Iraq PM visits Sunni insurgent stronghold
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Iraq's Shiite prime minister on Tuesday made a groundbreaking and unannounced visit to Ramadi, the Sunni insurgent stronghold west of Baghdad, a senior staff member told The Associated Press.
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Iraq's interim prime minister went to Jordan on Tuesday for meetings with tribal figures and other influential Iraqis in a bid to encourage Sunni Muslims to participate in the Jan. 30 elections, but he ruled out contacts with insurgent leaders and former members of Saddam Hussein's deposed regime.
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The latest in a series of mass kidnappings spread terror in Baghdad as Prime Minister Tony Blair made a suprise visit to support his embattled Iraqi counterpart Nuri al-Maliki.
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair made a surprise trip today to Baghdad for talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi. Blair&#39;s trip to Baghdad wasn&#39;t announced in advance for security reasons.
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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki returned to Iraq on Saturday after spending a week in London for medical tests.
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RAMADI, Iraq  - Iraq's Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki flew to the violent city of Ramadi on Tuesday on his first visit to the heartland of Sunni Arab insurgents fighting his U.S.-backed government.
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Iraqis loyal to deposed leader Saddam Hussein, as well as Islamic extremists, are still slipping into the country from neighboring Syria and Iran to bolster the insurgency, the national security adviser to interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said Thursday.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki left Baghdad for London on Saturday for a medical check-up.
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Britain's next prime minister met with Iraqi leaders on Monday in a surprise visit following promises to study his country's participation in the conflict.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki arrived in Basra on Wednesday in a bid to stem escalating violence in the southern city.
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Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi smiles during a visit with Iraqi troops at Camp Fallujah, on the outskirts of Fallujah, Iraq, Monday, Nov. 8, 2004.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki held talks with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Thursday, notably discussing the plight of five Britons seized in Baghdad last year, Brown's office said.
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Iraq is ready to take over security in the entire southern province of Basra from the British military, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told visiting Defence Secretary Des Browne on Wednesday.
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Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister went to Jordan on Tuesday for meetings with tribal figures and other influential Iraqis in a bid to encourage Sunni Muslims to participate in the Jan.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Baghdad Sunday on an unannounced visit to meet political leaders and show support for fragile attempts to stem the country's seemingly unstoppable bloodshed.
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Sunni insurgent group hopes to regain popular support in the western Iraqi province of Anbar.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair made  a surprise first visit to Baghdad Tuesday to meet Iraqi Prime  Minister Iyad Allawi and show support for elections scheduled  for January.