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U.S. to urge greater U.N. role in Iraq - 22 Sep 2007 at 3:14pm - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States will press Iraq's neighbors and world powers on Saturday to implement U.N. pledges to do more in Iraq at a high-level meeting called by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon.

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Blackwater denies smuggling allegations - 22 Sep 2007 at 3:31pm - Blackwater USA denied Saturday any involvement in illegal weapons smuggling, responding to reports the private security contractor is a target of federal prosecutors.

Iraq to probe Blackwater incidents - 22 Sep 2007 at 3:16pm - Iraqi investigators have a videotape that shows Blackwater USA guards opened fire against civilians without provocation in an ...

Iraqis: Video shows Blackwater fired 1st - 22 Sep 2007 at 3:12pm - Iraqi investigators have a videotape that shows Blackwater USA guards opened fire against civilians without provocation in an incident last week in which 11 people died, a senior Iraqi official said Saturday. He said the case had been referred to the Iraqi judiciary.

Rising tensions as Rice, al-Maliki meet - 22 Sep 2007 at 3:12pm - UNITED NATIONS -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's planned meeting Saturday with Iraq's prime minister was their first since a Baghdad shootout involving guards from a U.S. company protecting American diplomats.