Bush supports Turkey bid to join EU
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President Bush gave Turkey's bid to join the European Union a glowing endorsement on Tuesday and called the Islamic nation a "constructive bridge" between the West and the Muslim world, offering a much-needed boost to U.S.-Turkish relations.
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NATO member Turkey will support Albania's bid to join the North Atlantic Allliance, visiting Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said here on Tuesday.
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DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, Feb. 18 -- President Bush hailed the newly independent Kosovo and officially recognized it as a state and a "close friend" on Monday, expressing strong support for the new Balkans nation even as he rebuffed protests by Serbia and Russia.
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - U.S. President George W. Bush met on Tuesday with a senior ethnic Albanian leader from Kosovo, as Washington pushes for a United Nations vote within days on the province's bid for independence from Serbia.
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The European Union presidency on Tuesday backed a proposal to partially suspend EU membership talks with Turkey because of Ankara's refusal to open up to trade with Cyprus.
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President Bush and Turkish Prime  Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Monday renewed their resolve to  cooperate against terrorism, as Turkey pushes to step up  diplomatic pressure on Kurdish guerrillas.
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US President George W. Bush&#39;s administration welcomed Monday a European plan to lift US trade sanctions imposed over an illegal export tax break scheme.
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President George W. Bush on Tuesday recognized the independence of Kosovo from Serbia and said it would bring peace to the Balkans.
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WASHINGTON: US President George W Bush lent support yesterday to European leaders trying to break a deadlock in talks with Iran over its nuclear programme.
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President George W. Bush assured Turkey on Monday that he was pressing the Iraqi government to stop Kurdish rebel attacks on its territory as the United States sought to prevent a Turkish military incursion into northern Iraq.
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The United States has welcomed the European Union&#39;s announcement that it will next year begin negotiating Turkey&#39;s possible future membership in the union.
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U.S. President George W. Bush on  Tuesday said the United States would continue to help Turkey  fight Kurdish guerrillas along its border with Iraq but also  urged Ankara to find a long-term political solution to the  problem.
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Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett has reiterated support for Turkey's bid to join the European Union, saying it gave the lie to charges that Britain is backing a United States war on Islam.
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In Europe, Bush avoids looking defensive and wins a ringing endorsement by at least one foreign leader
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Turkey took a significant step Wednesday toward its long-cherished goal of joining the European Union when the E.U.'s executive branch proposed opening formal negotiations over membership for the predominately Muslim nation.
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West hails Turkey's search for a diplomatic solution as Ankara pressures US and Iraq to halt rebel attacks.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice  firmly supports the European Union's emerging common foreign  policy and Washington will welcome further EU integration, the  Financial Times quoted her as saying on Friday.