Fischer Delivers Strong Message in Syria
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German Foreign Minister Fischer focused on economic ties between Syria and the EU as well as concerns over human rights and weapons of mass destruction in Syria during a visit to Damascus Saturday.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has welcomed a top Syrian politician's visit to Iraq as a sign that Damascus was becoming a force for peace and progress in the Middle East.
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The European Union's foreign policy chief will urge Syria on Wednesday to do more to help ease tensions in Lebanon and Iraq during a visit that will end a two-year freeze on high-level EU contacts with Damascus.
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Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, Tuesday sent a message of greetings to Heinz Fischer, president of the Republic of Austria, on the occasion of the national day of ...
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DAMASCUS -- US Senator Bill Nelson met President Bashar al-Assad of Syria yesterday, a week after a US bipartisan panel recommended the Bush administration engage Syria to help stabilize Iraq. Nelson, a Florida Democrat, was named to the Intelligence Committee this week and said he was on a fact-finding mission to the region. Members of the US Congress have shunned ...
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France and Germany turned up the pressure on Syria on Tuesday, telling Damascus to stop destabilising Lebanon as mass protests against Prime Minister Fuad Siniora entered a fifth day.Comment
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Supporters of former chess champion Bobby Fischer are hailing Iceland&#39;s decision to grant the American residency. Mr Fischer has been detained in Japan since July, when he tried to travel overseas with a revoked United States passport.
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In a marked change of tone, Secretary of State Colin Powell praised Syria on Wednesday for dismantling military camps in the hills near Beirut, Lebanon. He said Syria has offered to cooperate with allied forces in Iraq and its interim government.
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Joschka Fischer, who took a stand against the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq while serving as Germany&#039;s foreign minister, said goodbye to politics Tuesday to spend a year lecturing at Princeton University.
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COLOGNE - More than 20,000 people, most of them Muslim, have demonstrated in Germany against terrorism and for world peace. The crowd held aloft a sea of Turkish, German and European Union flags during speeches in downtown Cologne at the end of a march.
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Senator Bill Nelson met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday, a week after a U.S. bipartisan panel recommended the Bush administration engage Syria to help stabilize Iraq.
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Israel ratcheted up its rhetoric against Syria on Thursday, hinting of possible military action following this week's deadly suicide bombing in southern Israel.
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The United States and Europe must talk to  Syria and Iran if they want a comprehensive solution to Iraq  and other Middle East conflicts, Syrian President Bashar  al-Assad said in an interview published on Friday.
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The European Union supports Syria's goal of regaining the occupied Golan Heights from Israel, the EU foreign policy chief said after meeting President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell yesterday praised Syria for its plan to redeploy some of its troops in Lebanon and its willingness to do more to control its border with Iraq.
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France is ready to open up in a &quot;spectacular way&quot; to Syria if it stops meddling in Lebanon, Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said in a newspaper interview Sunday.
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TEHRAN -- Iran and Syria, both locked in diplomatic battles with the United States, said yesterday they would form a common front to face challenges and threats. "We are ready to help Syria on all grounds," Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref of Iran said in Tehran after meeting Prime Minister Naji al-Otari of Syria. Syria's ambassador to the United States, ...