Iraq rebels set to surrender arms
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Iraqi Shia militiamen in the Sadr City area of Baghdad are due to start handing in heavy weapons on Monday, under a deal with the government.
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Members of a militia group in Baghdad&#39;s impoverished area of Sadr City have agreed to give up their fight against Iraqi and coalition forces and lay down their weapons.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq, Oct. 17 - A government plan to entice Iraq&#39;s biggest Shiite militia to turn in its weapons in return for cash here has brought in enough arms in its first week that Iraqi officials extended
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The Sri Lankan government said Thursday that the Tamil Tiger rebels must disarm before any future peace talks, a day after the authorities decided to withdraw from an internationally brokered cease-fire with the insurgents.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi announced on Monday that he will extend the cash-for-weapons plan issued for Shiite fighters in Baghdad&#39;s Sadr City to all Iraqi cities, in an attempt to disarm the entire country.
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The top aide to Iraq's rebel Shi'ite  cleric Moqtada al-Sadr announced on Thursday that Shi'ite  militiamen would hand over their weapons as part of a peace  initiative in Baghdad's Sadr City and other areas.
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Iraq says it will close the offices of the Kurdish PKK rebel group and stop its operations in the country.
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Militiamen loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr will begin handing over weapons to Iraqi police next week in a major step toward ending weeks of fighting with American soldiers and restoring peace in Baghdad's Sadr City district, a senior aide to the radical cleric said Saturday.
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BAGHDAD: Iraq announced plans Monday to roll out an arms-for-cash program across the country as hopes of fresh talks to avert a US military showdown in the Iraqi rebel hub of
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Iraq warned Shi'ite rebels besieged  in a shrine in Najaf to surrender or face an attack later on  Tuesday that would "wipe them out," as government forces  entered the battle zone for the first time.
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Shi&#39;ite militia fighters backing the radical Iraqi cleric, Moqtada al-Sadr, are handing in weapons at the start of a deal with the Iraqi interim Government to end months of violence.
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A Shi'ite militia led by Moqtada  al-Sadr will start to disarm in Baghdad from Monday following a  deal reached on Saturday with Iraq's interim government and  U.S. officials, the chief Shi'ite negotiator said.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Followers of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said Saturday they will begin handing weapons over to Iraqi police next week in a major step toward ending weeks of fighting with American soldiers in Baghdad's Sadr City district.    Meanwhile, there were reports that British hostage Kenneth Bigley tried to escape before he was beheaded...
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LIMA, Peru  - Rebels who laid siege to a police  station and parts of a southern Peruvian town four days ago  demanding the president's resignation decided to surrender  their weapons Tuesday, a government statement said.
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Uganda&#39;s government and the rebel Lord&#39;s Resistance Army are to sign a landmark total cease-fire on Friday, opening the way for an end to a bloody 18-year insurgency, the chief negotiator said on Wednesday.
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A nationwide arms amnesty will be held in Iraq, to be announced next week, according to reports. National security adviser Kassin Daoud told Reuters that the move is aimed at stemming the flow of arms to the
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The Nigerian government has confirmed reports that rebel groups in the country&#39;s main oil producing region have agreed to a ceasefire.