Picture: Bush Biking

President Bush was given the gift of a bike this week on his visit to Isreal as part of their 60th Anniversary celebrations. Some could say this was almost a tongue in cheek present, considering the all time high of oil prices at $127 a barrel. His tour of the region has seen him ask for Saudi Arabia to increase oil production by 1m barrels a day, which has it appears been rebuffed (for the second time since January), due to their agreements with OPEC. A $1.4 billion arms deal with the country seems in jepordy as Democrats have revealed they will block, unless the 1m barrels a day increase is aherd to.

Bush is no stranger to two wheels, as he fell off his bike in May 2004, and collided with a British police officer a year later at Gleneagles. It's just a shame that the president sometimes has a four-wheeled SUV following him when he goes for a bike ride.