Bush meets pope for talks on Iraq
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U.S. President George W. Bush was at the Vatican Saturday for an audience with Pope Benedict XVI and meetings with Italian leaders, as his weeklong European tour moves south to the Mediterranean.
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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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While both are men of faith, the President and the Pontiff have important disagreements. Chief among them is the war in Iraq
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US President George W. Bush will be greeted by anti-war demonstrations in Rome on Saturday as he meets Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi and Pope Benedict XVI.
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AMMAN , Jordan -- President Bush and Iraq's prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, met yesterday for the first time since sectarian killings in Iraq surged to record levels but offered no new blueprint for quelling the chaos, thwarting the hopes of those pushing for a dramatic shift in US policy.
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Demonstrators clashed with police in central Rome on Saturday as U.S. President George W. Bush wound up a visit to Pope Benedict and Italian leaders.
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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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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met with the Pope at the Vatican on Wednesday, ahead of talks in Rome with Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi and other senior officials.Comment
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President Bush will meet French  President Jacques Chirac in Brussels in February as the two  governments try to embark on a new start in relations strained  by the Iraq war.
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President Bush meets with Iraqi interim President Ghazi al-Yawar, Monday, Dec. 6, 2004, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.
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Britain&#39;s Prime Minister Tony Blair met Saturday with Pope Benedict XVI in a private audience at the Vatican, heightening speculation that the outgoing premier may convert to Catholicism.
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President George W. Bush and Australia&#39;s  Prime Minister John Howard meet beside Sydney Harbour on  Wednesday to discuss progress in Iraq and a new defense deal  ahead of an Asia-Pacific leaders&#39; summit.
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Pope Benedict XVI refused a recent request by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to discuss the Middle East and Iraq, Vatican sources say. Senior Vatican sources told the BBC the Pope does not normally receive politicians on his annual holiday at the Castelgandolfo residence near Rome. But one leading Italian newspaper said it was an evident snub by the Vatican towards the Bush administration.
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President Bush and British Prime  Minister Tony Blair on Thursday were due to discuss Iraq, a day  after its prime minister said Iraqi forces could take over  security by the end of 2007.
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President Bush meets with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2004, in Washington.
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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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US President George W Bush is in Italy for his first meeting with the Pope, on the latest stage of his European tour.