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...Paul Quinn-Judge: Not yet. But our working assumption is that Russia's opposition to new ultimatums to Iraq is not as strong as it appears. It's worth noting that at this point, Putin is still allowing his foreign minister Igor Ivanov to do the talking. We've previously seen a pattern where allowing his aides to talk tough leaves Putin space to come in and play the statesman - he won't even have to go back on his words in order to back the U.S. position, because thus far he hasn't really even said much...
...President George W. Bush responded by seeking a U.N. resolution that both set a deadline for the inspections to be carried out and authorized military action against Iraq if they were blocked. On the international stage the White House sought to win over Russia, whose Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov refused to comment on whether inspectors would indeed get unfettered access to Iraq to check for weapons. Meanwhile, Bush drafted a resolution for Congress to consider before it adjourns Oct. 4. The measure would give Bush U.S. support for an attack regardless of a U.N. mandate. BRITAIN Examiners Fail Bizarre results...
...sooner was the ink dry on that agreement, than NATO and Russia signed up to fight terrorism together, despite Moscow's reservations about the impending NATO expansion eastward. As NATO foreign ministers met representatives of the 10 former East Bloc countries applying for membership, Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov groused that the enlargement was "no more than a hangover from the past." SIERRA LEONE Vote for Peace President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah and his ruling Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) received a huge endorsement from the war-weary country. Kabbah won a substantial majority in the presidential vote...
...five U.S. military advisers arrived in the former Soviet republic of Georgia. The five are the advance guard of a unit that could number up to 200 to train Georgian troops to counter possible terrorist activity in the mountainous Pankisi Gorge area. Moscow reacted cautiously, with Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov saying the Americans "could further aggravate the situation in the region...
...advisers and helicopters to the former Soviet republic of Georgia on Wednesday - and unconfirmed reports that hundreds more may be on the way to support anti-terrorism efforts. "We think it could further aggravate the situation in the region, which is difficult as it is," Russian foreign minister Igor Ivanov said Wednesday. "That is our position and Washington is well aware...