National flags of the G-8 countries and the flag of the European Union fly near a logo of the G-8 summit in St. Petersburg, Thursday, July 13, 2006. The annual summit is the first ever on Russian soil and highlights the country's return as a major player on the world stage.
People attend a concert of Russian pop groups and singer at St. Basil Cathedral in the area adjacent to Red Square, with Kremlin's Spassky Tower at left in the Background, in Moscow, Thursday, July 13, 2006. A concert was held to support Russia's enforcement of intellectual property rights on the eve of G-8 summit in St. Petersburg.
A cameraman walks by a poster of Peter the Great at the site of a G-8 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday July 14, 2006. The Group of Eight summit meeting is expected to issue a statement demanding North Korea freeze any further missile launches, a media report said Friday.
U.S. President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush attend a wreath laying ceremony at the Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, July 14, 2006. Mr. Bush arrived in St. Petersburg to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday and to attend a G-8 summit over the weekend.
U.S. President George W. Bush, center, at a Roundtable with Civil Society at the Consul General's Residence, Friday, July 14, 2006 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Seating with Bush are Irina Yasina, right, and U.S. Ambassador to Russia, Bill Bass, left.
A Global Electric Motor Car designated for use by the British delegation at the site of a G-8 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 14, 2006. The Russian government purchased 30 of the four-passenger vehicles and each will be decorated with the official 2006 G8 Summit logo and the national flag of the participating country. Energy conservation is expected to be one of the main topics of discussion during the conference.
U.S. first lady Laura Bush, center left, and hospital director Yevgeniy Voronin, second right, dance with children at the Republican Hospital for Infectious Diseases, in Ust-Izhora, Russia, on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, July 14, 2006. Some 1,500 children of the 21,000 born to HIV-positive mothers in Russia have been abandoned, according to Deputy Health Minister Vladimir Starodubov.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, gestures while speaking with U.S. President George W. Bush at the G-8 summit site in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 14, 2006. The Group of Eight leaders appear intent on going beyond their marquee agenda items of energy security, infectious diseases and education this weekend to push for a breakthrough on the long-stalled talks on reducing trade barriers to poor countries.
Activists against the G-8 meeting take a rest in the tent camp in Petrovsky stadium which was organized as a tent camp for protesters against the G-8 meeting in St. Petersburg, Thursday, July 13, 2006.
U.S. President George W. Bush, left, looks into the Russian Zaporozhets automobile that was the first car once owned by Russian President Putin, right, prior to their dinner at the Italian Guest House in the Konstantinovsky Palace Complex, Friday, July 14, in Strelna, Russia.
Standing together outside before their dinner together are from left to right, U.S. first lady Laura Bush, U.S. President George W. Bush, Vladimir Putin, and his wife Lyudmila Putin at the Italian Guest House in the Konstantinovsky Palace Complex, Friday, July 14, 2006 in Strelna, Russia.
French President Jacques Chirac, right, gestures as he walks with his wife Bernadette at Petrodvorets, a royal palace founded by Peter the Great in the early 18th century, near St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday July 15, 2006, for an informal dinner for leaders attending the G-8 Summit.
A Russian police officer detains a protester against the G-8 summit hosted by Russia in St. Petersburg, Sunday, July 16, 2006. The escalating violence in the Middle East overshadowed the summit of world leaders where President George W. Bush, not realizing his remarks were being picked up by a microphone, bluntly expressed his frustration with Hezbollah, a militant Islamic group believed backed by Iran and Syria.
President George W.Bush, right, drives an electric cart through pouring ran, as he arrives for the final working session at the G-8 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, July 17, 2006.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, left, along with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, center, and President Bush wait to begin their G-8 summit working session with leaders and heads of international organizations in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, July 17, 2006.
Russian President Vladimir Putin pauses before speaking during a final media conference at the G-8 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, July 17, 2006. Group of Eight leaders urged Iran to accept an incentives package from six key nations and backed the decision to send Iran's nuclear dossier to the U.N. Security Council.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair listens to a question, during a final media conference at the G-8 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, July 17, 2006. Blair and U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan on Monday called for the deployment of international forces to stop the bombardment of Israel from southern Lebanon.
President George W. Bush, left, shares a word with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, during a working lunch at the G-8 summit in St. Petersburg, July 17, 2006. Mr. Bush expressed his frustration over the situation in the Middle East. Not realizing his remarks were being picked up by a microphone, he bluntly expressed his frustration with the actions of Hezbollah.
Leaders of the G-8 are joined by other invited leaders for a group photo, following the final session of the Group of Eight summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, July 17, 2006. On their final day of talks, the group urged Iran to accept an incentives package from six key nations and backed the decision to send Iran's nuclear dossier to the U.N. Security Council.