Let's Be Friends

If you want a snapshot of a changing world, look at pictures of last May's ceremony in Moscow to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II. At what was one of the largest gatherings of world leaders for years, Germans shook hands with French, Japanese with British, and an American President allowed his Russian counterpart to treat him to a display of martial power, topped with hammer-and-sickle flags, while they sat and chatted amiably in front of Lenin's tomb. As well as burying old feuds, the summit was a chance to forge new friendships. At a banquet...

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