Poland's Premier Visits Troops in Iraq
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Poland's prime minister and defense minister arrived in Iraq Wednesday for a Christmas visit to Polish troops, the nation's news agency reported.
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Iraq&#39;s interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi flew to Rome on Wednesday for an audience with Pope John Paul II and talks with Italy&#39;s premier.
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Poland&#39;s defense minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski has announced plans to cut his country&#39;s forces in Iraq by almost one third next year.
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Polish troops used no tanks or other tracked vehicles in the ancient city of Babylon, but the presence of foreign troops had a "negative influence" on the site, a spokesman for the Polish-led force in Iraq said ...
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Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, left, is seen during a meeting with Sunni Muslim clerics at his offices in Baghdad&#39;s &quot;Green Zone&quot;, Saturday Oct. 30, 2004.
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SEOUL : South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun made a surprise visit to his troops in northern Iraq on his way home from a European tour, a top presidential aide said.
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Poland's president said Monday he wants his country to be an active broker of world peace and his government could send hundreds more troops than it has already pledged to a U.N. force in Lebanon.
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Poland's Prime Minister Marek Belka visits Berlin on Monday for talks with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.
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Poland will cut its troops in Iraq early next year and won&#39;t stay in the country &quot;an hour longer&quot; than needed, the country&#39;s prime minister said Friday.
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Three Polish soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash in Iraq, where the country runs a multi-national division, the army said Wednesday.
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Poland's president said Monday that Warsaw will pull its remaining 900 soldiers out of Iraq by the end of 2007, but no specific date has been set.
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WARSAW - Poland should decide soon when to pull its troops out of Iraq and end a political debate that encourages Al-Qaeda, Prime Minister Marek Belka says.
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"I don't think he will sign such an agreement"  Poland's prime minister and president clashed Sunday over the future of the country's mission in Iraq, with the premier warning that failure to resolve the dispute could force Warsaw to start withdrawing its 900 soldiers this month.New Prime Minister Donald Tusk and President Lech Kaczynski are at odds over how long to continue the mission, although neither is seeking an immediate withdrawal.Tusk wants to keep Polish troops in Iraq until October 2008 at the latest. However, their current mandate expires Dec. 31, and extending the mission until late next year requires the government to present a new mandate that must be approved by parliament and by Kaczynski, the military's commander in chief. Read more
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Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka arrived in Tripoli on Tuesday for a two-day visit that is to include talks on co-operation in the oil sector and a meeting with Libyan leader Muammar Gadaffi.
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South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun made  a surprise visit to Iraq Wednesday to meet his country's troops  and told them to focus on their reconstruction work -- a nod to  his concern they might get dragged into a combat role.
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Poland's new government formally asked the president Tuesday to approve the country's withdrawal from Iraq by Oct. 31, 2008.
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Poland&#39;s Defence Minister, Jerzy Szmajdzinski, has said he believes Polish troops should withdraw from Iraq at the end of next year.