Italy PM praises troops on Afghan holiday visit
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Italy's Prime Minister Romano Prodi flew to Afghanistan on Sunday for a Christmas visit with Italian troops, whom he praised for their efforts to bring peace to a country gripped by a growing insurgency.
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Leaders of France, Australia and Italy traveled to Afghanistan over the weekend to meet with President Hamid Karzai and visit troops stationed in the conflict-ridden country.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy said France could boost its presence in Afghanistan to help the Afghan army and police in a surprise visit to give French troops his Christmas greetings.
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Two Italian military intelligence officers kidnapped in Afghanistan were freed on Monday during a raid by NATO-led troops in which nine kidnappers and an Afghan hostage were killed, Italy's defense minister said.
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Two Italian soldiers kidnapped in Afghanistan are freed during a military operation, Italy's defence ministry says.
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President Hamid Karzai is meeting the Italian prime minister to discuss the fight against Afghan militants.
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ROME (CP) - Dozens of Canadian veterans of the Second World War were greeted by Gov. Gen. Adrienne Clarkson and Italian officials as they returned to Italy for the first time in 60 years on Monday.
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President Bush said in an interview  published on Tuesday he hoped Italy would keep its troops in  Afghanistan to help rebuild the country.
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NATO forces freed two kidnapped Italian soldiers in a military operation in western Afghanistan in which both men were wounded, Italian and Afghan officials said Monday.
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Two Italian soldiers have gone missing while on patrol in western Afghanistan, Italian authorities said on Sunday.
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Rome, August 28 - The government on Monday approved a decree greenlighting Italy's participation in the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon, a decision easily expected to obtain parliamentary backing .
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who was slightly injured in an attack in a Rome square on New Year's Eve, said he felt fine.
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Syria has agreed "in principle" to let the European Union put troops on its border to help stem the flow of weapons into Lebanon, Italy's prime minister said Saturday.
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"The program went on as scheduled. Nothing was stopped"  Afghan President Hamid Karzai stresses a point during a press conference with Italian Premier Romano Prodi at Rome's Chigi Palace, premier's office, in this Friday, Feb. via The Macon Telegraph
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British forces in Afghanistan will be provided with whatever resources they need, the prime minister says.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi held talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday and was expected to meet Italian troops serving with the NATO force in the country.
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Italy is prone to EU's lifting of arms sales embargo against China, said visiting Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi here on Monday.