NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer speaks to reporters during a news conference following a NATO-Russia council on the Greek Ionian island of Corfu June 27, 2009. NATO and Russia on Saturday restarted formal cooperation on broad security threats but failed to bridge fierce differences over Georgia in their first high-level talks since the war in the Caucasus region. Reuters Pictures 5 months ago

NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer speaks to reporters during a news conference following a NATO-Russia council on the Greek Ionian island of Corfu June 27, 2009. NATO and Russia on Saturday restarted formal cooperation on broad security threats but failed to bridge fierce differences over Georgia in their first high-level talks since the war in the Caucasus region.

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