Iraqi foreign minister stops unexpectedly in Saudi Arabia
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Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari arrived unexpectedly in the holy city of Mecca Wednesday where he met Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, the official SPA news agency reported.
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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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A British investigation into a controversial arms deal with Saudi Arabia was stopped because Riyadh threatened to withdraw all co-operation on security and intelligence, a newspaper reported.
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A blast is heard near the Saudi interior ministry, in the centre of the capital Riyadh, reports say.
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Saudi Arabia is pushing ahead with plans to build a fence to block terrorists from crossing its 560-mile border with Iraq &#151; another sign of growing alarm that Sunni-Shiite strife could spill over and drag Iraq's neighbors into its civil conflict.
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A U.S. marine who helps guard the American consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and his driver came under fire Monday near the consulate, but were not injured, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said.
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Oil exports from southern Iraq have grounded to a complete halt because of a spate of attacks on pipelines. Speaking on condition of anonymity, a senior Iraqi official from South Oil Company said oil flows
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Iraq has become a magnet for foreign terrorists since the U.S.-led invasion last year and there are not enough troops to cope, Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Britain said on Thursday.
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receives Saudi Defense Minister Sultan bin Abdulaziz al-Saod upon his arrival, at the Bahrain International Airport in Manama, December 20, 2004.
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Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari arrived in Beijing for the highest-level visit to China by the interim Iraqi government since it was established in late June.
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Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister made a quick but productive stop in Rome Thursday, receiving Italy&#39;s commitment to keep its troops in the US-led
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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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Vice President Dick Cheney arrived in  Saudi Arabia on Saturday for a day of talks with King Abdullah about what a Saudi adviser described as a  "broad new initiative for the Middle East."
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki flew to Jordan for crisis talks with President Bush on Wednesday, prompting a radical Shi'ite faction to suspend participation in his government in anger.
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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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Iraq's main Sunni Arab bloc said on Friday it was suspending its participation in cabinet because of legal steps being taken against one of its ministers, deepening the sectarian gulf between the country's politicians.
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The United States temporarily closed its diplomatic offices in Saudi Arabia on Monday after gunmen blasted their way past armed guards at the US consulate in Jiddah.