"Sarkozy backs sea-tied alliance
By Andrew Borowiec
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
May 18, 2007
NICOSIA, Cyprus -- Plans are being discussed, with strong backing from new French President Nicolas Sarkozy, to group 16 countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea into a loose union cooperating on economic, security and other issues, according to diplomatic missives circulating in regional capitals."
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