Vatican Says It&#39;s `Willing&#39; to Help End Najaf
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Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The Vatican is ``willing&#39;&#39; to help end fighting between militiamen loyal to Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and Iraqi and US forces in Iraq&#39;s holy city of Najaf, according to a statement on the Holy See&#39;s Web ...
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A prominent hardline Iraqi Sunni cleric said Friday he was willing to meet with top Shiite religious leaders to end sectarian violence and help move Iraq out of its internal crisis.
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BAGHDAD, October 08 (Online): An aide to cleric Moqtada al-Sadr offered on Thursday to hand over medium and heavy weapons and cooperate with Iraqi security forces in the capital if the government stops pursuing members of the Shia militia and releases
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Iraq's defense minister gave  Shi'ite militiamen in the holy city of Najaf hours to surrender  on Wednesday, warning that troops were preparing for a major  assault to "teach them a lesson they will never forget."
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Iraqis meeting to pick an interim national assembly agreed to send a delegation to the holy city of Najaf today in an attempt to convince a radical Shiite cleric to end a bloody conflict with U.S. troops.
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NAJAF, Iraq - Militants filed out of the Imam Ali Shrine, closed the doors behind them and turned over the keys to Iraq's top Shiite cleric Friday, symbolizing their acceptance of a peace deal to end three weeks of devastating fighting in this holy city.    By Friday afternoon, dozens of Iraqi police and national guardsmen surrounded the shrine compound - many kissing its doors and weeping - as the government began to re-establish control over the Old City of Najaf...
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BAGHDAD, Iraq Aug. 31, 2004 - US and Iraqi officials on Tuesday discussed ways to step up aid to Najaf and a war-battered neighborhood in Baghdad after rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on his followers to end their uprising.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Iraq's defense minister gave  Shi'ite militiamen in the holy city of Najaf hours to surrender  Wednesday, warning that troops were preparing for a major  assault to "teach them a lesson they will never forget."
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The Bush administration reacted cautiously Wednesday to reports that the radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr had accept a peace plan to end fighting in Najaf.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. and Iraqi officials on Tuesday discussed ways to step up aid to Najaf and a war-battered neighborhood in Baghdad after rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on his followers to end their uprising...
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's national conference sent a delegation bearing a peace proposal to Najaf on Tuesday, hoping to end the standoff with radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, which has marred the gathering meant to be a landmark step toward democracy.    As the National Conference in Baghdad put together the mission, a mortar round exploded several miles from the gathering's venue, killing seven people and wounding wounding 35, according to the Health Ministry...
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Moqtada al-Sadr, the radical Shiite cleric who has been involved in a two-week battle with US forces, has offered to leave a holy shrine in Najaf.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Top aides of radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr prepared to hand over control of a holy shrine at the center of a crisis in Najaf on Friday to representatives of Iraq&#39;s top ayatollah, a Sadr spokesman said.
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NAJAF, Iraq  Militants loyal to firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said Saturday that they handed over the keys to a revered Muslim shrine to Shiite religious leaders a big step toward resolving a 2-week-old standoff in the holy city of Najaf.
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Iraqi delegates to a conference  choosing a national assembly said Wednesday that radical  Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr had agreed to demands to end an  uprising in the holy city of Najaf.
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Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr reportedly agrees to end an uprising in the holy Iraqi city of Najaf.
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Rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has called on his fighters to lay down arms and leave the holy city of Najaf. It follows a deal brokered by Iraq&#39;s top Shiite cleric that ended weeks of violence.