TIMESONLINE: If there’s one thing worse than being branded a nation of thieves, it’s the suggestion that even your most powerful friend doesn’t trust you.
President Bush did not have his watch stolen when he greeted adoring crowds in Albania, it emerged yesterday. He simply slipped it off his wrist and into his pocket – a truth that has left many Albanians deeply offended.
Footage confirmed the White House’s version of events: that as Mr Bush glad-handed crowds during his ground-breaking visit on Sunday, he deftly slipped his Timex Indiglo off his left wrist and popped into his trouser pocket. In search of lost time: the President had it in his pocket (more) By Tim Reid
Mark Alexander
