EU, U.S. Seek Closer Ties Ahead of Bush Visit
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The United States and the European  Union took steps on Friday to bury bitter differences over the  war in Iraq and rebuild their relationship ahead of a visit to  Brussels next month by President Bush.
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BRUSSELS  - US President George W. Bush will travel to Brussels on February 22 to meet EU and NATO leaders, NATO officials said welcoming the trip as a new chance to bridge rifts over the Iraq war.
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Top U.S. and European Union officials were scheduled to visit Macedonia on Friday to discuss regional stability and the Balkan republic's bid to establish closer ties with the West.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell said President George W. Bush wants to have a strong relationship with European allies during his second four-year term in office.
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BRUSSELS  - US Secretary of State Colin Powell called on European nations to look beyond their differences with the United States over Iraq and respond positively to US overtures to improve strained transatlantic ties.
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European leaders urged President Bush to work closely with America&#39;s allies on issues like terrorism and the environment in his second term, while critics of the president worried re-election would embolden him to pursue conservative policies
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BRUSSELS - US President George W Bush will visit Europe in February to hold talks with European leaders on ways to improve transatlantic relations following the Iraq war, Secretary of State Colin Powell said Thursday.
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GEORGE W.Bush is extending an olive branch to Europe with a vow to work for a Palestinian state by 2009 and is promising a trans-Atlantic visit to key capitals soon after his inauguration in January.
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PARIS - European allies alienated by President Bush&#39;s first four years in power offered Wednesday to let bygones be bygones, saying they want to work with the new administration and seeking, right from Day 1, to get the new White House to listen more to
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At their annual summit, European Union leaders also said they wanted to strengthen the 25-nation bloc&#39;s relationship with the newly re-elected President Bush, which was deeply strained by the Iraq war.
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U.S. President George Bush vowed on Tuesday to work to ease travel curbs for citizens of central and eastern European countries in an immigration policy change set to please allies that have helped Washington in Iraq.
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US President George W. Bush must ``reach out&#39;&#39; to European leaders angry over the Iraq war, who in turn should work with Bush to promote democracy, UK Prime Minister Tony Blair will say.
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President Bush is expected to call on Europe to assume a key role in helping the new Palestinian leadership build and support institutions and prepare for negotiations
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Many Europeans didn't want a second term for President Bush, but as his inauguration approaches they're warily hopeful for more cooperation with the U.S. leader and his new foreign policy team led by Condoleezza Rice.
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US President George W Bush has reiterated his desire to develop a stronger relationship with Russia. He is expected to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Slovakia in February.
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President Bush will meet in Slovakia in late February with Russian President Vladimir Putin as part of an expansive effort by the White House to improve relations with European nations that opposed the war in Iraq.
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For the first foreign trip of his second term, President Bush will travel to Europe in February to meet with European leaders, beginning with a NATO summit in Brussels, Belgium.