Iraq's Kurdish leader snubs Rice
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Iraq's Kurdish leader refuses to meet the US secretary of state over Washington's stance on raids by Turkey.
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Condoleezza Rice gave little ground to senators lambasting U.S. policies in Iraq on the first day of her confirmation hearing to be secretary of state and will return on Wednesday for a second round of questioning.
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Iraq's president said on Sunday he rejected a long-anticipated list of recommendations by the bipartisan Iraq Study Group to change U.S. policy in the region.
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KIRKUK, Iraq  - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice paid an unannounced visit to Iraq on Tuesday, flying directly into the volatile, ethnically mixed northern city of Kirkuk.
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The idea is backed by the U.N. but is opposed by other Iraqi leaders, among them the countryÂs Kurdish president and Mr. MalikiÂs chief Shiite rival.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraq's president, Jalal Talabani, yesterday rejected suggestions that an international conference be held to address the violence wracking his country, echoing sentiments expressed by other leading politicians in the war-torn country.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Riceâs visit comes after Turkey bombed Kurdish militants in Iraq on Sunday.
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Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad has told Iraq he supports a crackdown on Kurdish guerrillas in northern Iraq but wants a peaceful solution to the crisis, Iraq's government said.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice intervened to ward off a strike by Turkey in northern Iraq after Kurdish rebels killed at least 12 Turkish soldiers.
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Condoleezza Rice has made a surprise visit to the northern Iraq city of Kirkuk, a day after the US appeared to give tacit approval to the bombing of rebel Kurdish bases by Turkish jets.
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Turkey's prime minister rejects a truce call from the jailed leader of Kurdish separatists, Abdullah Ocalan.
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Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice intervened to ward off a strike by Turkey on northern Iraq after an ambush by Kurdish rebels left at least 12 Turkish soldiers dead.
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Secretary of State nominee Condoleezza Rice gave no ground in Senate confirmation questioning Tuesday, insisting the United States was fully prepared for the Iraq war and its aftermath and refusing to give a timetable for U.S. troops to come home.
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Iraq's president rejects a high-level US report calling for changes in American strategy in Iraq.
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The US military says some senior Iraqi prisoners are refusing meals, but Saddam Hussein is not among them.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq Iraq&#39;s former deputy prime minister, Tariq Aziz (TAH&#39;-rihk ah-ZEEZ&#39;), is rejecting reports he&#39;ll testify against Saddam Hussein.
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Condoleezza Rice gave little ground  to senators lambasting U.S. policies in Iraq on the first day  of her confirmation hearing to be secretary of state and will  return on Wednesday for a second round of questioning.