Oh! Thank you very much, Tomii! I'm glad you found the article! xD
Oh boy, I was only able to get about half of what I heard. I only got those words in Bold.
President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin held lengthy meetings Thursday followed by a joint news conference that dealt with issues ranging from efforts to curb nuclear proliferation to differences about democratic reform in Russia.
Many had expected that this would be a very tense summit because for the past several days on this European tour, President Bush has publicly scolded President Putin for his rollback of democratic reforms and his crackdown on dissent.
It is clear that the two leaders in their two and a half hours of meetings discussed the president's concerns. But when they appeared before cameras in public, they expressed agreement that Putin would move forward in democratic reforms that recognize the cultures and traditions of Russia.
LOL, the second paragraph was a disaster!!
There were many "??" marks flying around my head, I was like, "What? Bush had a meeting with someone on Thursday over something about nuclear, and...???"
I thought those 3 parts I asked earlier were the most difficult ones, but after reading the actual sentences, I found out that I couldn't have been more wrong!
Anyway, so, it's about Russia!
I never expected Vladimir Putin would be pronounced that way, because in Japanese, ウラジーミル・プーチン
Thank you again, Tomii and Glenn, you've been so helpful!
And thanks to you too, Kyoko san, for having asked Tomii for the original sentences!
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