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Nascent Drama

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The world's most powerful leaders put aside debate on tackling the global food shortages to enjoy a rich banquet of world delicacies ranging from caviar and hairy crab to cold Kyoto beef.
 
US President George W. Bush and other Group of Eight leaders late Monday slipped off their shoes and sat on Japanese tatami mats for a eight-course gala dinner to mark the start of their annual summit in northern Japan.
 
The leaders are in the scenic resort town of Toyako to battle some of the world's most pressing problems, with food security at the top of the list as global foodstuff prices soar, hurting the world's poorest people.
 
"Welcome to Toyako," Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda told the leaders and their wives in this scenic resort town at the start of supper with a theme of "Hokkaido, Blessing of the Earth and the Sea."
 
The dinner kicked off with leaders quaffing French champagne and Japanese sake as the leaders and their wives savored appetizer of corn stuffed with caviar and smoked salmon.
 
Showing their chopstick skills, the heads of state and government also relished cold Kyoto beef "shabu-shabu" and diced fatty tuna meat, hairy crab, or kegani, soup crab caught in Okhotsk Sea off Russia.
 
The first ladies, including Laura Bush, separately enjoyed a Japanese tea ceremony earlier under the instruction of Fukuda's wife, Kiyoko, while touching upon Japanese tradition such as how to fold and put on a kimono and calligraphy.
 
"People perform a tea ceremony wishing for good health of family and friends and wishing for world peace," Kiyoko was quoted by a Japanese government official as telling them.
 
A man posing as a priest was prevented from taking confessions in St Peter's Basilica, Vatican judge Gianluigi Marrone said in an interview published on Saturday.
 
"He was caught in the basilica when he was trying to take up position in a confessional," Marrone told the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano, saying the incident occurred "some time ago."
 
"He was wearing a priest's uniform, but our personnel's expert eye didn't take long to perceive some strange behaviour," said Marrone, the sole judge of the Vatican City state.
 
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