Sunday. Because while Bush was talking about narcotics trafficking, trade and international terrorism with Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo, "Today" and other Sunday news shows led with the case of convicted American terrorist Lori Berenson. American media coverage of President Bush's trip to Mexico, Peru and Central America revealed how our media establishment views Latin America. Basically, our journalistic agenda-setters in New York and Washington ignore our neighbors to the...

January 10, 2008 2:49 AM EST Intelligence Estimate for President Bush’s Trip to the Middle East and Persian Gulf President Bush has embarked on an eight-day visit to Israel, the West Bank, Kuwait, Bahrain, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt. Strategic Intelligence Estimates.com believes this tour is perhaps the most dangerous mission ever carried out by a sitting US President. Strategic Intelligence Estimates.com was preparing an estimate on the threat to US leaders in light of the recent assassination of Benazir Bhutto. The estimate was set to focus specifically on the threat posed by the Al-Qaeda Network and likeminded organizations....

President George W Bush is well aware that he will face more criticism than praise when he visits Europe next week. US media, which are attaching little importance to the US-EU summit in Vienna and Bush's subsequent trip to Budapest, has noted the announcement of demonstrations planned in Vienna along with the attacks from controversial Austrian politician Joerg Haider. Haider, governor of Carinthia Province, has termed Bush a 'war criminal.' This is unlikely to bother the president. The three-day trip is intended as a warm-up for talks in July with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Germany, a meeting with Russian...

India Won't Scale Back Nuclear Program By MATTHEW ROSENBERG, Associated Press Writer 34 minutes ago NEW DELHI - India's prime minister said Tuesday his country has no intention of scaling back its nuclear weapons program even as it moves to place most of its atomic reactors under international safeguards in a deal with the United States. ADVERTISEMENT Under the civilian nuclear accord finalized last week with Washington, India plans to open 14 of its 22 reactors to international inspections in exchange for American nuclear know-how and fuel. Critics here say the deal could threaten national security. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh...

While US President George W Bush was checking into the presidential suite at one of Delhi's top hotels, a group of canines belonging to his security detail were enjoying similar comfort nearby. Some 17 dogs belonging the K-9 squad of the US Secret Service have also been put up at top Delhi five-star hotels, Indian media reports say. Special rooms have apparently been booked in the Sheraton hotel, where Mr Bush is staying, and at the equally plush Le Meridien hotel. The German Shepherds and Labradors are staying in rooms which cost more than $200 a night. Early on Thursday,...