End of the siege: the smoke clears in Najaf
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It&#39;s morning in Najaf again, and all around the Old City center, there are the signs of destruction that a three-week-long rebellion has brought.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Walking past pockmarked buildings  and spent ammunition, thousands of Iraqi Shi'ites marched to  Najaf's sacred Imam Ali shrine Friday after a peace deal was  reached overnight to end an uprising.
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Explosions and gunfire shook Najaf&#39;s Old City yesterday in a fierce battle between US forces and Shiite militants, as negotiations dragged on for the handover of the shrine that the fighters have used for their stronghold.
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NAJAF, Iraq  -- A two-week uprising centered around a religious shrine in the Iraqi city of Najaf may be coming to an end.
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Walking past pockmarked buildings and spent ammunition, thousands of Iraqi Shi'ites marched to Najaf's sacred Imam Ali shrine Friday after a peace deal was reached overnight to end an uprising.
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NAJAF, Iraq - U.S. armored vehicles and tanks rolled back into the streets of Najaf and troops battled Shiite militants in a vast cemetery Sunday in a resumption of fighting after the collapse of negotiations aimed at ending the standoff in this holy city...
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Explosions and gunfire shook Najaf&#39;s Old City on Sunday in a fierce battle between US forces and Shiite militants, as negotiations dragged on for the handover
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The resumption of urban warfare over the past two weeks in the Shiite holy city of Najaf in Iraq reflects forces far beyond the Mehdi Army of radical Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr and the American-installed interim Iraqi government ...
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NAJAF - Rebel cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr yesterday ordered his fighters to lay down their weapons and leave the Shi&#39;ite holy city of Najaf and neighbouring Kufa, effectively ending three weeks of fighting between his militia and US and Iraqi government forces
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Shi'ite fighters left the Imam Ali  Mosque in Najaf Friday and began turning in their weapons,  after tens of thousands of pilgrims celebrated a peace  agreement that ended a bloody rebellion.
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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...
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Guns were largely silent in Najaf today for the first time in weeks, after Iraq&#39;s top Shiite cleric made a dramatic return to the holy city and swiftly won agreement from a rebel cleric and the government to end three weeks of fighting between his militia
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SPORADIC gunfire, explosions and a US bombing raid shook the city of Najaf yesterday as militants retained control of a revered shrine, raising fears that a plan to end the crisis could collapse amid bickering between Shiite leaders.
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When the US occupying forces entered the Iraqi city of Najaf after they deposed Baghdadâs former dictator Saddam Hussein, television networks across the world broadcast a scene that manifested
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BAGHDAD, 23 August 2004 - Gunfire and explosions shook Najaf yesterday as fighting broke out between supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr and US forces.
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SHIITE militia leader Moqtada Sadr has ceded control of his shrine stronghold to representatives of the religious leadership following a deal with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani to end weeks of deadly fighting that has devastated the Iraqi city of Najaf.
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Friday&#39;s defusing of the three-week military standoff in Najaf has the disappointing result that Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and his militia survive to fight another battle, threatening US military forces and the fledgling Iraqi government.