BAGHDAD, June 26 (UPI) -- Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih said Thursday Baghdad greeted warmly a decision by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to visit Iraq in July.

UNITED NATIONS, April 23 (UPI) -- The top U.N. political officer said he was impressed by the assistance provided by the world body to support the Iraqi government in political reconciliation.

BAGHDAD, April 8 (UPI) -- The Iraqi national security effort against Shiite militias may bring about a political and military showdown with the national government, analysts say.

TIKRIT, Iraq, March 10 (UPI) -- U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker hailed 2008 as the year of reconstruction at a conference with northern provincial leaders.

TIKRIT, Iraq, March 6 (UPI) -- The Iraqi deputy prime minister met with provincial leaders in the seven northern Iraqi provinces to discuss reconstruction issues at a U.S.-led conference.

BAGHDAD, Feb. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. and Iraqi officials met in Baghdad to outline the ongoing commitment to create a market economy in Iraq in a dialogue on economic cooperation.

BAGHDAD, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- The Iraqi deputy prime minister said the outlook for 2008 is positive as the improved security situation provides room for political solidarity.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- There's optimism in Iraq, at least from a mysterious cadre called the Energy Fusion Cell, which for the past eight months worked to bring coherence to both U.S. and Iraqi initiatives in the oil, gas and power sectors -- the backbone of its citizens' quality of life and the bulk of the national budget.

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