Kufuor meets G-8 leaders without ill Bush

HEILIGENDAMM, Germany - The leaders of the Group of Eight met with Ghana's President Kufuor and other African and international officials on their summit’s concluding day Friday, agreeing on $60 billion in HIV/AIDS assistance .

The leaders began their first working session of the day without President Bush, who was ill and stayed in his room after meeting privately with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

The others met with the presidents of Ghana, Egypt, Algeria, Senegal, and Nigeria. Earlier, Germany’s development minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul said in Berlin that G-8 leaders had approved earmarking an additional $60 billion in HIV/AIDS assistance for Africa.

PICTURE: Fench President Nicolas Sarkozy chats with Ghana's President John Kufuor as G8 leaders and Outreach Africa members gather for a family photo during the G8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany on Friday, June 8, 2007. 2nd row from left is Alpha Oumar Konare, Chairman of the African Union and Japanese Prime Minster Shinzo Abe. The leaders of the G8 nations are holding their annual summit in the sea resort on June 6-8, 2007 (AP Photo/Herbert Knosowski)