Iraqi leader says flow of arms must stop
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday that terrorism is threatening to erase any gains made in reducing sectarian killings and establishing democratic principles in his country.
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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani warns   that Iraq can "make trouble" for its neighbors if they do not   stop interfering in his country's internal affairs.
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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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IraqÂs leader unveiled a plan to defuse sectarian crises, but it was unclear whether it could stem the increasingly brazen violence.
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BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi commander of the Baghdad security crackdown announced yesterday that Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran and ordered the return of unlawfully seized homes, as part of the drive to end the violence that has threatened to divide the capital along sectarian lines.
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BAGHDAD - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki vowed yesterday to halt the activities of Kurdish separatists staging strikes into Turkey from northern Iraq, marking his government's strongest declaration yet that it would act to forestall a Turkish invasion.
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Improved security in Baghdad has pulled Iraq back from the brink of all-out civil war but security forces must not relax in the battle against threats such as al Qaeda, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Friday.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi admits for the first time that violence will prevent parts of Iraq voting in elections.
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Iraq's prime minister urged regional rivals on Saturday to stop playing out their differences in his country, addressing a meeting at which U.S. officials sat down with adversaries from Iran and Syria.
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Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish leaders called Sunday for an end to Iraq's sectarian conflict and vowed to track down those responsible for the war's deadliest attack.
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Iraq's PM vows to end attacks like Saturday's deadly truck bomb in Baghdad which killed more than 130 people.
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BAGHDAD, Oct. 23 -- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki vowed Tuesday to halt the activities of Kurdish separatists staging strikes into Turkey from northern Iraq, marking his government's strongest declaration yet that it would act to forestall a Turkish invasion.
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Iraq's president said Wednesday he had reached a security agreement with Iran, which the United States accuses of fueling the chaos in the war-torn country. Iran's president called on countries to stop backing "terrorists" in Iraq and for the Americans to withdraw.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq  - Prime Minister Iyad Allawi  acknowledged Tuesday there were what he called pockets of Iraq  that would be too unsafe for voting in a Jan. 30 election, as  guerrillas killed 20 people in attacks.
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Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday his government had stopped Iraq sliding into civil war and said violence in and around Baghdad had plunged under a U.S.-backed security crackdown.
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A top aide to Iraq's rebel Shi'ite  leader Muqtada al-Sadr Monday called on the Mehdi Army militia  to cease fire across Iraq and said Sadr was preparing to  announce plans for a major political program.
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The Iraqi government called on all armed groups to join a cease-fire declared this week by Moktada al-Sadr.