[GretchenM]

The US and EU rebuffed an Iranian call for new talks on their nuclear dispute and pressed their drive to refer Tehran to the UN Security Council.

[GretchenM]

Not sure if these got picked up from Tuesday.

Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif (R) shakes hands with U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney at Cairo airport.

at Kuwait International Airport on Tuesday. The vice president is on a brief visit to the emirate to present his condolences on the death of Kuwait's Emir Sheik Jaber Al Ahmed Al Sabah, to Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheik Sabah Al Sabah

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak meets with Vice President Dick Cheney in Cairo

Egypt favors giving the African Union a chance to continue its peacekeeping mission in Sudan's troubled Darfur, President Hosni Mubarak's spokesman said.

[GretchenM]

Cheney held talks with key regional allies Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Saudi King Abdullah during a Middle East tour focused on Lebanon and Syria and regional security.

Barney patiently waits for the day to begin in the White House Rose Garden Thursday, January 5, 2006

[Kate of Spice Island]

Hello and thanks for such great pix!