Bush, Hu discuss more pressure on N Korea W House

WASHINGTON, July 6 (Reuters) US President George W Bush talked to Chinese President Hu Jintao by telephone about ways to place ''greater pressure'' on North Korea after its missile tests, the White House said today.

Bush also spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a US official said earlier.

Mr Bush spoke by telephone yesterday with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and stressed the need for a unified response in the United Nations to North Korea's missile launches.

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