Iraqi's optimistic message to world
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Interim Prime Minister Allawi cites progress, saying Iraqis are grateful for Hussein's ouster.
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BASRA, Iraq  - A few hours before four polling  stations in his city were bombed, Iraqi election official  Ibrahim Hassan Qassam had sounded quite confident about safety  and the prospect for a fair vote on Sunday.
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The recent rhetoric from the Middle East - hopeful and constructive from both sides of the divide - provides a glimmer of hope that Palestinians and Israelis may agree on new and peaceful borders in the coming new year.
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The Muslim holy month of Ramadan is supposed to be a time of spiritual joy, but the most that Iraqis can pray for this time is that it brings a moment of peace.
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Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad promises Iraq complete co-operation in stabilising security.
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Iraq's deputy prime minister outlines his vision of his country's future in a lecture in south Wales.
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US ambassador to UN says White House is confident in the secretary general amid probes of Iraqi oil-for-food program.
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Â· Petraeus and UK officials upbeat on Iraq's futureÂ· Announcement could come next month
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WASHINGTON - Iraq's visiting prime minister, Ayad Allawi, says he shares a hopeful view with President Bush that things are getting better in Allawi's tumultuous nation, a conviction the president is putting on full display to persuade doubting U.S. voters...
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki invited neighboring countries and world powers on Wednesday to a March 10 meeting in Baghdad, saying he hoped it would help bring reconciliation and support for his government.
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The U.S. commander in western Iraq said he agrees with the findings of a pessimistic classified report recently filed by his top intelligence officer but also insisted that "tremendous progress" is being made in that part of the country.
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Iraqis living in the United States greeted the results of Iraq's first elections with excitement Sunday, praising the outcome as a crucial first step toward democracy but remaining fearful of continuing violence.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told a meeting of ministers from world powers and neighboring countries his government can provide adequate security to support a U.N. expansion in Iraq.
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The Muslim holy month of Ramadan is  supposed to be a time of spiritual joy, but the most that  Iraqis can pray for this time is that it brings a moment of  peace.
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Polls show Iraqis optimistic for longer term, worried now.
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A correspondent who often visits the popular Mutanabi market finds it to be a useful gauge of hope in the Iraqi capital.
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During his visit to the United States this week, Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi addressed the Congress and thanked the American people for toppling Saddam Hussein.