British defense secretary meeting soldiers in Basra
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BASRA, Iraq The British defense secretary is in southeastern Iraq today, meeting with troops in Basra. Geoff Hoon also will meet with Iraqi and British officials during his one- day visit.
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UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and Iraq's interim leader Iyad Allawi hold talks on security.
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Defense Minister Robert Hill traveled to Iraq Saturday to meet with some of the 900 soldiers Australia has stationed there as part of the U.S.-led coalition, the ministry said.
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The Cabinet is set to discuss plans to send soldiers from the Black Watch to support American forces near Baghdad, amid reports that more British troops could soon be on their way to Iraq.
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British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon visited troops in southern Iraq, rendezvousing with Scotland's Black Watch battalion, just back from a dangerous mission and heading home to an uncertain future.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown Tuesday met with the top US commander in Iraq General David Petraeus and Ryan Crocker, the ambassador to Baghdad and was briefed about the security situation there.
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The US secretary of defence Donald Rumsfeld talks to US marines in a camp near the Iraqi town of Falluja. Photo: Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters.
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Hundreds of British soldiers arrived at a base near Baghdad in a deployment aimed at providing cover for U.S. troops considering a new assault on Iraqi insurgents, the Ministry of Defence said Friday.
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The handover of the oil-rich province of Basra by the British military to Iraqi forces will not diminish Britain's role in Iraq, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Monday.
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Extra UK troops arrive in Iraq's second city Basra  ahead of the elections.
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LONDON British Prime Minister Tony Blair is talking security with his counterpart from Iraq.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Saturday with Iraq's prime minister in their first face-to-face talks since a Baghdad shootout involving guards from a U.S. company protecting American diplomats.
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The Princess Royal meets British soldiers during a two-day trip to Afghanistan by her and her husband.
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Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon was visiting British forces in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, just days after a battle group returned from a controversial deployment near Baghdad.
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Foreign Minister Margaret Beckett has visited the restive southern Iraqi city of Basra, as the military announced it was sending 360 extra troops to protect reconstruction projects.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld arrived in Iraq on Friday morning for a daylong visit to review Iraq security forces and meet with Iraqi and American leaders.
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British soldiers are feared injured after a "hostile incident" in the Iraqi city of Basra.