Iraq president begins China visit
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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani arrived in Beijing Wednesday to begin the first visit to China by an Iraqi head of state since the two countries established diplomatic ties in 1958, state media said.
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Iraq's president turned to Iran on Monday for help to stem the bloodshed, and Iraqi officials said talks this week between President Bush and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki will focus on giving Iraqis more control so U.S. forces can withdraw.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will make a landmark visit to Baghdad on March 2 for talks with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and other officials, Iraq said on Thursday.
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Iraq's Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri   al-Maliki will make his first official visit to neighboring   Iran on Monday to discuss political and security issues, an   Iraqi government spokesman said on Saturday.
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Gordon Brown arrives for his first visit to China since becoming UK prime minister seven months ago.
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10 September 2004 -- Iraq&#39;s interim President Ghazi Ajil al-Yawir arrived in Rome today for talks with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as Rome is trying to secure the release of two Italian female aid workers being held in Iraq.
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South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun made  a surprise visit to Iraq Wednesday to meet his country's troops  and told them to focus on their reconstruction work -- a nod to  his concern they might get dragged into a combat role.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair made  a surprise first visit to Baghdad Tuesday to meet Iraqi Prime  Minister Iyad Allawi and show support for elections scheduled  for January.
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Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will make a landmark visit to Iraq on March 2, the first-ever trip by an Iranian leader, the Iraqi government said Thursday.
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President Hu Jintao of China has arrived in Liberia ahead of the most important stage of his African tour when he meets with Sudan's leaders about oil supplies and the Darfur conflict.
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The Iraqi vice-president, Tariq al-Hashemi, visits Turkey to head off threatened military action against Kurds in northern Iraq.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has arrived in the war-torn Iraqi capital Baghdad for talks with his counterpart Nuri al-Maliki and President Jalal Talabani.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will make a historic trip to Iraq sometime before March 19, state media reported Monday, the first such visit ever by an Iranian leader.
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South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun made a surprise visit to Iraq Wednesday to meet his country's troops and told them to focus on their reconstruction work -- a nod to his concern they might get dragged into a combat role.
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due in Baghdad next month for the first visit by an Iranian president to its neighbour.
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Iraq's Shiite prime minister on Tuesday made a groundbreaking and unannounced visit to Ramadi, the Sunni insurgent stronghold west of Baghdad, a senior staff member told The Associated Press.
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North Korea&#39;s No. 2 leader arrived in Beijing Monday for a visit that a state newspaper said Chinese leaders were expected to use to press the North to resume stalled six-nation talks on the dispute over its nuclear program.