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(From Agence France Presse)
Russian President Vladimir Putin hosts the leaders of Germany and France for "peace camp" talks aiming to carve out a role in Iraq -- possibly through the United Nations -- in the face of convincing US battlefield gains.
Putin, along with French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, has sought a central role for the United Nations in post-war Iraq, a position that has been treated with open skepticism in Washington.
The talks also come after Moscow was dealt a blow by one of Washington's top military hawks on Thursday, who suggested that Russia should now forget about ever winning back its …