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LONDON (Reuters) -- OPEC said Friday it has invited seven rival exporters, including Russia, Norway and Mexico, to attend its June 11 meeting in Doha, Qatar, at which ministers are expected to discuss output cuts to make room for Iraq. A spokesman for OPEC at its Vienna headquarters said it was the first time non-OPEC countries had been invited to an extraordinary conference.

MOSCOW, March 17 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - An attack on Iraq has no legal basis under existing United Nations Security Council resolutions, Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said Monday, March 17. "Resolution 1441 does not give anyone the right to an automatic use of force," Russia's top diplomat said in an official statement before departing for New York. "Russia believes that the Iraqi problem should be regulated by the Security Council, which carries the main responsibility for ensuring international security." Ivanov was apparently commenting on the war trio’s - U.S., Britain, and Spain - argument that existing Security Council...