(2 Jun 2003)
1. US President George W Bush walks in
2. Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi walks in
3. Russian President Vladimir Putin, British Prime Minister Tony Blair walk in
4. Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien walks in
5. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi walks in
5. German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder walks in
6. Pan from the summit poster to French President Jacques Chirac and Bush sitting down at table
7. Close up of George Bush
8. Koizumi and the Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis
9. Medium shot of Bush, Blair and Chirac
10. Medium shot of Bush, Putin and Chirac
11. Chretien and Schroeder
12. Close up of Berlusconi
13. EU Commission President Romano Prodi
14. Blair shaking hands
15. George Bush
16. Simitis and Prodi
17. Chirac and Bush
18. Putin
19. Prodi, Putin and Chirac
20. Berlusconi and Schroeder
21. Chirac
22. Chretien and Putin
23. Wide shot of media scrum around table
24. Wide shot of the meeting
25. Wide shot exterior of Bush walking out of the building with Chirac on his mobile
26. Wide shot exterior of Bush, Chirac, Koizumi and Berlusconi wave at the camera
27. Wide shot exterior, Putin gets out of the building and shakes hands with Blair and the rest of the members
STORYLINE:
Seven of the world's most powerful leaders sat down for a second day of talks on Tuesday for the conclusion of the G8 summit meeting in Evian, France.
The Group of Eight nations represent the world's seven wealthiest industrial countries - the US Japan, Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Canada and Russia - who together account for 50 percent of the world's wealth.
On Sunday after winning new contributions for fighting AIDS, the leaders turned their attention to other global problems, such as terrorism, nuclear proliferation and the world economy.
Before leaving, Bush and the other leaders planned to discuss the Middle East as well as the worrisome state of the global economy.
The United States is still struggling to emerge from its 2001 recession, with unemployment now at an eight-year high. Europe and Japan are threatening to topple into new downturns.
US President George W. Bush scored two victories in the opening day of talks.
Not only did European nations pledge to match Bush's challenge to provide (b) billions of additional dollars to fight AIDS, but there also were signs that tensions stemming from the Iraq war had eased.
Bush and French President Jacques Chirac, who had feuded over the US led war, went out of their way during Sunday's sessions to put the rancor behind them, according to participants in the sessions.
Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien said he had heard Iraq mentioned only once during the day's discussions, and only in the context that the battle had been waged successfully in only a few weeks.
Chirac, who had used his position as chairman to invite a record number of developing country leaders to the summit, pronounced the experiment a success.
On Sunday they had been joined for the discussions by the leaders of 11 other countries: China, India, Brazil, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, South Africa, Senegal, Algeria, Nigeria, and Egypt.
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