Turkish FM leaves for Iraq conference in Egypt
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Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul left here on Monday to attend the Iraq conference in Egypt&#39;s Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
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Turkey's culture and tourism minister resigned from his position and left Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's political party Tuesday, the first Cabinet member to leave the government since it took power more than two years ago.
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A conference on the political future of Iraq has entered its second day in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. The event is being attended by the main western powers and Arba countries neighbouring Iraq.
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A high-level Iraqi delegation arrived in Ankara on Friday for critical talks with Turkish counterparts aimed at averting a full-scale cross-border offensive by Turkish forces into northern Iraq against Kurdish separatists.
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WASHINGTON - Turkey's military chief said yesterday that Ankara will delay a decision on whether to launch a cross-border offensive into Iraq until after Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets here with President Bush 10 days from now.
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Turkish helicopters ferried more troops to the border with Iraq on Friday as diplomatic efforts got under way in Ankara to avert a major offensive against Kurdish guerrillas based in northern Iraq.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to travel to Brussels on Friday for talks on his country's bid to join the European Union, Erdogan said on Tuesday.
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Iraq's oil minister said Tuesday that crude oil began to flow from his country's northern oil-rich Kirkuk to a Turkish export terminal last week &#151; for the first time since Saddam Hussein was toppled in 2003.
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Iraq will help Turkey crack down on separatist Kurdish guerrillas in the north of the country, Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Tuesday after talks with his Turkish counterpart.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has left for Turkey to start a Middle East tour aimed at boosting moderate Islam and reaffirming his commitment to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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HABUR, Turkey  - Turkish helicopters ferried more troops to the border with Iraq on Friday as diplomatic efforts got underway in Ankara to avert a major offensive against Kurdish guerrillas based in northern Iraq.
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Egypt is making intensive contacts with its mission in Baghdad and the Iraqi authorities to secure the release of six nationals taken hostages in Iraq, a senior diplomat of the Foreign Ministry said Friday.
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Anti-American Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has left Iraq for Iran ahead of a security crackdown in Baghdad, a U.S. officials said Tuesday
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Egypt's foreign minister said Saturday that his country would not invite Iraqi opposition groups to a high-level conference on Iraqi elections planned next month at an Egyptian resort.
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BAGHDAD - Senior Iraqi officials expressed concern yesterday that the escalating crisis in northern Iraq between Turkey and Kurdish guerrillas could undermine an important regional conference this week on the future of Iraq.
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A delegation of senior Iraqi officials is holding high-level talks with the Turkish government in Ankara today to try to avert an incursion by Turkeyâs military into northern Iraq to fight Kurdish guerrillas.
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MARK COLVIN: To Iraq where the Shi&#39;ite leader Grand Ayatollah Ali al Sistani is on his way back to the holy city of Najaf, with around ten thousand followers joining his convoy from Basra in Iraq&#39;s south.