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To: sea_urchin who wrote (18122)5/1/2003 5:17:28 PM
From: sea_urchin  Respond to of 82179
 
> the grouping moved to focus on building up its common armed force following the war in Iraq, launched by the United States and Britain without the backing of the United Nations

news.bbc.co.uk

>>>President Putin feels his - and his country's - attachment to the UN is fully justified.

He retains his desire to create a multi-polar world in which new alliances would counterbalance the global dominance of the US.

Mr Putin is certain the idea finds more supporters in Europe and around the world, than it does enemies in the US and the UK. <<<