Bush leaves Israel, heads to Saudi on Mideast tour

Fri May 16, 2008 5:08am EDT
 
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TEL AVIV (Reuters) - President George W. Bush ended a three-day visit to Israel on Friday and headed for Saudi Arabia, where he will continue a tour of the Middle East.

The president and First Lady Laura Bush flew out of Tel Aviv's Ben-Gurion Airport after a morning at a Jerusalem museum, where they viewed artifacts from the time of biblical writings and chatted with young Israelis about hopes for peace.

 
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