Iraq's interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi met Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi on Thursday in talks likely to focus on ways to tackle the crisis in Iraq. Berlusconi has just returned from a trip to Moscow, where he discussed the situation in Iraq with Russian President Vladimir Putin and called for the United Nations to play a central role in the war-ravaged country. Berlusconi and Putin said they would participate in an international conference on Iraq's future, scheduled for Nov. 23 at Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt.
