Bush-Blair Friendship: A Photo History

A moment of levity at the Heiligendamm G8 summit
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Power Play
A moment of levity at the Heiligendamm G8 summit. Of the four leaders pictured, only Angela Merkel remains in place, as Germany's Chancellor, after Bush's departure next week. Blair stood down in 2007 and Vladimir Putin is now Russia's Prime Minister, not its President.

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