"A united, coordinated and increased effort is needed to contain the outbreak," said the statement that was prepared for the summit, suggesting that the EU would raise more funds.
But the summit suggested at least the potential for a warming, with the administration adding a White House luncheon including Vice President Joseph R. Biden to extend the leaders' time together.
An opinion poll after the summit suggested Mr Rudd's honeymoon has a long way to run: 71% of voters preferred him as prime minister, compared with 10% for Brendan Nelson, the opposition leader.Mr Nelson's party had banished grand gestures from Australia's political agenda.
"To me," writes Najmuddin A. Shaikh in Dawn, a Pakistani daily, "the summit suggested that America and its NATO partners, despite the hoopla and the brave words, are quite prepared to cut their losses in Afghanistan and treat it as a lost cause".
The small tilt change indicates inflation and subsequent deflation of the summit, suggesting that the change was probably caused by a small eruption on the summit.
They are all agreed in principle that it's something they want to do, and reports ahead of the summit suggest they are close to agreeing enough of the detail to be able to sign a founding treaty for the bank.
Its rescuers, for their part, are putting pressure on Greece to commit to further austerity and reform by sounding sure that fallout from a messy default could be contained.The way financial markets shrugged off news of the cancelled summit suggests that investors are confident that a deal can still be reached when the Eurogroup next meets on February 20th.
Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee of Tory MPs, who will attend the Chequers summit, suggested that MPs might hold up the Scottish legislation in order to secure change on English laws.
Herman Van Rompuy, the president of the European Council (who presides over the summits), suggested Ireland should sign up to a promise of "constructive engagement on tax co-ordination" on the basis of the pact for the euro.
Jennifer Arcuri, founder of the Innotech Summit, suggested starting a meme to celebrate women who are already working in technology.
