Berlusconi and Blair caution Bush over tense Najaf standoff
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Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and British counterpart Tony Blair issued a cautionary statement to their US ally George W. Bush and the new Iraqi government to resolve the conflict in the Shiite holy city of Najaf without damaging its Muslim holy site.
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A powerful legislative bloc loyal to firebrand Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr threatened to boycott the government if IraqÂs prime minister attends a scheduled meeting with President Bush in Jordan next week.
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Tony Blair has said military might alone will not defeat terrorism and he looked to America to grasp peace initiatives during George W Bush&#39;s second term as president.
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US President George W. Bush sought Saturday to reassure Pope Benedict XVI over the plight of Iraq&#39;s minority Christians and also to mend fences with Italy&#39;s premier Romano Prodi after months of bilateral tensions.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will  seek this week to use his support for President Bush in Iraq as  a lever for greater U.S. commitment to the quest for peace in  the Middle East.
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Iraq's Shiite prime minister, struggling to prevent sectarian violence from sending Iraq into full-fledged civil war, is facing strong criticism from top Shiite and Sunni Arab leaders alike as he prepares for a summit with President Bush next week.
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Escalating bloodshed and political tension in Iraq will shadow President Bush at a NATO summit this week where he hopes to persuade Europeans to do more to quell violence in Afghanistan.
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Pope John Paul condemned the reported killing of an Italian hostage, and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Friday vowed Italian troops would not leave Iraq, denouncing the
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The Bush administration is supporting the Iraqi government as it uses diplomacy and the threat of force to oust radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's militia from a holy shrine in Najaf. At the same time, it is trying to steer clear of becoming the target of an angry Muslim world.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - US marines and a radical Iraqi cleric are locked in a tense standoff after the firebrand leader refused to leave a holy shrine in Najaf despite earlier agreeing to disarm his militia and withdraw.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair will ease into the Italian leg of his summer holiday today - ' despite threats by Islamic terrorists to target the country over its role in Iraq.
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Washington&#39;s closest ally in Iraq was horrified by the beheading of a British hostage there and Prime Minister Tony Blair urged Britons not to let it undermine their support for continued involvement in the country.
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Tony Blair and his Italian counterpart Silvio Berlusconi have been discussing the situation in Iraq during the UK prime minister's holiday.
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ROME, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Tuesday the two countries were committed to ensuring a peaceful future to the Iraqi people and defending their holy shrines, according to the ...
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President Bush and Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi are meeting in Washington next week, the White House announced Friday as the Italian leader's nearly five-year-old trial on corruption charges neared an end.
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair visits his Italian counterpart Silvio Berlusconi with Italy on high alert after a terror threat.
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&quot;We will continue to make it clear, to both Syria and Iran that... meddling in the internal affairs of Iraq is not in their interest,&quot; Bush said as he met with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.