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What we are going to do is to listen carefully to what the president says Saturday afternoon and take it from there.
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I'm very pleased to announce that agreement has now been reached that negotiations on Turkey's accession into the European Union can and will begin in the very near future.
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We can't be sure there will be free and fair elections.
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That frankly was not in people's minds because there is a world market in oil.
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that have reportedly left thousands of the most vulnerable homeless and destitute and called on the government to abide by the rule of law and respect for human rights.
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Saddam's weapons pose a grave threat to international peace and security, ... We must not shrink from our commitment.
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Because we want international consensus...we will be allowing a good period of up to two weeks, maybe a little more, before we ask for a decision.
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putting the government of Syria on notice that our patience has limits.
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And that's just the easy business, ... We've then in the West Bank area got the issue of the extension of settlements.
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It took a good deal of work behind the scenes to achieve this result and I'm glad we've got there.
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Whoever carried out this abuse must be caught and brought to justice, regardless of rank or background.
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It shows how from very, very dark circumstances -- and we've had to deal with terrorism year after year after year which has killed hundreds of people -- it is possible to see the light, provide the process to keep going and achieve results.
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We stand ready to hear what they have to say.
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It is our decision as to whether or not we move a second resolution.
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And I think we need therefore to judge the contents of what is in any event an interim report, against the reasons why we took military action back in March.
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Every country is under an imperative to deal with terrorism, including terrorism masquerading as freedom fighting,
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It needs to be resolved by all facilities available to the international community, that is what we have been working on and continue to work on.
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We do have, I think, a right to say that we've got to be able to deal Mr A, or Mr B, or Mr C. We can't deal with Mr Nobody. And that's the problem, OK?
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I hope, but I can't predict, that the negotiations at the beginning of next week will be fruitful.
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We made some progress in respect of draft texts but obviously not sufficient progress.
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exploited every instrument of the state to distort the electoral process.
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you cannot leave a report like this on the table.
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We have just made history, ... an EU based on values, not just history. Turkey has always been a European country.
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All United States presidents always say all options are open. But it is not on the table, it is not on the agenda. I happen to think that it is inconceivable.
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