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AP - Iraqi and U.S. negotiators have finished work on a draft security agreement that would see all American troops leave Iraqi cities by June 30 and the rest of the country by the end of 2011, Iraqi officials said Wednesday.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flew into Baghdad on Thursday for discussions with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other top Iraqi officials, hoping to iron out remaining differences in a U.S.-Iraq security deal that envisions the withdrawal of American troops.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Baghdad on Thursday on an unannounced visit, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's office said.
Iraqi politicians must not let a bitter feud over the oil-rich city of Kirkuk stand in the way of provincial elections expected to redraw the country's political map, the U.S. ambassador in Baghdad said on Wednesday.
Lebanon's Prime Minister Fuad Siniora arrived in Baghdad on Wednesday for trade talks, the first Lebanese leader to visit Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein, state television reported.
Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora was in Baghdad on Wednesday for trade and policy talks, the first Lebanese leader to visit since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein more than five years ago.
Aug. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a surprise visit to Baghdad today as U.S. and Iraqi officials struggle to conclude a security agreement that may lead to the withdrawal of American combat troops.
Gen. David H. Petraeus is preparing to leave Iraq a much safer place than it was when he arrived.
Rice: "There is no reason to believe that there is an agreement yet."
Washington and Baghdad are "very, very close" to an agreement on the future of US forces in Iraq, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on a surprise visit to the war-torn country Thursday.
The U.S. military freed a Reuters television cameraman on Thursday after holding him for three weeks in Iraq without charges.
A key pillar of the U.S. strategy to pacify Iraq is in danger of collapsing because the Iraqi government is failing to absorb tens of thousands of former Sunni Muslim insurgents who'd joined U.S.-allied militia groups into the country's security forces.
Iraq and China will sign a deal next week to develop the Ahdab oil field, restoring an agreement that was canceled after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, an Iraqi spokesman said Thursday.
BAGHDAD, Baghdad (AFP)--Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora arrived in Baghdad Wednesday for trade talks, the first Lebanese leader to visit Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein, state television reported.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flew to Iraq for discussions with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, hoping to iron out differences in a U.S.-Iraq deal that envisions the withdrawal of U.S. troops.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was meeting with Iraqi officials in an effort to finalize an agreement on the presence of American troops in Iraq.
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