Pope to discuss Iraq with Bush
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Pope Benedict XVI plans to discuss Iraq and the plight of Christians in that war-torn country when he meets for the first time with President Bush this week, the Vatican No. 2 said in an interview published Sunday.
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Pope John Paul II, who opposed the U.S.-led war in Iraq and the Bush administration's policy of preventive war, criticized on Monday the "arrogance of power," which he said should be countered with reason and dialogue.
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President Bush will be in Jordan later this week, where he plans to meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
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Pope Benedict XVI met Saturday with the Chaldean Patriarch of Baghdad, the Vatican said.
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BRUSSELS - US President George W Bush will visit Europe in February to hold talks with European leaders on ways to improve transatlantic relations following the Iraq war, Secretary of State Colin Powell said Thursday.
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President Bush's first postelection meeting with a foreign leader comes this week when Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain, a staunch ally on Iraq, is due for two days of discussions at the White House.
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US commander in Iraq General David Petraeus is to hold talks with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Tuesday, during a stopover on his way back to Baghdad from Washington.
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Pope John Paul II has expressed &quot;great apprehension&quot; over the situation in conflict-torn Iraq and called for a firm will to seek peaceful solutions to crises across the globe in his traditional Christmas Day message of peace in St Peter&#39;s Square.
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Pope Benedict will meet Muslim   ambassadors to the Vatican and Italian Islamic leaders on   Monday to try to calm anger over his use of a medieval text   which says their religion was spread by violence.
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US President George W. Bush sought Saturday to reassure Pope Benedict XVI over the plight of Iraq&#39;s minority Christians and also to mend fences with Italy&#39;s premier Romano Prodi after months of bilateral tensions.
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Outgoing PM will travel to the Vatican to meet the Pope in preparation for his conversion.
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Iraq's Sunni vice president said he plans to tell President Bush of his "dismay" over the Shiite-led government's handling of security during their meeting Tuesday in the White House.
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President George W. Bush said on Saturday he felt "awe" in the presence of Pope Benedict, who urged the U.S. leader to seek "regional and negotiated" solution to Middle East conflicts like Iraq.
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The U.S. ambassador to the Vatican said Tuesday that Vatican officials want the United States to remain in Iraq and pacify the country despite Pope John Paul II's opposition to the war.
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AMMAN, Jordan, Nov. 29 -- President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki did not meet as planned on Wednesday, but the two leaders are scheduled to meet Thursday, amid turmoil within Iraq's coalition government and questions about U.S. confidence in Maliki's leadership.
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US President George Bush is due to address the nation on his Iraq plans, likely to include a limited troop reduction.
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President George W. Bush said he discussed the fate of Iraqi Christians as well as AIDS and U.S. immigration with Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday. Bush said he found himself "in awe" of Benedict, whom he described as a "smart, loving man." Earlier, the pope seemed to catch the president off-guard when he asked him about a meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin.