Iraq's neighbors take first small steps toward working together
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The conference promoted the legitimacy of Iraq's government and got Iran and US talking.
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U.S.-funded reconstruction in Iraq is gaining pace in some areas, albeit on a smaller scale than hoped, despite mounting attacks and intimidation by insurgents, said a senior U.S. official on Wednesday.
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Both Iraqi unity and global engagement may get a boost.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt: It was meant to be a grand forum to help solve the increasingly bloody problem of Iraq. The result was an expeditious meeting that took a lofty stand but promised little in the way of action.
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Turkey's incursions into Iraqi Kurdistan may not defeat the guerrillas based there, but it does remind the Iraqi Kurds that they have few friends except the U.S.
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Iraq, the United Nations and foreign   donors met on Sunday to prepare a road map for the   reconstruction of Iraq and try to make the country economically   self-sufficient within five years.
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Iraqi leaders hope to flesh out a deal to end sectarian bloodshed in Baghdad when they meet again on Tuesday and conceded a four-point plan, drafted under U.S. pressure, was still short on vital detail.
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Officials from regional states including Iran and Syria will join U.S. and British envoys at a meeting in Baghdad next month to seek ways to stabilize Iraq, the Iraqi foreign minister said on Tuesday.
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Talks aimed at curbing bloodshed are under way attended by representatives of various groups in Iraq.
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The United Nations will open a new office in Baghdad to encourage cooperation between Iraq and its neighbors as part of the world body's efforts to expand its presence in Iraq, the U.N. secretary-general said Saturday.
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Violence in Iraq is down, but Iraq needs to take advantage of that.
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America's presence in Iraq is moving into its 22nd month, a time that has been alternately frustrating and fulfilling to the young men and women who are far from home and far from done with their mission.
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International oil companies have launched voluntary efforts to train Iraq's oil workers and provide technical assistance, hoping to generate goodwill and eventually get access to the country's huge oil reserves.
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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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At a White House meeting with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Bush urged Iraq's neighbors to help the interim government of Prime Minister Iyad Allawi by enforcing border security restrictions in an ...
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Nato members discuss terms for expanding the alliance's small military training mission in Iraq.
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Iraq signaled that world powers and neighboring countries, including Washington and its adversaries Iran and Syria, had agreed in Baghdad it was vital to all to stop sectarian violence spreading in the region.