Bush's watch stolen in Albania

It appears that U.S. President George Bush had his watch stolen while greeting onlookers in Albania. His White House staff denied that someone nicked it, but the picture here shows his watch disappearing when the shot before it he had it on and the picture afterwards shows the watch is missing.

President Bush's Secret Service staff say he put the watch in his pocket before greeting the well wishers in the tiny farming community of Fushe Kruja outside the Albania Capitol city of Tirana - that no one stole the President's watch.

While Bush received a heroes welcome in Albania someone there got his hands on the American President's watch and while it may have come off by accident, who ever got Bush's timepiece probably has a historical object with, well, timeless value, if you'll pardon the pun.