In Tokyo Mr Wang helped to heal relations after earlier bad blood.
The decision to grant Snowden asylum threatens to cause a diplomatic rift between the US and Russia, undoing recent attempts to heal relations.
PAGE B11 MENDING FENCES -- Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain said he would meet with President Bush this week about the need to heal relations with Europe and involve the United Nations in postwar plans.
Pakistan's foreign minister, Hina Rabbani Khar, is scheduled to arrive in Kabul on Wednesday, in a bid to heal relations between the two neighbors that collapsed in acrimony last year after the assassination of Burhanuddin Rabbani, Mr. Karzai's main envoy to the Taliban.
Putin's participation in the ceremony was widely viewed as the latest step in an effort to heal relations between the two countries.
But the vice president decided it was a unique chance to heal relations with a country with a $2.2 trillion economy and growing diplomatic clout, one official said.
O'Brien hopes to somehow get a copy of the finished special down to Cuba after it airs so people can watch it, in hopes that his portrayal of the Cuban people helps to heal relations between the two countries, even if the special was done in the name of comedy.
In his first 60 days as chief executive, he has sidestepped fights with belligerent trial lawyers, embarked on what he calls first steps toward healing strained relations with doctors, and hired an executive search firm to find a leader for Aetna's health care business.
The Obama administration will have time to conduct its own review and to assess how best to answer the expected calls from Europe to heal relations with Russia, which will include missile defense.
From those who recognize our rights, from grassroots organizers to heads of state, I sense a global desire to build on this positive momentum and to be part of a global movement to heal relations and bring peace.
