A stiff handshake, a tense smile but no invitation to the Texas ranch for Chirac Bush gets a helping hand from Old Europe Michael White Monday June 2, 2003 The Guardian (UK) George Bush and Jacques Chirac, current holders of the two most powerful executive presidencies in the world, finally managed to shake hands yesterday after their war of words over the conflict in Iraq. They hadn't quite managed it at the junket which the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, organised to mark the 300th anniversary of the founding of St Petersburg. Mr Chirac had to leave early to host his...