Rice Says Iraq Elections Exceed Expectation
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the Iraqi elections went "better than expected" Sunday, despite conflicting reports about the extent of voter turnout in areas plagued by intimidation and violence.
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The elections held in Iraq were "extraordinary" given the difficult circumstances, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said.
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Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage says violence in Iraq is bound to increase ahead of the country's January elections -- because the insurgents "fear" the balloting.
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Iraq's elections in January should encompass the entire country, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said on Friday, differing from comments by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld that some violent areas could be excluded.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Sunday that the escalating insurgency in Iraq couldmake the organizing of election in the country difficult.
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Unable to deliver on its lofty goal  of bringing democracy to Iraq through the Jan. 30 elections,  the Bush administration is pressing a damage-control campaign  to lower expectations for the vote.
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Iraq's elections in January should  encompass the entire country, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State  Richard Armitage said on Friday, differing from comments by  Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld that some violent areas may  be excluded.
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President Bush has hailed Iraq's first postwar election as a "grand moment in Iraqi history" but it runs the risk of deepening communal divisions and pushing the country toward civil strife.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced visit Tuesday to the city that Iraq's Kurds call their Jerusalem, an oil-rich territory claimed by many where the United States says it sees new signs of cooperation and progress.
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BAGHDAD, Oct 5 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a surprise visit to Baghdad today to support embattled Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and urged the fragile Iraqi government to accelerate efforts on national reconciliation.
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BAGHDAD - US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, on a surprise visit to Iraq, has predicted that violence will increase ahead of January&#39;s election.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a surprise visit to Baghdad on Tuesday for talks with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that were expected to involve a push for more progress on political reconciliation.
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Secretary of State-designate  Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday the Bush administration made  some bad decisions in Iraq and was unprepared for stabilizing  the country in a rare acknowledgment of mistakes.
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President Bush on Wednesday urged  Iraqis to defy insurgents by voting in Sunday's elections,  saying the upcoming poll was a "grand moment in Iraqi history."
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Iraqi government leaders Saturday that the contentious debate in Washington over President Bush's war strategy reflects U.S. doubts that democracy will prevail over violence.
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BAGHDAD -- US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived here on an unannounced visit yesterday to urge on Iraq's skittish government as it seeks to restore security and shape a new national order.
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Ryan C. Crocker, the new U.S. ambassador to Iraq, bluntly told Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in a cable dated May 31 that the embassy in Baghdad -- the largest and most expensive U.S. embassy -- lacks enough well-qualified staff members and that its security rules are too restrictive for...