France ready to help more in Iraq - Chirac
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PARIS - France is ready to play a greater role in rebuilding Iraq and has invited Iraqi President Ghazi Yawar for talks in Paris next month, President Jacques Chirac said in a speech on Friday.
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French President Jacques Chirac said on Friday he had not refused to meet Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi after reports he was snubbing the Iraqi leader by leaving an EU meeting in Brussels early.
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President Jacques Chirac called for  national unity on Tuesday over France's hostage crisis in Iraq,  after a bid by self-appointed mediators failed to free two  journalists held by Islamist militants.
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PARIS  -- As hopes dimmed that two French journalists held captive in Iraq would be freed soon, French President Jacques Chirac was to discuss the crisis Sunday with his foreign minister, who returned from a mission to the Middle East with no news of
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has  helped create a better climate between the United States and  Europe and could help a diplomatic effort to support Iraq, U.S.  Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Fried told a newspaper.
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The French foreign minister was expected Sunday to begin negotiations for the release of two journalists taken hostage in Iraq. President Jacques Chirac confirmed Sunday he
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French President Jacques Chirac said his country is willing to further strengthen cooperation with China, his spokesman told reporters on Monday.
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Last year's U.S.-led invasion of Iraq  and ousting of President Saddam Hussein has made the world more  dangerous, French President Jacques Chirac said on the eve of a  state visit to key U.S. ally Britain.
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LONDON  - The U.S.-led invasion of Iraq mobilized Islamic extremists and made the world more dangerous, French President Jacques Chirac said, keeping up his vocal opposition to the war on the eve of a visit to London.
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French President Jacques Chirac toned down his criticism of Britain&#39;s role in the Iraq war as he arrived yesterday on a two-day visit celebrating the Entente
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Last year's U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and ousting of President Saddam Hussein has made the world more dangerous, French President Jacques Chirac said on the eve of a state visit to key U.S. ally Britain.
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In visit to Britain, Chirac says he will help to rebuild Iraq -- but also panned war. LONDON -- President Jacques Chirac of France crossed the English Channel on Thursday to say his country was ready to cooperate
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French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier has flown back to Paris from Jordan to brief President Jacques Chirac on efforts to save two French hostages in Iraq amid hopes they will soon be freed.
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French President Jacques Chirac issued a new appeal for the liberation of two French hostages held by militants in Iraq.
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France's foreign minister said Monday he was willing to apologize if Iraq's prime minister felt he had meddled too much in Iraqi affairs during a visit last week to Baghdad.
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French President Jacques Chirac said Sunday that he would immediately dispatch his foreign minister to the Middle East to help negotiate the release of two French journalists kidnapped in Iraq.
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French President Jacques Chirac said Tuesday his country is entirely committed to taking part in an international conference on Iraq next month.