TOYAKO, July 6, 2008 (AFP) - Wives of the leaders of the world's most powerful nations will learn how to fold a traditional Japanese kimono while their husbands thrash out ways to assist impoverished Africa.

TOYAKO, July 6, 2008 (AFP) - Wives of the leaders of the world's most powerful nations will learn how to fold a traditional Japanese kimono while their husbands thrash out ways to assist impoverished Africa.

BUCHAREST, April 2, 2008 (AFP) - Whilst their husbands are busy at the NATO summit, the wives of the heads of state and government have a packed programme of the Romanian capital's cultural and artistic delights.

LOS ANGELES, Oct 23, 2007 (AFP) - Five women who put their lives on hold so their husbands could run for the White House, spoke out about the fears, joys and agonizing family toll of the 2008 campaign trail Tuesday.

In an unprecendented forum, the wives of Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, John Edwards, John McCain and Fred Thompson -- each of whom hopes to be America's next First Lady, gathered at a women's conference here.