Former US president George H.W. Bush suffered a neck fracture in a fall at his home in Maine, though he was listed in stable condition and his hospital stay was expected to be brief, his spokesman said.

The election of Barack Obama for a second term as US president is, like a curate’s egg, a mixed blessing.

The UN secretary-general has appointed former US President George Bush as his special envoy for rehabilitation and reconstruction in quake-hit areas of northwestern Pakistan and Pakistani-controlled Kashmir, the Foreign Ministry said today.

Former President George HW Bush, reminiscing about his political life, said at a fundraiser yesterday that he has enjoyed working with former President Bill Clinton.