Richardson ad touts Iraq diplomacy
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Bill Richardson, who often cites his diplomatic experience as he campaigns for president, began airing an ad Monday featuring praise from two Americans he helped free from prison in Iraq.
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Former interim Iraqi prime minister Ayad Allawi, who is trying to put together a new coalition to replace the current Baghdad government headed by Nouri al-Maliki, said yesterday that a powerful Washington lobbying firm is working on his behalf, funded by an Iraqi whom he cannot identify.
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Washington is sending a veteran Middle East hand. Tehran's envoy is a British-educated diplomat considered one of Iran's top analysts of the West. Combine that with a flexible agenda and a matchmaking Iraqi host &#151; and the international gathering Saturday to help steer Iraq's future also appears as a prime opportunity for some icebreaking overtures between Iran and the United States.
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Iraq's new prime minister, in  his debut appearance before the U.N. General Assembly, appealed  to world governments on Friday to put aside their differences  over the war and help Baghdad rebuild.
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The US is attending Baghdad talks, along with Iran and Syria, to try to win regional support to stabilise Iraq.
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Bill Richardson, who made his name as a dealmaker in the worldâs hot spots, argues that no Democratic candidate has as much international experience.
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Democratic presidential hopeful Bill Richardson said Tuesday that he wants to keep the Iraq war front and center in the final weeks before the New Hampshire primary.
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WASHINGTON, Nov 21  - Washington expects this week&#39;s international conference on Iraq to send a strong and unified message of support for the country, according to Secretary of State Colin Powell, who is to attend the meeting.
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Britain&#39;s Ambassador to Iraq appealed for Iraqis to come forward with information on the body of murdered British hostage Ken Bigley so he can &quot;finally be laid to rest in peace.
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THESSALONIKI, Greece  - Iraq's Olympic soccer  coach said Monday his side should not be seen as a symbol of  freedom, taking issue with a campaign commercial for President  Bush.
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Speculation on a new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations to succeed John Bolton is focusing on Washington's current ambassador in Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, and a former U.S. deputy ambassador at the U.N., Richard Williamson.
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The U.S. ambassador in Baghdad said Sunday the situation in Iraq is "a mixed picture, but certainly not a hopeless one."
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The ministerâs comments suggested a longer U.S. commitment in Iraq than had previously been indicated.
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U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker says he wants the Iraqis to solve their own problems Caption: America's top diplomat in Baghdad (right) gets a military escort in April.
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Foreign minister to remind the US of its responsibility to help build Iraqi forces.
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Jordan has become the first Arab state to send a fully accredited ambassador to Iraq, a major display of political support for the U.S.-backed government in the face of past kidnapping-slayings of Muslim diplomats.
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The new U.S. ambassador to Iraq wants  to shift $3.37 billion in aid earmarked for water, sewage and  electricity projects in the country to efforts to improve  Iraq's security and oil output and create more jobs, the Wall  Street Journal reported Monday.