New Iraqi ambassador starts work in France
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The new Iraqi ambassador to France Mouwafak Aboud Mahdi began work Friday, 13 years after the departure of the last incumbent, the embassy in Paris said.
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BRUSSELS, Sep 3 (IPS) - U.S.-appointed Iraqi president Ghazi al-Yawar  begins a visit to Europe this week  amidst uncertainty over the  future of Iraq.
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U.S. Department of State photo Catherine Todd Bailey of Louisville, the new ambassador to Latvia, was given the oath of office yesterday by Secretary of State Colin Powell.
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The new U.S. ambassador to Iraq wants  to shift $3.37 billion in aid earmarked for water, sewage and  electricity projects in the country to efforts to improve  Iraq's security and oil output and create more jobs, the Wall  Street Journal reported on Monday.
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U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte met Iraqi officials in Baghdad on Tuesday, the latest senior visitor from Washington to press Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki for progress on political reforms.
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France steps up diplomatic efforts over two journalists threatened with execution  in Iraq unless a headscarf law is repealed.
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The new U.S. ambassador to Iraq has made a career of taking on difficult tasks.
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The White House Thursday added duties to its job description for a new Middle East envoy, amid growing speculation Prime Minister Tony Blair could be up for the job.
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France has sent a senior foreign ministry official to the Jordanian capital Amman as part of efforts to secure the release of two French hostages in Iraq, the ministry announced.
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France last night dispatched its foreign minister, Michel Barnier, to the Middle East in an attempt to save the lives of two journalists kidnapped by Iraqi militants who have demanded that Paris revokes its ban on Islamic headscarves in schools.
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Angelina Jolie brought her star power to Baghdad Thursday on a mission as a U.N. goodwill ambassador to highlight the plight of Iraqi refugees.
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Prosecutors in France begin investigating whether French citizens are joining the ranks of insurgents in Iraq.
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The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed  Ryan Crocker, U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, as the new U.S.  ambassador to Iraq.
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A French envoy arrived in Beirut on  Tuesday to hand out invitations to rival Lebanese leaders for a  meeting in France later this month aimed at easing tensions in  the country.
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She will plumb Europe for openings toward greater allied participation in Iraq, as well as for greater cooperation on Middle East peace.
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The first direct, high-level contact in years among U.S., Iranian and Syrian representatives included "frank and sometimes jovial exchanges," Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, said Saturday.
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France called for a new start to  relations with the United States on Wednesday after a long  chill over the Iraq war and said the countries' leaders should  talk more often.