Iraq PM discusses hostages with Britain's Brown
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki held talks with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Thursday, notably discussing the plight of five Britons seized in Baghdad last year, Brown's office said.
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Britain&#39;s government is willing to talk to the kidnappers of a British engineer, Prime Minister Tony Blair said Thursday, but officials stressed
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Australian PM Kevin Rudd meets Iraqi counterpart Nouri Maliki during an unannounced visit to Baghdad.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair made  a surprise first visit to Baghdad on Tuesday to meet Iraqi  Prime Minister Iyad Allawi and show support for Iraq's  elections scheduled for January.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Wednesday Britain would respond to the captors of hostage Kenneth Bigley in Iraq if they made contact with his government.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, on a surprise visit to Iraq, met Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, who pledged to do his utmost to secure the release of British hostage Kenneth Bigley.
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Iraq's president  is set to meet Italy's prime minister as Rome works to free two women hostages in Baghdad.
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Britain is considering a direct approach to Iran for help in finding five British hostages in Iraq.
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Iraqâs Prime Minister Iyad Allawi will today have talks with Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon and International Development Secretary Hilary Benn.
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AN Iraqi cleric has said he met British hostage Ken Bigley, who is being held in Baghdad.
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UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown said the nation should rally behind Prime Minister Tony Blair and the way the government is handling talks with a terrorist group in Iraq that&#39;s holding Kenneth Bigley hostage.
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Britain's next prime minister, Gordon Brown, assured Iraq's leaders of continued British support on Monday as he made a flying visit to Baghdad to "listen and learn" before he takes office later this month.
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UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and Iraq's interim leader Iyad Allawi hold talks on security.
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Britain's next prime minister, Gordon Brown, arrived in Iraq on Monday for his first visit since it was confirmed he was taking over the premiership from Tony Blair on June 27, Iraqi state television said.
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BRIGHTON, England  - The anguish of a British  hostage in Iraq hangs over Prime Minister Tony Blair on  Thursday as he faces the twin test of a local election and a  debate by his Labour Party about the divisive war.
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Britain's Tony Blair appealed Thursday to kidnappers holding a hostage in Iraq to make contact -- but ruled out doing deals as domestic divisions over the war continued to dog the prime minister.
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Prime minister designate Gordon Brown has arrived in Baghdad and met Iraqi premier Nuri al-Maliki, state telivision said Monday.