EU, Iraq pursue closer energy ties
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Iraqi and European Union officials agreed Thursday to pursue closer energy ties, bringing the EU a step closer to turning Iraq into a major supplier and reducing its dependency on Russia.
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The No. 2 United Nations official met with top Iraqi leaders in Baghdad on Thursday to promote a new partnership meant to help muster political and economic support for Iraq&#039;s government, the U.N. said.
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Europeans may bristle over President Bush's Iraq policy, yet he spent the week rolling out initiatives they can more easily embrace &#151; ones that address global warming, AIDS and the humanitarian crisis in Darfur.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium  - European Union leaders gave Iraq assurances of "strong support" in a draft statement Friday and said they would offer Iraq's interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi the prospect of aid and a special trade deal.
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The EU's executive Commission pledged  an extra 200 million euros ($261 million) for Iraq's postwar  reconstruction on Friday, two days ahead of the country's  landmark elections.
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The European Union plans to open a mission in Iraq after the country&#39;s first free elections slated for January, to help train police, legal officials and administrators, EU foreign ministers said yesterday.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has  helped create a better climate between the United States and  Europe and could help a diplomatic effort to support Iraq, U.S.  Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Fried told a newspaper.
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European Union leaders were to lunch with interim Iraqi leader Iyad Allawi on Friday at the conclusion of a two-day summit aimed at taking a further step towards overcoming their divisions over the Iraq war.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi (L) shakes hands with British Prime Minister Tony Blair (R) after talks in Brussels November 5, 2004 ahead of the second day of a EU summit.
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A top Iraqi official called for partnerships with international companies to boost his country's oil industry on Sunday, saying Iraq's emergence as a "secure petro-democracy" could quell rampant sectarian violence.
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Iraq&#39;s US-backed leader has made an impassioned plea for European nations divided by the war to reunite to help stabilize and rebuild his country.
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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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BRUSSELS, Belgium &#151; German Chancellor Angela Merkel will push her European Union counterparts to go green on energy at summit talks Thursday, urging them to adopt tough measures needed to fight global warming and reduce Europe's dependence on oil imports.
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Iraq's interim prime minister, Ayad Allawi, secured cash and pledges of help from European Union leaders on Friday despite having described countries that opposed the U.S.-led war to oust former president Saddam Hussein as "spectators."
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WASHINGTON -- Europeans may bristle over President Bush's Iraq policy, yet he spent the week rolling out initiatives they can more easily embrace _ ones that address global warming, AIDS and the humanitarian crisis in Darfur.
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Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad  Allawi secured cash and pledges of help from EU leaders on  Friday despite having raised hackles by describing states that  opposed the U.S.-led war to oust Saddam Hussein as  "spectators."
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The United States, Iran and Iraq have agreed to set up a security subcommittee to carry forward talks on restoring stability in Iraq, the U.S. envoy said Tuesday at the end of a second round of groundbreaking talks with his Iranian counterpart.