Maliki says Iraq secure for expanded U.N. role
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki met ministers from world powers and neighboring countries on Saturday after telling the U.N. Secretary General he could guarantee security for a broader U.N. role in Iraq.
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The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday unanimously renewed the mandate of the U.S.-led multinational force in Iraq through the end of 2007, granting a request from the Baghdad government.
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Under pressure to start withdrawing U.S. troops, the Bush administration wants the United Nations to play an expanded role in Iraq as a mediator both internally and with neighboring countries.
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Iraq urged regional and world powers on Saturday to back an expanded U.N. role in Iraq but U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said there was more to be done on security before he could increase U.N. staff.
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Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki vowed to   rein in violence and heal Iraq's sectarian wounds after   parliament approved his national unity government on Saturday   to end months of stalemate that have raised fears of civil war.
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BAGHDAD -- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki yesterday shrugged off US doubts about his government's military and political progress, saying Iraqi forces are capable and American troops can leave "any time they want."
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Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Sunday responded to critics in the U.S. Congress, saying his government had kept Iraq from plunging into sectarian civil war.
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Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki announced that he was sending more troops to Mosul to drive the Sunni insurgent group Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia from what he described as its last major stronghold in Iraq.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called Monday on the Iraqi government to do more to foster national unity, warning the violence-ridden country was in "grave danger" of collapsing into civil war.
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Iraq's interim Interior Minister Falah  al-Naqib said Monday he believed Iraq could establish full  control of its internal security and borders within 18 months.
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The United Nations is expanding its presence in Iraq outside Baghdad to the cities of Basra and Irbil but is planning to have only about 25 electoral experts in the entire country ahead of elections next month, a U.N. spokesman said Wednesday.
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Foreign minister to remind the US of its responsibility to help build Iraqi forces.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan , fending off Republican demands for his resignation over alleged corruption, said Thursday he will expand UN support for Iraqi elections if need be.
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Iraq's Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki defended his government's record on Sunday and urged neighboring countries to work together to stop what he called "evil" from destabilizing the region.
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As U.S. and Iraqi forces step up their campaign to curb insurgents in Iraq, they should strive to avoid alienating the wider public as the country struggles to improve security ahead of January's elections, United Nations chief Kofi Annan said Tuesday.
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The United Nations will open a new office in Baghdad to encourage cooperation between Iraq and its neighbors as part of the world body's efforts to expand its presence in Iraq, the U.N. secretary-general said Saturday.
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UNITED NATIONS -- Iraqâs interim prime minister appealed to world leaders at the UN General Assembly Friday to unite behind his countryâs effort to reign in spiraling violence and lighten the countryâs foreign debt and broaden support for coalition