Crocker urges Iraq refugee action
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The US envoy to Iraq warns that about 10,000 Iraqis seeking to enter the US may have to wait two years.
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BAGHDAD -- Senator John McCain took his controversial proposal for curbing Iraq's sectarian violence to Baghdad yesterday, calling for an additional 15,000 to 30,000 US troops and joining a congressional delegation in telling Iraq's prime minister he must break his close ties with a radical Shi'ite cleric.
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Sgt. Cameron Murad must persuade native Arabic speakers to enlist and serve with front-line troops in Iraq.
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The head of Care International appeared on Arabic television to plead for the release of the aid agency&#39;s Iraqi director. Secretary General Denis Cailloux called Margaret Hassan
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BAGHDAD - The director of CARE International who is being held captive in Iraq has appeared in another videotape pleading for the release of female prisoners in Iraq and the withdrawal of British troops.
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A high-level US congressional delegation visiting Iraq called Thursday for between 15,000 and 30,000 more US troops to be sent to bring stability to the war-torn country.
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Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker refused to be pinned down on when large-scale U.S. involvement in Iraq might come to an end.
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The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed  Ryan Crocker, U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, as the new U.S.  ambassador to Iraq.
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Iraq appealed to other nations Tuesday to send troops to protect an expanded U.N. staff that is essential for holding the country's first free elections by Jan. 31, saying terrorists must not be allowed to disrupt the vote.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell said Monday that it will be up to Iraq&#39;s newly elected government to reach out to minority Sunni Muslims if they fail to win much representation in nationwide elections Jan. 30.
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Ryan C. Crocker, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, gave Congress an assessment that left unmentioned some of the most troubling developments of the past nine months.
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BAGHDAD, Oct. 5 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged the embattled Iraqi government on Thursday to accelerate efforts to foster national reconciliation and help end sectarian violence.
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WASHINGTON  - US Secretary of State Colin Powell urged that Sunni Muslims be fairly represented in a new Iraqi government despite threats by many Sunnis to boycott elections expected to produce a big win for the Shiite majority.
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In a Feb. 14 story about Jordan imposing visa restrictions on Iraqi refugees, The Associated Press erroneously quoted U.N High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres as calling on countries hosting Iraqi refugees to increase the opportunities for refugees to settle there and saying 70,000 Iraqi refugees want to resettle.
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A French lawyer representing Saddam Hussein asked Monday for the International Red Cross to look into reports that the jailed former Iraqi leader has begun a hunger strike.
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Citing newly disclosed State Department documents, Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.) called yesterday for further congressional hearings on Halliburton Co.'s contracts in Kuwait and Iraq.
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United Nations, Sep 15 - Iraq has appealed to the international community to send more troops to protect the United Nations staff needed for holding of elections by January 31 next year and thwart terrorist attempt to disrupt the poll process.