U.N. renews U.S. troop mandate in Iraq for final year
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The U.N. Security Council voted  on Tuesday to extend the mandate of U.S.-led foreign forces in  Iraq for one year, as requested by Iraq for what Baghdad said  was the last time.
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Japan&#39;s junior ruling coalition partner backed extending the country&#39;s troop dispatch to Iraq for another year after authorization for the current mission expires Dec. 14.
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Troop strength in Iraq is expected to stay at the current level of about 120,000 for at least two more years, according to the Army's top operations officer.
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Plan to channel funds from reconstruction to security signals focus on shorter-term goal of holding elections. WASHINGTON - After more than a year of effort in Iraq, the United States appears to be recalibrating
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The UN Security Council on Thursday approved new arrangements proposed by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to protect an expanded UN staff in Iraq.
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The government, citing the importance of US ties and the needs of Iraqis, decided Thursday to extend the mission of the Self-Defense Forces in Iraq for one year from Dec. 14.
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Japan approved an extension of its troop deployment in Iraq Thursday for up to a year, a decision opposed by most voters, who want to end the nation's riskiest military mission since World War II.
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A decade of instability and conflict leaves an environmentally devastated Iraq, but the international community is moving to clean it up, as the United Nations announced Tuesday
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WASHINGTON Secretary of State Colin Powell gave understated praise Thursday for preparations the United Nations is making to support elections in Iraq, and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said the world body will beef up its support if need be.
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Iraq has decided to keep alive for another year a U.N. watchdog to monitor the use of its oil wealth, reversing course just weeks after announcing the agency would be abolished, officials said on Wednesday.
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The U.S. military will temporarily  boost its troop strength in Iraq to about 150,000 from a  current level of 138,000 to provide extra security for Iraqi  elections set for Jan. 30, defense officials said on Wednesday.
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The government asked the president Tuesday to prolong the mission of Poland's 900 troops in Iraq for another year, until the end of 2007.
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The government made it official Thursday: the Self-Defense Forces troops in Iraq will stay for another year, as Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi renewed his commitment to reconstruction efforts
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New rules being proposed for a reformed United Nations might have allowed the United States and Britain to carry out their invasion of Iraq with the approval of the world body, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said in a newspaper interview.
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Poland will keep its soldiers in Iraq at least through the end of the year, when the U.N. mandate for foreign troops expires, the country's defense minister said Friday.
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Japan approved an extension of its troop  deployment in Iraq Thursday for up to a year, a decision  opposed by most voters, who want to end the nation's riskiest  military mission since World War II.
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The UN renews the mandate for peacekeeping forces in Ivory Coast, which has been split in two since 2002.