Annan says Iraq in grip of civil war
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Iraq was in the grip of civil war as U.S. and Iraqi forces attacked insurgent bases in a bid to shore up the authority of a government itself riven by factional rivalries.
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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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Iraq may already be in a civil war or just on the brink of one. But whatever it is, the focus is Baghdad, where all aspects of life are ever more disrupted by sectarian violence and its people ever more weary and afraid.
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan calls for urgent action to bring Iraq back from the brink of "full-scale civil war".
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NEW YORK, September 16  - Eighteen months after Iraq had been invaded and occupied, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan called the US-led onslaught âillegalâ and contravenes the UN charter.
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The level of violence in Iraq is "much worse" than recent civil wars, outgoing U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in an interview to be aired Monday.
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United Nations: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has termed the US-led invasion of Iraq &quot;illegal&quot; as it contravened the world body&#39;s charter and said he feared &quot;credible&quot; elections in that country as planned were unlikely to take place given the present
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United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has revealed that he believes the war on Iraq was &quot;illegal&quot;. Mr Annan said the war was &quot;not in conformity&quot; with the UN Security Council or with the UN Charter.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday that terrorism is threatening to erase any gains made in reducing sectarian killings and establishing democratic principles in his country.
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WASHINGTON - UN Secretary General Kofi Annan was pressed Thursday to do more in Iraq, while at the same time he was being snubbed by the US president.
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U.N. chief Kofi Annan warned against an  all-out military offensive to capture the rebel-held Iraqi city  of Falluja, which U.S. forces urged civilians to flee as they  launched fresh air and artillery strikes on Friday.
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Iraq's president urged the United Nations Tuesday to look into whether the country should go ahead with its scheduled Jan. 30 election despite violence threatening to scare voters away from the polls.
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INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- Kofi Annan, in his last major speech as UN secretary general, urged the United States yesterday to shun go-it-alone diplomacy and collaborate on its world challenges, including the Iraq war.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Tuesday that with the help of the United Nations, the technical preparations for Iraq&#39;s elections in January are on track, but continued violence would affect the process.
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Relieved that a horrible year is ending, Secretary-General Kofi Annan reiterated yesterday he has no intention of resigning over the embattled UN oil-for-food programme in Iraq and will pursue sweeping reforms at the United Nations
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A crackdown on insurgents in Iraqi  hotspots like Falluja must be carefully conducted to avoid  losing a battle for the hearts and minds of Iraqis, U.N.  Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Tuesday.
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The U.S.-led war in Iraq hasn't made the world any safer, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan said in a British TV interview aired Sunday.