Laura Bush to Visit Middle East Amid Koran Uproar

Laura Bush to Visit Middle East Amid Koran Uproar

U.S. first lady Laura Bush will travel this week to the Middle East to press for expanding women's rights amid a furor in the Muslim world over a retracted magazine report that the Koran was desecrated by U.S. interrogators.

Her visit to Jordan, Israel and Egypt, announced on Tuesday by the White House, was to be part of President Bush's push for democracy in the region and for restarting the stalled "road map" peace process between Israelis and Palestinians.

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