Italy PM praises troops on Afghan holiday visit
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Italy's Prime Minister Romano Prodi flew to Afghanistan on Sunday for a Christmas visit with Italian troops, whom he praised for their efforts to bring peace to a country gripped by a growing insurgency.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who was slightly injured in an attack in a Rome square on New Year s Eve, said on Saturday he felt fine.
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Undated picture of the Italian daily La Repubblica special envoy to Afghanistan, Daniele Mastrogiacomo.Comment
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi arrived in Kabul on Sunday to meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Italian troops, Afghan officials said.
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ROME - Premier Silvio Berlusconi reaffirmed Thursday that Italy would keep its troops in Iraq for as long as the government there wanted them.
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Leaders of France, Australia and Italy traveled to Afghanistan over the weekend to meet with President Hamid Karzai and visit troops stationed in the conflict-ridden country.
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KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 23 â Two Italian soldiers disappeared under mysterious circumstances while on a patrol Saturday night in a western region of Afghanistan where the Taliban has been active, Afghan and Italian officials said today.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell used the occasion of the National Italian American Foundation Dinner October 16 to thank Italy for its unwavering support in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Two Italian soldiers have gone missing in Afghanistan, Italian authorities said on Sunday.
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Australia will send an extra 150  troops to Afghanistan due to the deteriorating security  situation, Prime Minister John Howard said on Wednesday,  briefly boosting Canberra's commitment to Afghanistan to more  than 600.
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NATO forces freed two kidnapped Italian soldiers in a military operation in western Afghanistan in which both men were wounded, Italian and Afghan officials said Monday.
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President Hamid Karzai is meeting the Italian prime minister to discuss the fight against Afghan militants.
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The two leaders signed bilateral agreements Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi says Italy favours lifting the EU's 17-year-old ban on arms sales to China.
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The leaders of France and Australia were both set to meet with Afghan President Hamid Karzai Saturday and visit with their respective country's troops participating in the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, a spokesman for Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry said.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said Thursday that his government had benefited from the recent crisis.Comment
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Il presidente afghano Hamid Karzai ha rinunciato ad una visita nella parte orientale del Paese dopo che un missile Ã¨ esploso nel luogo che avrebbe dovuto visitare. A renderlo noto sono stati militari americani.
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Two Italian soldiers are believed to have been abducted while on patrol in western Afghanistan, Italy's Defence Ministry said on Sunday.