Group Urges Italy, Netherlands Withdrawals
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An online statement purportedly from an Islamic militant group threatened the Netherlands and Italy with "bloodbaths" if they do not withdraw their troops from Iraq.
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Italian Premier Romano Prodi and French President Jacques Chirac called for European action in the Gaza Strip during an Italo-French summit on Friday.Comment
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The European Union, the Arab League, the pope, Muslim and pacifist groups in Italy appealed on Wednesday for the release of two Italian women abducted in Iraq while working for a humanitarian group that helps ...
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Italy urged its  European Union partners on Monday to reach out to Serbia in a  bid to resolve diplomatic deadlock over its breakaway province  of Kosovo.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has called on third countries to get off the fence and get involved in stabilising Iraq. Speaking after discussions with Italy&#39;s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi during a visit
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The European Union&#39;s (EU) Dutch Term President, Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkanende, has called on relevant parties in the Cyprus issue to restart negotiations.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has called for a special meeting of the Group of Eight leading industrialised nations to organise relief efforts in areas of Asia battered by earthquakes and tidal ...
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"We must now take the consequences of the fact that the Ethiopian authorities are upholding their decision and we are therefore making preparations to withdraw six diplomats from our embassy in Addis Ababa (by Sept. 15)"  Ethiopia has asked Norway to withdraw six diplomats from Addis Ababa because of "dissatisfaction" with Norway's conduct in the Horn of Africa, the Norwegian foreign ministry said on Monday. via AlertNet
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The Solomons government asks for a time-frame for the withdrawal of Australian-led peacekeepers.
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The U.N. refugee agency appealed Thursday to the European Union to do more to protect refugees fleeing Iraq, saying the war was the cause of the biggest displacement of people in the Middle East in recent history.
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Italy's deputy premier suggested Saturday that his country could pull its troops out of Iraq after elections scheduled for January, saying they will no longer be needed when a representative government is in place.
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Malta urges its EU neighbours to take a greater share of the illegal migrants crossing over from Africa.
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EU Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini says member states must show solidarity dealing with refugees.
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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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The Christian Science Monitor - The resignation of Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi underscores the difficulty in Europe of governments trying to support US foreign policy on terror while at the same time pleasing their own publics.
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A purported statement by a previously unknown Iraqi group has threatened that two Italian hostages will be killed unless Italy begins withdrawing its forces from Iraq.
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A group that has kidnapped an Italian journalist in Iraq said it will attack Italy within 48 hours unless it withdraws its troops, Italian news agency Ansa reported, citing a video transmitted by al-Jazeera.