Urges nations to aid Iraq, promote rights
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President Bush stood before an annual gathering of world leaders yesterday and forcefully defended his decision to invade Iraq, urging all
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UNITED NATIONS Sept. 21, 2004 - President Bush, defending his decision to invade Iraq, urged a vast assembly of world leaders Tuesday to stand united with the country&#39;s struggling government and said the
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The International Red Cross has made an unprecedented appeal for an end to human rights abuses in Iraq, saying it is &#39;deeply concerned&#39; at the impact of the fighting in the country and at apparent failures by all sides in the conflict to respect
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Iraq on Wednesday urged international donors to speed up funding for reconstruction, stalled by violence and insurgency, and said holding elections was key to improving security.
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After spending more than a generation under one of the world's most brutal regimes, Iraq needs to make human rights an integral part of its culture if it is to turn the page on dictator Saddam Hussein, the country's interim rights minister said.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki said on Tuesday he was sending envoys to neighboring countries to seek help in improving security in Iraq and would call for a conference of regional states on the issue.
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The U.N. Secretary-General urged Iraqis to take advantage of the recent decrease in violence and deaths to work across ethnic, sectarian and political lines for national reconciliation.
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With the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq serving as a backdrop, a high-level international panel called for sweeping changes Tuesday of the United Nations, including a recommendation that the Security Council must in the future authorize any pre-emptive or preventive global military action.
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KERBALA, Iraq  - Iraq's ruling Shi'ite leaders on Friday urged neighboring states and Western powers to join forces to help prevent an all-out civil war that could spread across the oil-rich region.
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Iraq&#39;s deputy prime minister on Wednesday called on the international community to increase the flow of aid and speed up the implementation of projects to help rebuild the war-torn country.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki invited neighboring countries and world powers on Wednesday to a March 10 meeting in Baghdad, saying he hoped it would help bring reconciliation and support for his government.
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World leaders have convened for the annual UN General Assembly debate beginning today â-ne day after interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi pressed the world body to help his country organize free elections in January.
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Iraq urged regional and world powers on Saturday to back an expanded U.N. role in Iraq but U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said there was more to be done on security before he could increase U.N. staff.
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Iraq's Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki defended his government's record on Sunday and urged neighboring countries to work together to stop what he called "evil" from destabilizing the region.
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Iraq&#39;s new prime minister, in his debut appearance before the UN General Assembly, appealed to world governments on Friday to put aside their differences over the war and help Baghdad rebuild.
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Foreign ministers of the US, UK and France call on Burma's regime to respect its people's human rights.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called Monday on the Iraqi government to do more to foster national unity, warning the violence-ridden country was in "grave danger" of collapsing into civil war.