Lebanon, Iraq and Mideast top Arab ministers' concerns
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Arab League foreign ministers open a two-day meeting here on Tuesday focused on Lebanon and its relations with Syria, the situation in war-wracked Iraq, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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This question lingered in the minds of some bankers and financial analysts who observed with deep concern the Security Council debate on the Syrian role in Lebanon Thursday evening in New York.
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WASHINGTON  - The United States is talking to Iraqi leaders about ways to guarantee minority Sunni Muslims a minimum level of top posts in Iraq &#39;s future government, The New York Times reported.
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Nato ministers are set to meet envoys from Israel and six Arab nations for their highest-level talks with the alliance&#39;s southern neighbours.
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Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki and other high ranking officials sought to reassure Iraqis after Fridayâs pet market bombings.
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Arab foreign ministers backed Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday against international calls to remove Syrian forces from its tiny neighbor, even though several Arab nations have publicly stepped up pressure on Syria to comply.
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ARAB foreign ministers called today for their nations to fully restore diplomatic relations with Iraq, but avoided the sensitive question of whether to send in Arab troops to help secure the country.
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France, Italy and Spain's foreign ministers met on Saturday with Lebanon's feuding political leaders in a bid to break a long-running deadlock that is preventing the election of a president.
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As Iraqis prepare for their national elections, Arab media outlets are providing some of the most intense coverage in recent memory, particularly as many speculate what effect the vote's outcome will have throughout the volatile Middle East.
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Iran is the one issue where President Bush and Arab leaders have shared concerns. Ahead of the president's Mideast trip, Arab nations are eager to contain growing Iranian power, though they're wary of doing so militarily.
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WASHINGTON - The global economy is healthy and no major financial crises loom. Yet finance ministers meeting this week must confront uncertainties about the fight against terrorism, rising interest rates and volatile oil prices...
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair and French President Jacques Chirac called for &quot;a stable and democratic Iraq&quot; as well as urgent efforts to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Why the American President's agenda for the region doesn't square with the perspectives of the area's Arab populace
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BAGHDAD -- Iraq's interim prime minister, Iyad Allawi, is dispatching envoys to neighboring Arab states to win support for his handling of the insurgency in his homeland, a government spokesman said yesterday.
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The secretarys of state and defense have expressed concerns over Iran's attempt to shape Iraq's future.
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CAIRO -- Saudi Arabia's royal family and government leaders are deeply divided over how to handle the growing crisis in Iraq and other looming Mideast problems like Iran, with some favoring strong aid to fellow Sunnis and others more cautious.
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Arab governments approved on Sunday an Arab plan to end the constitutional crisis in Lebanon and diplomatic sources said it had support from both Syria on one side and the Lebanese parliamentary majority on the other.