He will spend the first three nights in Brussels, the true "capital" of Europe, and will become the first American President to visit the core institutions of the European Union.In practical terms, the discussions will produce agreement by the US and all 25 EU member states to help the new government in Iraq. Within hours of being confirmed by the Senate in her new job of Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice was off to Europe, mending fences. In his inaugural address Mr Bush's soaring talk of spreading freedom and democracy induced much queasiness across the Atlantic, while many in Washington doubt Europe has the stomach for tough action to halt terrorism and nuclear proliferation.But in tone, everything has changed - for now at least. The transcripts also reveal that detectives searching Neverland found a photo of Arvizo in Mr Jackson's bedroom, along with a folder containing emails relating to the teenager.They also found pornographic magazines. Mr Jackson, 46, has pleaded not guilty to 10 felony charges which include committing a lewd act and administering alcohol to commit child molestation..

If ever old friends are to forgive and forget, the moment is this week - as George Bush devotes the first foreign trip of his second term to repairing transatlantic relations more frayed in the past three years than at any time in half a century. Prosecutors allege the family were "imprisoned" in Neverland and that there was a plot to send them to Brazil.The papers also contain claims that Jackson watched pornography with Gavin Arvizo, then 13. In two appearances in front of the jury, Arvizo now 15, told of how the pop star plied him with alcohol, watched pornography with him, and then molested himat the Neverland ranch. They were contained in leaked Grand Jury documents on an American website. New claims about Michael Jackson and those working for him were made yesterday. Given the apparent antipathy towards the gay community - Mr Bush backed moves to introduce a Constitutional Amendment banning gay marriage - the blogsphere has been quick to fill in the blank spaces with speculation about Mr Guckert's obtaining special access..

"The American people deserve to know how this man was able to get access not only to the White House briefing room but also to these very sensitive documents."Some reports suggest Mr Guckert was the source of several stories that may have originated from the White House. Was Talon News, some have asked, simply a convenient and conservative-friendly outlet for stories? But some are speculating that Mr Guckert's previous incarnation may have been what secured him preferential treatment from one or more officials within the White House. During an interview with Mr Wilson, the reporter suggested he had seen a classified CIA memo which detailed the minutes of a CIA meeting at which it was decided Mr Wilson would be asked to go to Niger to investigate claims Iraq was seeking to buy uranium. His visit concluded that, contrary to what Mr Bush claimed in the State of the Union address, Iraq was not trying to buy uranium from Africa.In a city where access to information is everything, Democrats have demanded an investigation into why Mr Guckert, with almost no background as a reporter, was provided with White House credentials, and how he received access to a classified CIA report. Congresswoman Louise Slaughter has filed a request for all information relating to Mr Guckert's security clearance. "By his own implication 'Mr Gannon' has had access to classified documents that contained the identity of an undercover agent for the CIA," she said. Mr Guckert has resigned from his job as a reporter for the conservative online news site Talon News, owned by a Texas Republican.It was not Mr Guckert's past that initially attracted attention but rather his habit of asking soft questions of the President or his spokesmen and rewriting White House press releases almost verbatim and posting them as stories.