Polish PM refuses talks on Iraq kidnapping
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Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka said Thursday his country would not enter into negotiations with the kidnappers of a Polish woman in Iraq.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has announced that Japan will not recall soldiers stationed in Iraq because an Iraqi group has threatened to kill a Japanese hostage.
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Poland&#39;s ambassador to Baghdad met with Iraqi security officials Saturday to seek help in freeing a Polish woman hostage in Iraq, Foreign Minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz said.
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Germany said Wednesday it could not rule  out sending troops to Iraq, dropping its firm refusal to  consider any deployment to the country whose invasion last year  it staunchly opposed.
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Australia has refused to set a timeline for the withdrawal of its troops from Iraq, despite British plans to hand over control of Basra to Iraqi forces early next year.
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Bulgarian Defense Minister Nikolai Svinarov has accused the Polish command in Iraq of failing to consult him on a plan to redeploy the Bulgarian troops stationed at Karbala, the Bulgarian daily 24 Hours ...
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Japan&#39;s prime minister, a staunch US ally in Iraq, refused on Wednesday to withdraw Japan&#39;s troops from the country, taking a tough stance in the face of demands by militants threatening to behead a Japanese hostage unless the soldiers leave.
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WARSAW, Jan 16  Poland's Defence Ministry today denied charges that Polish troops in Iraq had damaged the site of ancient Babylon, one of the world's most famous archaeological treasures, while using ...
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Australia's PM says he will not negotiate with terrorists who claim to have taken two Australians hostage.
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The Polish government last night rejected a demand by MPs that it should seek compensation from Germany for its actions during the Second World War.
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Prime Minister Marek Belka promised to reduce Poland&#39;s military presence in Iraq from early 2005 and maintain buoyant economic growth if he wins a confidence vote in his minority cabinet Friday.
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Australia vowed yesterday never to negotiate with terrorists amid claims Iraqi militants have kidnap-ped two Australians and will execute them unless Canberra withdraws its troops from the country.
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A Polish woman taken hostage in Iraq turned up at a news conference in Warsaw yesterday, saying she had been treated well but refusing to give any further details about her captivity or how she was freed.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - A delegation from the insurgent stronghold Fallujah suspended peace talks with the government Thursday because of Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's "impossible" demand to hand over terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the city spokesman said.    Allawi warned Wednesday that Fallujah must surrender al-Zarqawi and other foreign fighters or face military attack...
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Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski said on Friday he feared there may be no compromise at a European Union summit on a treaty to reform the bloc's institutions.
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If Ukraine withdraws its troops from Iraq, Poland will not assume control over the Ukrainian zone, Polish General Waldemar Skrzypczak said on Tuesday.
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The interim Iraqi prime minister Eyad Allawi refused to abide by the demands of the kidnappers of the British hostage Margaret Hassan who is threatened to be killed unless the British government withdraw its forces from Iraq.