BRITAINS PREMIER BLAIR AND ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI AT THE NATO SUMMIT IN PRACTICA DE MARE,...

Britain's Premier Tony Blair (L) and his Italian counterpart Silvio Berlusconi smile at the NATO-Russia Council in Practica de Mare near Rome May 28, 2002. NATO set the seal on a new era of security cooperation with former foe Russia rewarding President Putin for embracing the West and backing the U.S.-led war on terrorism. The treaty gives Russia an equal voice at alliance meetings that set policy on counterterrorism, tactical missile defense, peacekeeping and management of regional crises, civil defense, search-and-rescue at sea, military cooperation, arms control, and controlling the spread of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. REUTERS/Nikola Solic REUTERS WR/AS