Maliki says his govt stopped civil war
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Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Sunday responded to critics in the U.S. Congress, saying his government had kept Iraq from plunging into sectarian civil war.
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BAGHDAD - Hours before congressional hearings on the progress of the US military buildup, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki addressed his own parliament yesterday, saying security has improved dramatically in the capital and Iraq is moving away from civil war.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told a regional conference in Baghdad on Saturday that national reconciliation was crucial to saving his country and urged key players not to use Iraq to play out their differences.
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Prime Minister Maliki says he will focus on fighting insurgents, disarming party militias.
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The Iraqi government yesterday brushed aside Sunni Muslim demands to delay the Jan. 30 election, and a spokesman for the majority Shiite community called the date ``nonnegotiable
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Iraq's interim government on Sunday  declared a state of emergency for 60 days, the spokesman for  interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi announced.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki flew to London on Saturday for what he said was a routine medical checkup, but an official in his office said it was treatment for exhaustion.
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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki returned to Iraq on Saturday after spending a week in London for medical tests.
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BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi says his government has &quot;new plans&quot; to crush the country&#39;s insurgency and restore security.
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The government reached an agreement with a renegade general to end an insurgency that has  threatened to unravel the countryâs new democratically elected government.
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Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister warned Monday that insurgents are trying to foment sectarian civil war as well as derail elections, while
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Prime Minister Nouri Maliki urges Iraqis to set aside differences during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki shrugs off US criticism of slow progress saying it is understandable in the face of violence.
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Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki said that his country was in a Âpolitical crisisÂ and called for unity among the countryÂs politicians to help curb the violence.
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Iraq&#39;s interim government declared a state of emergency for 60 days on Sunday to quell violence gripping the country ahead of January elections.
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The Iraqi prime minister says there has been a big reduction in violence since the security plan launched.
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Iraq's Shiite-led government declared Saturday that after restive areas are calmed it will disband Sunni groups battling Islamic extremists because it does not want them to become a separate military force.