Bulgaria to decide in January on keeping troops in Iraq
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Bulgaria will decide in January, at around the time of Iraq ( news - web sites )'s planned elections, whether to keep its troops in the embattled country, Defense Minister Nikolay Svinarov said.
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THE government has proposed that the Hungarian troops in Iraq stay another three months after the expiry of their mandate on December 31, 2004, with the stated mission of helping secure Iraqi elections.
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The American defence minister has thanked Bulgaria for the work of its contingent in Iraq, and expressed appreciation of Bulgarian troops&#39; professionalism.
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Albania and Poland reconfirmed on Tuesday that their troops will stay in Iraq to help maintain stability in the country.
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The US is considering sending more troops to Iraq in the run-up to January election, the Pentagon confirms.
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Bulgaria will train 30 Iraqi army officers at the Military Academy in Sofia and will send five military instructors to Iraq, the ministry of defense said Thursday.
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Bulgaria may reduce by two-thirds its 450-strong infantry battalion in Iraq after general elections in the Arab country due next month, a report said Sunday.
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Politics: 29 November 2004, Monday. The first group of the Bulgarian unit to Iraq returned to Sofia safe and sound on November 28.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld indicated on Saturday that US commanders in Iraq may yet decide they need more US troops to ensure a viable national election in January.
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Politics: 17 November 2004, Wednesday. Bulgaria may fail to get a date to sign an accession accord with the European Union in December, the euro-affairs and foreign ministers warned.
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Bulgaria's defense minister on Monday angrily rejected a Polish military official's suggestion that Bulgarian troops in Iraq should be moved to a more dangerous province.
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Bulgarian Defense Minister Nikolai Svinarov has accused the Polish command in Iraq of failing to consult him on a plan to redeploy the Bulgarian troops stationed at Karbala, the Bulgarian daily 24 Hours ...
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POIANA BRASOV, Romania NATO defense ministers pledged on Wednesday to speed the deployment of about 300 security instructors to Iraq by the end of the year under a program to field more Iraqi forces to help safeguard the elections in January.
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The European Union discussed proposals on Friday to help stabilize Iraq and organize elections there despite lingering differences among member states over the US-led war that ousted Saddam Hussein.
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Judging by the statements of those who have the power to decide, an election will be held in Iraq on January 31 - come what may. Despite calls for a six-month delay from Iraqi political parties involved
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Bulgaria has lost 13 soldiers in Iraq, but says it is committed to the U.S.-led coalition at least until next spring, and Albania professes such an affinity for America that it has issued three stamps featuring President Bush's likeness and the Statue of Liberty.
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Britain said on Thursday its troops will  stay in Iraq for as long as required by the Iraqi authorities,  denying a newspaper report that it was urging Washington to  give a provisional timetable for a pull-out.