Conference on Iraq must discuss possible US pull-out: French FM
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Any international conference on the conflict in Iraq ought to discuss the question of whether the US-led forces should withdraw from the country, and should also include representatives of the armed opposition, French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier revealed.
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The British cabinet is meeting this morning to consider a military report on the US&#39;s request to redeploy UK troops in Iraq to a more volatile area in the Baghdad region.
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The US is attending Baghdad talks, along with Iran and Syria, to try to win regional support to stabilise Iraq.
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Defence Secretary Robert Gates hints that the US could withdraw thousands more troops from Iraq during 2008.
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The &quot;chaotic&quot; offensive in Fallujah may endanger the release of the two French journalists being held hostage in Iraq, French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin claimed today.
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French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin has held an emergency meeting with senior cabinet ministers to discuss how to respond to the apparent kidnapping of two French journalists in Iraq.
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The meeting is a possible sign that the United States is exploring new options in Iraq.
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After his recent visit to Baghdad, French Foreign Minister warns the world that Iraq is a problem everyone must take responsibility for. And he reaffirms France's friendship with the United States.
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French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner's recent tough talk on Iran likely will be a topic of discussion when he meets U.S. officials in Washington.
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French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin held an urgent meeting with three of his top ministers to discuss the kidnapping of two French journalists in Iraq by Islamic militants demanding the rescinding of a ban on the Islamic headscarf in French schools.
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The governemnt is poised Wednesday to announce the withdrawal of their troops from Iraq, even as the United States increases its force to counter the raging insurgency.
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The French foreign minister is to begin negotiations for the release of two journalists taken hostage in Iraq. In a televised address after a day of government crisis talks, President Jacques Chirac on Sunday
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Iraq needs a broad-based government of  national unity and France could mediate to help set one up,  French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said in a newspaper  column on Monday.
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BAGHDAD, July 9 -- Iraq's foreign minister on Monday said the country may fracture into separate parts and its government could collapse if the U.S. begins withdrawing troops too quickly -- a warning delivered as debate over war policy intensifies in the White House and Congress.
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The French government held a crisis meeting on Thursday over the fate of two journalists held hostage in Iraq after a new purported statement from the kidnappers denied they had demanded a ransom or set a deadline.
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Two French journalists held hostage in Iraq could be freed by the end of this week if U.S. forces open a security corridor to secure their release, an aide to a French mediator told Reuters on Wednesday.
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Visiting French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said Friday that France is prepared to collaborate in the reconstruction of Iraq, but that country must advance towards the "political" solution of its ...