Jordan&#39;s king leaves for France and Italy
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Jordan&#39;s King Abdullah II left here Monday on a two-day working visit to France and Italy, Jordanian TV reported. The king will hold talks with French President Jacques Chirac
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Jordan's King Abdullah II called for all influential parties to attend an international conference on Iraq which Egypt will host next month, Petra news agency reported.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair left Tuesday for a three-nation trip to Africa, stressing the need for &quot;re-engagement&quot; with the continent he has championed during his decade in power.
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French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier left Tripoli overnight following talks with Moamer Kadhafi to pave the way for a visit here by French President Jacques Chirac, in another sign of the rapid reintegration of former pariah state Libya into the international fold.
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President Eddie Fenech Adami leaves for Portugal today to inaugurate the Corinthia Alfa Hotel in Lisbon.
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Jordan&#39;s Prince Hamzah says he is conceding to the wish of King Abdullah II to strip him of his crown as heir to the throne. &quot;I obey the command of my elder brother out of my loyalty, love
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Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister went to Jordan on Tuesday for meetings with tribal figures and other influential Iraqis in a bid to encourage Sunni Muslims to participate in the Jan.
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France and Jordan want to work &quot;hand-in-hand&quot; to help resolve crises in the Middle East, President Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday following talks with King Abdullah II.
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Jordan's king urges Iraqis to keep their country united, ahead of talks with President Bush and the Iraqi PM.
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Saudi Arabia&#39;s King Abdullah arrived in Spain on Monday for a week-long visit to Europe which will also take in talks with French and Polish leaders.
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The King of Jordan announced an abrupt change to his succession plans yesterday, stripping his half-brother, Hamza bin Hussein, of the title crown prince.
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A French jet left Amman on Friday taking  ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat for treatment in Paris,  witnesses said.
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French President Jacques Chirac: on his way out figures among the top &#x2019;euro-saures&#x2019; who, in accordance with the laws of evolution, must give way to a new kind of leader.Comment
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CLAMART, France  - Palestinian leader Yasser  Arafat, weakened by what doctors say may be leukemia, left the  West Bank for the first time in 2-1/2 years on Friday and flew  to France for treatment in a military hospital.
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Politics: 26 October 2004, Tuesday. Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov leaves Tuesday on official visits to Slovenia and Croatia, the second leg of his trips to countries in Southeastern Europe.
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King Abdullah of Jordan held talks on the Middle East with President Jacques Chirac after warning in a newspaper interview that elections in Iraq are impossible in the current state of insecurity.
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Cambodia&#39;s new king left China on Wednesday to take up the crown in his poverty-stricken Southeast Asian nation following his ageing father&#39;s surprise abdication.