EU, Iraq pursue closer energy ties
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Iraqi and European Union officials agreed Thursday to pursue closer energy ties, bringing the EU a step closer to turning Iraq into a major supplier and reducing its dependency on Russia.
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Iraqi Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has appealed to European leaders to bury past divisions and to come to his countryâs aid.
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European Union leaders gave Iraq assurances of "strong support" in a draft statement Friday and said they would offer Iraq's interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi the prospect of aid and a special trade deal.
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Iraq&#39;s deputy prime minister has begun a visit to Iran to bring what he called a &quot;message of friendship,&quot; following charges the Islamic Republic is supporting militants in Iraq.
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European Union leaders were to lunch with interim Iraqi leader Iyad Allawi on Friday at the conclusion of a two-day summit aimed at taking a further step towards overcoming their divisions over the Iraq war.
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European Union foreign ministers have failed to agree on whether to set binding targets for the use of green renewable energy sources, setting up a potential clash when the bloc's leaders meet this week.Comment
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French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin called for an energy summit bringing together European Union countries and the main neighbouring oil and gas-producing countries.
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Iraqi interim leader Iyad Allawi is to meet EU leaders, but France's president says he is too busy to attend.
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BRUSSELS - European Union leaders achieved a facade of unity for long enough at summit talks last week to claim that Iraq was no longer cause for the unparalleled acrimony of recent times.
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Iraq's neighbors, including Iran and Syria, will join U.S. and British representatives at a regional conference here on the Iraqi security crisis
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Abu Ghraib. Guantanamo. Haditha. America&#039;s problems with Iraq are casting a long shadow over President Bush&#039;s meeting with European Union leaders this week.
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Iraq's president turned to Iran on Monday for help to stem the bloodshed, and Iraqi officials said talks this week between President Bush and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki will focus on giving Iraqis more control so U.S. forces can withdraw.
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The EU's executive Commission pledged  an extra 200 million euros ($261 million) for Iraq's postwar  reconstruction on Friday, two days ahead of the country's  landmark elections.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has helped create a better climate between the United States and Europe and could help a diplomatic effort to support Iraq, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Fried told a newspaper.
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Iraq is considering building a $2 billion petrochemical plant and could begin talks with potential international investors in the project this year, the country's industry minister said on Sunday.
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BRUSSELS -- The rift in US-European relations that opened over the war in Iraq has deepened in the last year, further evidence that the trans-Atlantic relationship is undergoing a fundamental change, according to a survey of Americans and Europeans to be published today.
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The United States, Iran and Iraq have agreed to set up a security subcommittee to carry forward talks on restoring stability in Iraq, the U.S. envoy said Tuesday at the end of a second round of groundbreaking talks with his Iranian counterpart.