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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi watches as US President George Bush speaks during a joint statement October 13, 2008 in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC.

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  1. Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, right, flanked by head of the Italian Civil Protection Guido Bertolaso, speak at a press conference in L'Aquila, Italy, Thursday, July 2, 2009. Berlusconi said U.S. President Barack Obama will be shown the quake-hit village of Paganica and the center of L'Aquila during the next G8 to be held here from July 8 through July 10.
  2. Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi (C) poses with construction workers on a site near L' Aquila on July 02, 2009. Berlusconi visited the area, which was devastated by and earthquake on April 6, 2009, ahead of the opening of the G8 Summit which will begin on July 8, 2009.
  3. Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi (C) is flanked by head of Italian Civil Protection Guido Bertolaso, (L) and Salvatore Squarcione of the Civil Protection Health Services, during his visit to a prefabricated structure housing a temporary hospital that will be used during the next G8 summit in L'Aquila, central Italy on July 02, 2009. The G8 summit which will take place from July 8 to 10, 2009 was moved from La Maddalena on the island of Sardinia to L'Aquila, city chosen by Italian Prime Minsiter Sivio Berlusconi following a violent earthquake on April 6.
  4. Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (L) visits the site of a train derailment and explosion in Viareggio June 30, 2009. At least 16 people were killed and 50 injured overnight in Italy when a freight train hauling liquefied petroleum gas derailed and exploded as it passed their homes, officials said on Tuesday. About 1,000 people were evacuated following the blast just before midnight on Monday in the Tuscan seaside town of Viareggio, about 350 km (220 miles) north of Rome.
  5. This handout picture released by the Italian Government press office shows Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi (C) visiting the area in Viareggio on June 30, 2009, where a freight train exploded just outside the station of this coastal town in northern Italy. At least 16 people were killed in the blast and dozens injured following the explosion.
  6. In this photo made available by Italian Government press office, Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi, bottom right, visits the area in Viareggio where a freight train exploded just outside the station of this coastal town in northern Italy Tuesday, June 30, 2009. A rail car filled with liquefied natural gas exploded when a freight train derailed in the middle of a small Italian town, setting off an inferno. At least 10 people were killed and 50 injured, officials said.
  7. Fireworks explode near the White House in Washington Saturday, July 4, 2009.
  8. WASHINGTON - JULY 4: Fireworks explode over the White House on July 4, 2009 in Washington, DC. The annual celebration draws thousands of viewers to the National Mall every year.
  9. WASHINGTON - JULY 4: Fireworks explode over the White House on July 4, 2009 in Washington, DC. The annual celebration draws thousands of viewers to the National Mall every year.
  10. WASHINGTON - JULY 4: Fireworks explode over the White House on July 4, 2009 in Washington, DC. The annual celebration draws thousands of viewers to the National Mall every year.
  11. WASHINGTON - JULY 4: Fireworks explode over the White House on July 4, 2009 in Washington, DC. The annual celebration draws thousands of viewers to the National Mall every year.
  12. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs gestures during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 2, 2009.
  13. Former President George W. Bush, left, arrives with his wife, Laura Bush, right, as they arrive for an address by Bush to a Fourth of July crowd at the Let Freedom Ring 2009 festival at Crystal Beach Park Arena in Woodward, Okla., Saturday, July 4, 2009.
  14. FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2001 file photo, then-Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi explains his gift, an arrow that is believed to hit evil, to then -President George W. Bush, right, as they hold talks in Shanghai. When U.S. presidents and their diplomats meet with leaders, they come away with more than an earful about foreign policy. They also get exquisite baubles, objects of gold, robes and art. The Japanese writing on the lid of the box read: To His Excellency President Bush. From Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi."
  15. This July 29, 2002 file photo shows US President George W. Bush (R) shaking hands with Mark Sanford (L) at the North Charleston Convention Center 29 July 2002 in Charleston, South Carolina. Govonor Mark Sanford admitted June 24, 2009, amid speculation over his whereabouts for the last several days, that he has been engaged in an extramarital affair with an Argentinian woman. "I've been unfaithful to my wife," Sanford told a news conference in Columbia, the state capital."I developed a relationship with what started as a dear, dear friend from Argentina." His voice choking at times, Sanford apologized to his wife and four sons, his staff and supporters, and said he would resign immediately as head of the Republican Governors Association. The affair was discovered five months ago, Sanford said.
  16. Former President George W. Bush (L) shakes hands with Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks during a dedication ceremony to rename the owner's suite at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington to the President George W. Bush Owner's Suite before the start of the MLB interleague baseball game between the Texas Rangers and the Houston Astros in Arlington, Texas June 18, 2009.

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