Washington expects &#39;message of unity&#39; on Iraq from conference
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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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&quot;Thank you, America,&quot; Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi told a joint session of Congress today. Allawi thanked the United States for its role in the liberation of Iraq.
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Foreign minister to remind the US of its responsibility to help build Iraqi forces.
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An international conference on Iraq will give the interim government in the war-torn country full support to continue the political process, reports say.
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Iraq prepared on Friday for a crucial regional meeting that will be a rare opportunity for officials from Washington and Tehran to sit at the same table at a time of tension over Iran's nuclear plans.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt : An international conference on the future of Iraq opened for two days of talks that will bring the United States to the same table as some of its fiercest anti-war critics.
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Pro-Western Gulf Arab states meeting for  a summit in Bahrain hope that Iraq's elections will produce a  broad-based government, their host said Monday.
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Welcoming Iraq&#39;s interim president to the White House offers President Bush a chance to persuade Iraqi minority groups to participate in next month&#39;s election â- pivotal step toward a democracy still threatened by a violent
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20 nations, including the United States, Russia, Iraq&#39;s neighbors and Arab states opened a conference on Iraq on Monday, urging the government to include maximum parties in the general elections.
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In addition to the differences between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, the GCC&#39;s 25th summit is expected to discuss the reflections of the political and security situations in Iraq on the region and several security, political and economic issues including
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Iraq's government is planning a conference in late November to promote political stability and seek support for upcoming elections, but U.N. officials say they're worried about the timing and lack of a clear agenda.
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Twenty nations, including the United States, Iraq's neighbors and Arab countries opened a conference on Iraq on Monday, urging the government to meet with its opponents to get them to take part in the general elections.
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A bipartisan commission has reached a consensus on new U.S. policies for Iraq and will announce its recommendations next week, the group's co-chairman said Wednesday.
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Iraqis are making some progress toward enacting legislative "benchmarks" the United States demands &#151; but probably not fast enough to satisfy critics of Iraq's political impasse. The bigger question: Would any laws passed by a parliament at each others' throats really lead to true unity?
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates will meet Iraqi leaders for talks in Baghdad on Saturday after criticizing what he called their disappointing progress in passing laws Washington views as critical to ending violence.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice talks of a 'unified Iraq' at her meetings with Turkish leaders on Saturday.
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WASHINGTON -- Iraq's interim prime minister, Iyad Allawi, promised a joint session of Congress yesterday that Iraqis would soon shoulder the burden of their own security and thanked the American people for removing Saddam Hussein.