Blair Makes Surprise Visit to Baghdad
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair, on a surprise visit to Baghdad Tuesday, has expressed hope that all Iraqis will take part in next month&#39;s elections.
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British prime minister Tony Blair held talks Tuesday with Iraq's interim prime minister Ayad Allawi, during a surprise visit to Iraq that comes ahead of national elections and amid a fierce insurgency.
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The US secretary of state makes a surprise visit to Iraq in an attempt to build on recent reconciliation efforts.
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Britain&#39;s next prime minister, Gordon  Brown, arrived in Iraq on Monday for his first visit since it  was confirmed he was taking over the premiership from Tony  Blair on June 27, Iraqi state television said.
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Blair flew into the Iraqi capital Tuesday morning on a British military transport plane from Jordan. He took a helicopter to the city center for talks with interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi.
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Iraq&#39;s interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, right, shakes hands with British Prime Minister Tony Blair on his arrival in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2004, in this image made from television.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi is meeting senior German officials in Berlin - his first visit to the country since taking office six months ago.
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Britain's next prime minister met with Iraqi leaders on Monday in a surprise visit following promises to study his country's participation in the conflict.
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Gunmen in police uniforms kidnapped  dozens of people at a Baghdad branch of the Red Crescent on  Sunday, the same day as British Prime Minister Tony Blair  arrived in the capital to meet Iraq's embattled leaders.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair  arrived in Baghdad on Sunday to lend support to the Iraqi  government, which is under pressure from Washington to do more  to stem worsening violence.
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Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett arrives in Iraq for a surprise visit as controversy goes on over UK deployments.
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair praises embattled election officials as heroes of the new Iraq, as he visits Baghdad
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw  made a surprise visit to Iraq on Tuesday, with violence and  kidnapping overshadowing plans for elections in January.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, on a surprise visit to Iraq, met Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, who pledged to do his utmost to secure the release of British hostage Kenneth Bigley.
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Iraq s interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi met on Sunday with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, for talks likely to be dominated by the need to improve security before Iraq s January elections.
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BAGHDAD -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a surprise visit Tuesday to Baghdad, where Iraqi officials said she congratulated the premier on the passage of the so-called de-Baathification legislation and encouraged him to speed along other benchmark laws.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi visits Berlin to secure a German boost for his country's  reconstruction.