Iraqi conference a key step to reconciliation: Straw
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A national conference, hailed as Iraq's first brush with democracy in decades, is a significant step along the road to reconciliation and a peaceful future for all Iraqis, according to Foreign Secretary Jack Straw.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki invited neighboring countries and world powers on Wednesday to a March 10 meeting in Baghdad, saying he hoped it would help bring reconciliation and support for his government.
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Kofi Annan, the Secretary General of the United Nations, was welcomed to London by the Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, on 19 October 2004.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw welcomed a disarmament deal with radical cleric Moqtada Sadr, calling it a model for how violence-scarred Iraq can be stabilized before January elections.
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Former British foreign secretary Jack Straw said the situation in Iraq was &quot;dire&quot;, adding that the United States government had made &quot;many mistakes&quot; after the 2003 invasion.
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Britain has held informal discussions with Iran about providing it with nuclear power station technology, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw told MPs today.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw  said on Tuesday violence must not upset plans to hold  nationwide elections in Iraq, whose prime minister indicated  the government was gearing up to retake rebel strongholds.
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The U.N. Secretary-General urged Iraqis to take advantage of the recent decrease in violence and deaths to work across ethnic, sectarian and political lines for national reconciliation.
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LUXEMBOURG - British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw yesterday welcomed a disarmament deal with radical cleric Moqtada Sadr, calling it a model for how violence-scarred Iraq could be stabilised before January elections.
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After talks in Madrid, UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw says a new forum for dialogue is opening up on Gibraltar.
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UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is holding talks on security in Iraq with the country&#39;s interim prime minster. On Sunday Iyad Allawi met UK Premier Tony Blair who said Iraq had become the &quot;crucible of global terrorism&quot;.
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw left London for Sudan, where he was to discuss the crisis in war-torn Darfur with President Omar al-Beshir and senior officials.
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Representatives of Iraq's ethnic and sectarian groups discussed ways to reconcile Tuesday and end the escalating sectarian violence threatening to break up the country.
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Justice Secretary Jack Straw is meeting MPs to discuss killings committed by men who had been released on bail.
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Iraq's neighbors including Iran and Syria have agreed to join U.S. and British representatives to discuss the Iraqi security crisis at a regional conference March 10 in Baghdad, the government said Wednesday.
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Talks aimed at curbing bloodshed are under way attended by representatives of various groups in Iraq.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said yesterday that he is &quot;more optimistic&quot; about the prospects for Mideast peace after two days of talks with Israelis and Palestinians.