Bush and top Iraqi Shia to meet
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President George W Bush is to meet Iraq's most powerful Shia politician in Washington on Monday, officials say.
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BAGHDAD, Aug. 29. - Iraqi tribal leaders, Shiâite politicians, government officials and US military officers met today for talks aimed at reducing tensions in Sadr City, a day after clashes there killed 10 people.
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BAGHDAD -- The United States and Iran have set a date for ambassador-level talks in Baghdad on the deteriorating security situation in Iraq -- the first such meeting since late May, US and Iraqi officials said yesterday.
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President Bush discussed the upcoming Iraqi national elections on Tuesday with interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, the latest in a series of consultations with Iraqi leaders ahead of Sunday's polling.
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President Bush, under pressure to find a new blueprint for Iraq, meets Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki Wednesday in a high-stakes summit designed to find out how they can jointly chart a stable, peaceful future for the fragile government.
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President Bush sneaked over to Baghdad to meet him last month. Now he plans to welcome Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to the White House for the first time.
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Iraq holds a national conference on Saturday designed to halt mounting sectarian violence that has raised fears of civil war and been a major issue behind U.S. President George W. Bush's decision to review his strategy.
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Nine US troops died in Iraq over the weekend, as President Bush prepares to meet a key Shia leader.
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Sunni tribal leaders who have vowed to   drive al Qaeda out of Iraq's most restive province met the   Shi'ite premier on Wednesday, marking what Washington hopes   will be a breakthrough alliance against Islamist militants.
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U.S. President George W. Bush will hold talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Jordan next week focusing on improving Iraq's fragile security, the White House said on Tuesday.
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US President George W. Bush was to meet Tuesday with Sudan rebel leader Minni Minawi to discuss efforts to implement a fragile deal to end the conflict in the country's troubled Darfur region.
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The meeting with one of IraqÂs most powerful Shiite leaders was part of an effort to reach out to a wider circle of Iraqi politicians.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq Aug. 29, 2004 - The US military and Iraqi Shiite and tribal leaders held talks Sunday aimed a reducing tensions in the Baghdad&#39;s Sadr City slum, where 10 people died in fighting a day earlier between Shiite militiamen and US troops.
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Facing strong disapproval of his war strategy, President George W. Bush will go to the Middle East for a summit with Iraq's prime minister next week to discuss how to speed up the slow transfer of security responsibilities to Baghdad's control.
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The UN secretary-general and Iraqi prime minister meet Saturday in New York.
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A senior Iraqi Shiite leader who is meeting President Bush next week on Saturday rejected a suggestion by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to hold an international conference on Iraq.
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Delegates from the United States and Iran are at the same table Saturday, at a meeting in Baghdad to discuss security for war-torn Iraq. The meeting could break the ice or offer new opportunities for discord between Washington and Tehran. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said he did not want his country to be a political battleground.