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Unit 2 Visits and Talks Section B President Bush is due in Mongolia in the next few hours, the first American leader to visit the country. The American Defense Secrety Donald Rumsfeld has left China after his visit there since taking office in 2001. The Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to arrive in Japan shortly for talks about expanding economic ties, and particularly increasing cooperation in the energy sector. South Asian leaders are holding final talks on the closing day of their summit in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka. President Bush has ended a visit on Brazil with a speech outlining his ideas for democracy and economic development in Latin America. Keys: BADAC Section C Item 1 President Bush has met with Pakistani Pervez Musharraf at the White House to discuss a wide range of international and regional issue .The two leader told a joint news conference that the talks were candid and reinforced trust and confidence in each other .Ahead of the meeting, a controversy developed when President Mushraffaf told a television interview that an American officer had threatened to bomb Pakistan if it did not cooperate in the U.S. –led war on terrorism. That issue was raised in an exchange with reporters. Keys: 2578 Item 2 And a meeting in New York between the foreign minister of Guatemala and Venezuela has failed to resolve the deadlock over which country will represent Latin America and the Caribbean as a non-permanent member on the United National Security Council .In a BBC interview after the meeting, the Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Madour blamed Guatemala for the ongoing impasse. He said it bad show no interest in agreeing to a compromised candidate. Keys: TASK1 FFFTF TASK2 failed, deadlock, non-permanent member the ongoing impasse on interest ,compromised candidate Item 3 Africa’s first female elected leader met with President Bush at the White House today. Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf met with Mr.Bush in the Oval Office an