U.N. sees Iraq progress despite misgivings
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The United Nations envoy to Baghdad  said on Wednesday he would present a positive picture of  progress in Iraq in a report to the Security Council despite  earlier having serious misgivings about reconciliation efforts.
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After two years, the United States and the United Nations had hoped to take the spotlight off the bitterly divisive war in Iraq. It didn't happen. At the opening of the U.N. General Assembly, President Bush and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan sparred over the war that can't escape the headlines.
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Iraq's political leaders are showing promising new signs of progress toward reconciliation, yet still face difficult decisions on how to stabilize the country, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday.
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By Mark Turner at the United Nations and Guy Dinmore in Washington. The White House declined to express confidence on Wednesday in Kofi Annan&#39;s leadership as United Nations secretary general, on the day that
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Iraq can hold credible polls on time despite relentless bombings and kidnappings by anti-U.S. insurgents bent on derailing the political process, the top U.N. elections expert in the country said Monday.
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The US says it is worried about Iranian support for insurgents in Iraq. Separately, the IAEA reported that Iran's progress on nuclear enrichment is slow.
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Relieved at the end of a "horrible year," Secretary-General Kofi Annan insisted Tuesday he has no intention of resigning over an embattled U.N. program to aid Iraqis and will pursue sweeping reforms in his remaining two years in office.
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UNITED NATIONS, United States  - The United States has given UN Secretary General Kofi Annan a belated show of support but says the United Nations remains under a cloud over allegations of corruption in Iraq.
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Iraq's top diplomat said Thursday that more progress had been made in bringing security to the country than in advancing the tumultuous political situation, and cautioned against expecting "magical solutions" from the upcoming status report to U.S. Congress.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, fending off Republican demands for his resignation over alleged corruption, said Thursday he will expand U.N. support for Iraqi elections if need be. He said he was not offended that President Bush did not ask to see him during this visit to Washington.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan reiterated Tuesday he has no intention of resigning over allegations of corruption in the U.N. oil-for-food program and plans to move ahead with sweeping changes at the United Nations.
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Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki shrugs off US criticism of slow progress saying it is understandable in the face of violence.
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The IMF and UN paint a bright picture of economic growth and political stabilisation in Iraq for the near future.
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International efforts to aid desperate  victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster are picking up  pace, said U.N. officials, who dismissed as unfair suggestions  that the response had been slow.
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The United States gave UN Secretary General Kofi Annan a belated show of support but said the United Nations remains under a cloud over allegations of corruption in Iraq.
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MONTEREY, California  - Iran does not pose an   immediate nuclear threat and the world must act cautiously to   avoid repeating mistakes made with Iraq and North Korea, the   head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said on Tuesday.
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Iraqis are making some progress toward enacting legislative "benchmarks" the United States demands &#151; but probably not fast enough to satisfy critics of Iraq's political impasse. The bigger question: Would any laws passed by a parliament at each others' throats really lead to true unity?