BUSH ARRIVES IN LONDON TO MASSIVE PROTESTS OVER IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN WARS

President Bush's job approval ratings in the United States are in the low 20 percent range, and overseas he is also regarded as a total failure.

Bush and his wife Laura arrived in London on Sunday and were greeted by crowds of people protesting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Bush wants British PM Gordon Brown to change his mind and not remove the remaining 4,000 British troops from Iraq, but that is not likely to happen.

Bush flies to Britain, faces protests over Iraq, Afghanistan

Sat Jun 14, 10:09 PM ET
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LONDON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush arrives in Britain Sunday to take afternoon tea with Queen Elizabeth II, hold talks with Prime Minister Gordon Brown and visit Northern Ireland on his farewell European tour.

But his visit is set to be marked by protests from anti-war campaigners unhappy at the reception for the architect of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and police restrictions about where and how they can make their voices heard.

Bush, who has visited Germany, Italy, The Vatican and Slovenia, touches down from Paris, where he met French President Nicolas Sarkozy and set aside previous Franco-US differences over Iraq in a display of backslapping bonhomie.

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