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Bush welcomed to Italy:

Police in riot gear charged and fired tear gas at demonstrators protesting against U.S. President George W. Bush's visit to Rome on Saturday. Dozens of demonstrators threw bottles at police and overturned tables in the centre of the Italian capital.

Bush welcomed to Albania:

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Gerald Herbert

It is a bright day today when in our land there came the greatest and most distinguished friend we have had in all our times, the president of the U.S.A., leader of the free world," [Prime Minister]Berisha said.
Plus, they issued three stamps with pictures of Bush & the statue of Liberty and renamed a street in his honor --right in front of Parliament. ninme's deeply moved and has more. Here are the texts of PM Berisha (man, he loves America) & Bush's remarks. And the most wonderful photos.