UK's Brown makes fact-finding visit to Iraq
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Britain's next prime minister, Gordon Brown, assured Iraq's leaders on Monday of continued British support as he made a flying visit to Baghdad to "listen and learn" before he takes office later this month.
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair made a surprise trip today to Baghdad for talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi. Blair&#39;s trip to Baghdad wasn&#39;t announced in advance for security reasons.
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown proposed on Tuesday giving parliament greater control over sending troops to war as he moved to restore public trust in his government and politics shattered by Iraq.
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Britain's Gordon Brown arrived in China Friday for his maiden visit as prime minister, with tackling climate change and boosting two-way trade and investment top of the agenda.
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Gordon Brown arrives for his first visit to China since becoming UK prime minister seven months ago.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown defended Monday the withdrawal of troops from Basra city in Iraq, but the move will do little to ease mounting signs of tension between London and Washington.
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New Prime Minister Gordon Brown acknowledged there were failures in planning for post-invasion Iraq, and said Wednesday that Britain would shift its forces there away from combat while investing more in Iraq's economy.
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Britain&#39;s next prime minister, Gordon  Brown, arrived in Iraq on Monday for his first visit since it  was confirmed he was taking over the premiership from Tony  Blair on June 27, Iraqi state television said.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw  made a surprise visit to Iraq on Tuesday, with violence and  kidnapping overshadowing plans for elections in January.
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US commander in Iraq General David Petraeus was to hold talks with Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Tuesday, during a stopover on his way back to Baghdad from Washington.
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has dismissed a suggestion that a withdrawal by UK troops from their base in the southern Iraqi city of Basra was a defeat, insisting it was an "organized" move.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to visit victims of the flooding that has devastated parts of the UK.
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Gordon Brown, who takes over as Britain's prime minister this week, vowed on Sunday to revitalize the ruling Labour Party and learn from the "divisive" Iraq war.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw made an unannounced trip to Iraq, where he held meetings with top British and Iraqi officials in the northern city of Kirkuk before travelling to Kurdistan.
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British prime minister Tony Blair held talks Tuesday with Iraq's interim prime minister Ayad Allawi, during a surprise visit to Iraq that comes ahead of national elections and amid a fierce insurgency.
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Prime Minister-designate Gordon Brown should not withdraw British troops from Iraq, the war-torn country&#39;s foreign minister said Thursday as he cautioned that it is important not to show insurgents any sign of weakness.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, on a surprise visit to Iraq, met Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, who pledged to do his utmost to secure the release of British hostage Kenneth Bigley.