Iraq says Baghdad conference a success
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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.
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Iraq's foreign minister said on Thursday the government had made progress in responding to U.S. goals for improved security and political reconciliation ahead of key reports soon to be delivered to the U.S. Congress.
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The operation to hand over security in Basra to Iraqi forces has been completed and successful, Tony Blair says.
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Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki said that the increased effort to provide security in Baghdad had gone exceedingly well so far.
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BAGHDAD, March 10 -- After months of trading accusations, U.S. and Iranian officials sat in the same room Saturday at a much-anticipated regional conference on finding ways to end Iraq's sectarian violence and prevent a wider conflict.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraq's neighbors, including Iran and Syria, have agreed to join US and British representatives to discuss the Iraqi security crisis at a regional conference Saturday in Baghdad, the government said yesterday.
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Iraq's first open election in decades is hailed by Iraqi officials and other leaders, despite a spate of attacks.
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Officials say report proved that sanctions and inspections had succeeded in keeping Iraq arms programs in check before the war.
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President Bush congratulated Iraqi candidates who were victorious in final voting results announced Sunday and said the United States and its allies should be proud for making the election possible.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told a meeting of ministers from world powers and neighboring countries his government can provide adequate security to support a U.N. expansion in Iraq.
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TEHRAN -- Iran confirmed it will take part in an international conference alongside the United States in Baghdad on Saturday, a gathering that Iraq hopes will break the ice between the bitter rivals to help end its bloody conflict.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Despite the steady clang of mortar shells outside and persistent violence in the country, many delegates at the opening on Sunday of Iraq's National Conference held out hope that this first fragile taste of democracy would succeed.   "So far, so good," said delegate Saad Qindeel, from the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, the country's largest religious group...
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Secretary of State Colin Powell praised the peace deal that ended fighting in Iraq&#39;s holy city, Najaf, and said Friday that the presence of US forces in the area helped make it possible.
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Ambassadors meet in Baghdad to discuss Iraq security situation.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt  - The world&#39;s top diplomats joined Iraq&#39;s neighbours on the second day of a conference in this Red Sea resort aimed at endorsing a political path out of the violence sweeping the country.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi spoke before a joint session of Congress earlier Thursday and thanked this country for its efforts in his country.
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President Bush on Monday applauded what he called a promising sign of political progress by Iraqi leaders who said they had found common ground on some issues standing in the way of reconciliation.