Bush Unveils Ambitious Sudoku Plans for Remainder of Term

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Aims to Complete Up to Twenty Puzzles a Day, President Tells NATO Leaders

President George W. Bush used the occasion of the NATO summit in Latvia today to unveil an ambitious plan for the remainder of his term in office, vowing to complete up to twenty sudoku puzzles a day between now and 2009.

To many of the leaders gathering in Latvia who had expected to see a chastened U.S. president in the aftermath of his party's midterm election losses, Mr. Bush's ambitious sudoku agenda came as a complete surprise.

"All of those critics out there who expected George W. Bush to roll over for the next two years are going to be sorely disappointed," said Portuguese president Aníbal Cavaco Silva. "He had a lot of pencils sharpened and he seems totally prepared to use them."

• November 30, 2006