Bush meets Iraq Shi'ite leader
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President George W. Bush met one of Iraq's most powerful Shi'ite faction leaders on Monday, while his military chief and envoy in Baghdad implored Iraqis to break a cycle of violence that will "destroy you and your country".
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ARBIL, Iraq  - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani on Friday to discuss control of oil resources in the autonomous region of Kurdistan.
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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani is scheduled to fly to Tehran to meet with his Iranian counterpart, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Pressure is growing on Iraq's government and the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush to look beyond the country's borders to bring an end to the ongoing violence.
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SYDNEY, Sept. 6 -- President Bush met with Chinese President Hu Jintao Thursday in a 90-minute session that touched on a wide array of issues and reflected what Bush calls the "complex" relationship shared by the two nations.
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A senior Iraqi Shiite leader who is meeting President Bush next week on Saturday rejected a suggestion by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to hold an international conference on Iraq.
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AMMAN, Jordan, Nov. 29 -- President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki did not meet as planned on Wednesday, but the two leaders are scheduled to meet Thursday, amid turmoil within Iraq's coalition government and questions about U.S. confidence in Maliki's leadership.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. military and Iraqi Shiite and tribal leaders held talks Sunday aimed at reducing tensions in the Baghdad's Sadr City slum, where 10 people died in fighting a day earlier between Shiite militiamen and U.S...
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US President George W Bush begins three days of talks about Iraq as he considers possible policy changes.
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President George W Bush is to meet Iraq's most powerful Shia politician in Washington on Monday, officials say.
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U.S. President George W. Bush will hold talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Jordan next week focusing on improving Iraq's fragile security, the White House said on Tuesday.
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VATICAN CITY, June 9 -- President Bush on Saturday met for the first time with Pope Benedict XVI, who the Vatican said expressed concern about "the worrying situation in Iraq," especially the deteriorating plight of Christians there.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki met on Wednesday with the reclusive leader of Iraq's Shi'ite majority, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, to discuss a government crisis in which nearly half his cabinet has quit.
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U.S. President George W. Bush met Italy&#39;s  president on Saturday, and was due to see Pope Benedict for the  first time for talks expected to centre on their differences on  Iraq and their common stand against abortion.
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President Bush arrived in Jordan on Wednesday for crisis talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, whose own position has been eroded by blunt White House criticism and the loss of a key Shi'ite ally.
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President Bush discussed the upcoming Iraqi national elections on Tuesday with interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, the latest in a series of consultations with Iraqi leaders ahead of Sunday's polling.
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Delegates from the United States and Iran are at the same table Saturday, at a meeting in Baghdad to discuss security for war-torn Iraq. The meeting could break the ice or offer new opportunities for discord between Washington and Tehran. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said he did not want his country to be a political battleground.
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President Bush, under pressure to find a new blueprint for Iraq, meets Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki Wednesday in a high-stakes summit designed to find out how they can jointly chart a stable, peaceful future for the fragile government.