Blair makes surprise visit to Baghdad
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Tony Blair made a surprise visit to Baghdad today to throw his weight behind next month&#39;s elections and said the rising tide of violence in the country reflected &quot;a battle between democracy and terror&quot;.
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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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In a surprise visit to Iraq yesterday, British prime minister Tony Blair said the successful staging of next month&#39;s elections would be a blow not only to Iraqi insurgents but also to world terrorism.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Washington for talks with President George W. Bush, a spokesman for the British embassy here said.
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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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BASRA, Iraq  - Protected by U.S. Black Hawk  helicopters, Britain's Tony Blair flew into Iraq on Tuesday in  a surprise show of political bravado designed to boost  prospects for Iraqi elections and cheer UK troops before  Christmas.
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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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EVEN by his own audacious globetrotting standards, it was some entrance by Tony Blair as his fleet of helicopters whisked him low over the suburban slums of Baghdad.
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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki returned to Iraq on Saturday after spending a week in London for medical tests.
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The prime minister, Tony Blair, flew into the Iraqi capital today and praised the electoral workers of Iraq for their bravery in risking their lives for democracy.
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PM in waiting uses surprise trip to Iraq to pledge that security and intelligence would in future be kept independent of the political process.
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It was announced on Tuesday morning that the prime minister is in Baghdad before travelling on to elsewhere in the Middle East for talks with Isreali and Palestinian leaders.
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British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett arrived in Baghdad evening, her first trip to the country since taking up her post in May, the Foreign Office said.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has welcomed a top Syrian politician's visit to Iraq as a sign that Damascus was becoming a force for peace and progress in the Middle East.
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Tony Blair is to hold his first talks with Iraq's interim prime minister Iyad Allawi at Downing Street.
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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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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.