U.S.-Iraq summit abruptly canceled
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President Bush's high-profile meeting with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Wednesday was canceled in a stunning turn of events after disclosure of U.S. doubts about the Iraqi leader's capabilities and a political boycott in Baghdad protesting his attendance.
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Iraq's interim president  says the US and Britain made a huge mistake when they disbanded the Iraqi army.
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Iraq holds a national conference on Saturday designed to halt mounting sectarian violence that has raised fears of civil war and been a major issue behind U.S. President George W. Bush's decision to review his strategy.
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President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki postponed for a day their crisis talks on Iraq, but officials played down any link between the schedule change and a memo suggesting tensions between the two leaders.
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The chief negotiator for the city of Fallujah said Monday that he had called off peace talks with the Iraqi government on the orders of guerrillas who control the city
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell abruptly cancelled plans to attend the Olympics closing ceremony in Athens on Sunday, a visit which had triggered angry protests from anti-war groups.
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A senior Iraqi Shiite leader who is meeting President Bush next week on Saturday rejected a suggestion by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to hold an international conference on Iraq.
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AMMAN, Jordan, Nov. 29 -- President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki did not meet as planned on Wednesday, but the two leaders are scheduled to meet Thursday, amid turmoil within Iraq's coalition government and questions about U.S. confidence in Maliki's leadership.
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A South Asian summit due to start in  Bangladesh at the weekend was postponed on Wednesday after  India's prime minister pulled out because of a political crisis  in Nepal and security concerns in Bangladesh.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell canceled plans to attend the Olympics closing ceremonies in Greece because of the &quot;press of business&quot; including crises in Iraq and Sudan, US officials said Saturday.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell  abruptly canceled plans to attend the Olympics closing  ceremonies in Athens Sunday in part because of events in Iraq  and Sudan, the State Department said.
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The Baghdad conference on Iraq's future goes into an unscheduled fourth day as a peace bid fails in  Najaf.
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A South Asian summit at which the prime ministers of rivals India and Pakistan were set to meet has been postponed after India's Manmohan Singh pulled out, Pakistan said.
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On the eve of a trip to Central and South America, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates yesterday postponed his travel plans to help the White House assemble a progress report on the situation in Iraq.
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President Bush's chaotic summit with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is a telling sign of U.S. worries that the raging conflict in Iraq could tip the balance of power in the Middle East well beyond embattled Baghdad.
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The chief negotiator in the rebel-held Iraqi town of Falluja said Monday the government had canceled indefinitely talks to avert a military assault on the town.