Militia leader halts attacks in Nigeria
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A top militant leader freed on bail said Tuesday that armed groups in Nigeria's restive south will halt attacks on oil installations to give the new government a chance to deal with the region's problems.
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The interim Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, has asked Palestinian militants to halt violence during the campaign for Jan. 9 presidential elections, a participant in truce talks said Tuesday.
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The Nigerian government has signed a cease-fire with three rebel groups that had been targeting foreign oil companies and their workers in the Niger Delta region, government officials said Friday.
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The main militant group in Nigeria's oil region offered Sunday to halt attacks if one of its leaders is released from prison in Angola, where he is being held on arms smuggling charges.
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Nigeria's Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused President Olusegun Obasanjo of buying arms to suppress unrest in the oil-rich Niger delta rather than pacifying the region with development.
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A tentative truce between militia fighters and government troops in Nigeria&#39;s oil-rich south appeared to be holding Thursday as the two sides held a second round of talks in the capital, officials said.
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Rebel Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr  has ordered his militia to end attacks on U.S. and Iraqi  government forces and will soon unveil plans to pursue his  goals through politics rather than conflict, aides said on  Monday.
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An influential rebel commander in  Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta has ordered the suspension  of peace talks with the government because of military  incursions and the arrest of another commander.
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The main militant group in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta pledge to suspend attacks on oil installations for one month.
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Islamic militia that had moved near the base of Somalia's weak interim government will pull back, a senior official said Thursday.
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Militant groups behind many suicide bombings dismissed a call from interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday to halt attacks in the days leading up to a Jan. 9 election to replace Yasser Arafat.
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Rebel fighters in Nigeria&#39;s oil-producing Niger delta will attack oil wells and pipelines if the army does not halt assaults on their forces, a rebel commander says.
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Anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr yesterday ordered his Al Mahdi Army gunmen to halt all hostilities for six months so he can restore the militia to credibility in the eyes of Iraqis shaken by a deadly outbreak of Shi'ite-on-Shi'ite violence.
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Two rival militias in Nigeria's Niger Delta, where unrest sent world oil prices soaring this week, promised they would stop fighting government forces and hand in their weapons, a statement from the Nigerian presidency said.
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Rebel Shi&#39;ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has ordered his militia to end attacks on US and Iraqi government forces and will soon unveil plans to pursue his goals through politics rather than conflict, aides said Monday.
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down unless the government began talks on autonomy and revenue for the oil-producing Niger Delta region. Militia leader Mujahid Dokubo-Asari agreed to a truce on Wednesday to allow talks to proceed.
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BAGHDAD, Aug 30: Shia leader Moqtada al Sadr on Monday ordered his militia to end attacks on US and Iraqi government forces and said he would soon unveil plans to pursue his goals through politics rather than conflict.