Berlusconi and Blair hope for end to Najaf fighting
17763
Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and British Prime Minister Tony Blair expressed hope that the new Iraqi government and its US allies reach a solution to the conflict in the Shiite holy city of Najaf.
378711
NAJAF, Iraq -- Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's most respected Muslim cleric, returned to this beleaguered city yesterday and persuaded rebel leader Moqtada al-Sadr to end a bloody three-week standoff with US and Iraqi government forces.
311397
Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani has just arrived in Najaf to try to end the stand-off involving Shia fighters led by the radical cleric, Moqtada Sadr.
2413
Iraqi political leaders arrived in the embattled city of Najaf Tuesday on a mission to persuade rebellious Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr to disband his militia, vacate a religious shrine and participate in the country's political process.
596853
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Friday he hoped incumbent President Bush would win the Nov.
592233
NAJAF, Iraq - Hoping to end weeks of fighting in Najaf, Iraq's top Shiite cleric unexpectedly returned home from Britain on Wednesday armed with a new peace initiative and a call for Iraqis across the country to march on the holy city.    Grand Ayatollah Ali Husseini Al-Sistani, who wields enormous influence among Shiite Iraqis, had previously declined to get involved in resolving the violent conflicts roiling the nation, and it was unclear why he suddenly changed his mind...
36094
NAJAF, Iraq - Prime Minister Ayad Allawi issued a "final call" Thursday to Shiite insurgents to disarm and withdraw from a revered shrine after his government threatened a massive onslaught by Iraqi forces. As the peace deal for Najaf unraveled, militants bombarded a police station with mortar rounds, killing seven police and injuring 31 others...
340473
NAJAF, Iraq  - A radical Shi&#39;ite cleric and Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister made gestures on Friday to defuse a two-week uprising in Najaf, after ferocious US air strikes and heavy fighting killed at least 77 people.
548882
Despite the deteriorated security conditions, the British prime minister Tony Blair and the Iraqi interim prime minister Eyad Allawi stressed in a joint press conference in Baghdad that the Iraqi elections will be carried out in its set date scheduled on
77171
Tony Blair and Jacques Chirac today promised to work together on restoring stability in the Middle East while drawing a line under their past differences over the war in Iraq.
325818
10 September 2004 -- Iraq&#39;s interim President Ghazi Ajil al-Yawir arrived in Rome today for talks with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as Rome is trying to secure the release of two Italian female aid workers being held in Iraq.
20062
Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister has issued a &quot;final call&quot; for Shiite militants in the city of Najaf to leave a shrine they have been occupying for weeks. The statement comes a day after their leader, radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, sent word that he was ...
157306
27 August 2004 -- A deal has been reached to end three weeks of unrest in the Iraqi holy city of Al-Najaf when Iraq&#39;s top Shi&#39;ite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, reached an agreement with radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
161648
(CBS/AP) Iraq&#39;s interim government and rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr have both agreed to a peace deal presented by top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Husseini al-Sistani to end three weeks of fighting in the holy city of Najaf.
198357
BASRA, Iraq  - Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric headed  for Najaf on Thursday to try to get rebels inside a holy shrine  to leave and bring an end to three weeks of bloody fighting  that has killed hundreds.
215885
Non è escluso che dal colloquio in corso sull&#39; Iraq tra Silvio Berlusconi e Tony Blair, scaturisca una &quot;formalizzazione&quot; della &quot;posizione comune&quot; registrata a proposito degli appelli alla mediazione per una tregua a Najaf. E&#39; quanto trapela da Villa ...
613883
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Friday he hoped incumbent President Bush would win the Nov. 2 election against his Democratic rival John Kerry.