Mark Kimmitt, U.S. assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs chaired the "contact group" of two dozen nations and five multi-national organizations.

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There are also many questions still to be addressed, such as the role of nations, and that of multi-national organizations relative to MSNs.

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And I think it's not an accident that both political candidates running for president now have talked about the need to work multi-laterally and to work more closely with other nations and to kind of reintegrate the United States into the international fabric because there has been damage to America's reputation.

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Mr Cowen, who is currently chairing meetings of the United Nations Security Council, said Ireland supported the "multi-faceted" action intended to take out key Taleban military installations.

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"Asean markets have done particularly well as foreign investors, especially large institutions, tend to target north Asia, " said Khiem Do, head of Asian Multi-Asset Strategy at Barings Asset Management, referring to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, a regional grouping.

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