Iraq president halts French visit
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Iraq&#39;s President Ghazi Yawer has postponed a visit to France scheduled for next week following the kidnapping of two French journalists in Iraq.
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BRUSSELS, Nov 5  - French President Jacques Chirac said Friday that Iraqi President Ghazi al-Yawar had accepted an invitation to visit France, in a possible sign of rapprochement between the two countries.
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Iraq's main Sunni Arab bloc is suspending its participation in cabinet because of legal steps being taken against one of its ministers, the head of the bloc, Adnan al-Dulaimi, said on Friday.
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US President George W Bush is in Iraq on a surprise visit, the White House has announced.
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LEONID KUCHMA, the Ukrainian President, cancelled a visit to Poland at the last minute and appealed for calm yesterday because of mounting tension in the week before an election to choose his successor.
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The French president tries to defuse a row over a failed attempt to free two journalists held in Iraq.
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President Chirac warns French journalists against going to Iraq, two days after a reporter disappeared in Baghdad.
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Last year's U.S.-led invasion of Iraq  and ousting of President Saddam Hussein has made the world more  dangerous, French President Jacques Chirac said on the eve of a  state visit to key U.S. ally Britain.
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The US-led invasion of Iraq mobilized Muslim extremists and made the world more dangerous, French President Jacques Chirac said Wednesday, keeping up his vocal opposition to the war on the eve of a visit to London.
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Last year's U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and ousting of President Saddam Hussein has made the world more dangerous, French President Jacques Chirac said on the eve of a state visit to key U.S. ally Britain.
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Iraq has closed its borders with Iran and Syria as part of a security crackdown aimed at stopping foreign fighters and weapons entering the country, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said on Thursday.
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Authorities have halted oil export flows from the main pipeline in southern Iraq after intelligence showed a rebel militia could strike infrastructure, an oil official said on Saturday.
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Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri Maliki makes an unannounced visit to Ramadi, a stronghold of the Sunni insurgency.
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Iraqi President Ghazi al-Yawar, who was due in Paris on Sunday to start a European tour, has postponed his visit to France due to the ongoing hostage drama involving two French journalists, Arab diplomats said Friday.
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LONDON  - The U.S.-led invasion of Iraq mobilized Islamic extremists and made the world more dangerous, French President Jacques Chirac said, keeping up his vocal opposition to the war on the eve of a visit to London.
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The first official visit to Iran by   Iraq's Shi'ite prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, that was due to   take place on Monday will be delayed for a day or more, Iraqi   and Iranian officials said on Sunday.
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United Nations peacekeeping forces Friday halted a column of Ivory Coast government troops, French Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie said.