Sweden urges EU to take in Iraqis
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Sweden, which takes in half of Iraqi refugees fleeing to Europe, calls on other EU to take in their share.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell pressed Europe to overcome its differences on the 2003 US-led invasion and rebuild Iraq, as the Pentagon revealed that elite US troops abused Iraqi prisoners with stun guns.
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In a Feb. 14 story about Jordan imposing visa restrictions on Iraqi refugees, The Associated Press erroneously quoted U.N High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres as calling on countries hosting Iraqi refugees to increase the opportunities for refugees to settle there and saying 70,000 Iraqi refugees want to resettle.
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Two of deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's cousins, who have reportedly fled US troops in Iraq, have been granted asylum in Sweden and are hiding out in a Swedish town, Swedish tabloid Expressen reported on ...
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Sweden&#39;s prime minister on Sunday appealed for calm following an Al-Qaeda death warrant on two journalists for a cartoon portraying the Prophet Mohammed as a dog and threats to attack top Swedish firms.
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European Union leaders on Thursday considered taking on a bigger role in rebuilding Iraq and forging stronger ties with re-elected President Bush.
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President Idriss Deby called on the  European Union on Thursday to deploy a peacekeeping force  urgently to eastern Chad, as his government sought to tighten  security after a weekend rebel assault on the capital.
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Staffan de Mistura, a Swede who has worked at the U.N. for 30 years, was appointed Wednesday as the new U.N. envoy to Iraq.
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Iraq&#39;s interim leader appealed to Europe Friday to &quot;open a new chapter&quot; and overcome bitter divisions caused by the US-led war, to help prepare his violence-wracked country for historic elections in January.
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Outgoing Secretary of State Colin  Powell urged Europe on Friday to help heal rifts over Iraq with  the United States instead of relying on the Bush administration  to be the peacemaker.
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Secretary of State Colin L. Powell Wednesday urged Europeans to put aside their differences with the United States over the Iraq war, arguing that Americans and Europeans
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A scenic Swedish town of 60,000 people last year took in twice as many Iraqi refugees as the entire United States, almost all of them Christians.
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Millions of Iraqis have fled their devastated homeland. For members of the middle class, refugee-friendly Sweden is the destination of choice
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Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister urged Europe on Thursday to lay aside qualms over the US-led invasion of Iraq and join forces in the rebuilding effort.
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan Thursday asked Europe to lend troops, civilian workers and expertise to the world body&#39;s operations.
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BUDAPEST, Nov 29 (IPS) - In an embarrassing development for Hungary, Sweden  has for the past weeks received a growing number of asylum  applications from mostly ethnic Roma citizens who complain of  discrimination in the fellow European Union (EU) member state.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi today delivered an impassioned personal plea to Europeâs leaders for more support to stabilise his country.