VIOLENCE ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, JULY 16, SPA -- WORLD LEADERS EXPRESSED CONFIDENCE SUNDAY THEY WOULD EMERGE FROM AN ECONOMIC SUMMIT OVERSHADOWED BY VIOLENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST WITH A CONSENSUS POSITION CALLING FOR PEACE DESPITE DIFFERING VIEWS ON WHO SHARES THE BLAME. «THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST ADDRESS THE ROOTCAUSES» OF THE VIOLENCE TAKING PLACE IN THE MIDEAST, U.S.PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH SAID AS THE LEADERS PREPARED FOR THEIR FIRST WORKING SESSION AT THE GROUP OF EIGHT SUMMIT. BRITISH PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR, SITTING WITH BUSH FOR A BILATERAL MEETING ON THE SUMMIT’S SIDELINES, SAID EVERYONE IS GOING TO WORK HARD TO FIND A COMMON SOLUTION. «WE ALL WANT THE SITUATION TO CALM DOWN,» BLAIR SAID. HE SAID THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE HOSTILITIES IS TO ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES. --SPA 16/07/2006 10:42 ت م www.spa.gov.sa/375849