Red Mosque Peace Efforts Collapse
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 7 -- Positions hardened in the standoff at the Red Mosque on Saturday, as a peace effort collapsed amid a hail of gunfire and President Pervez Musharraf called on Islamic radicals hunkered down inside to surrender or face death.
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NAJAF, Iraq -- Renewed fighting between Shi'ite militants and US and Iraqi forces appeared likely here after talks between rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and the Iraqi government collapsed yesterday, raising fears of a climactic showdown in one of Shi'ite Islam's holiest cities.
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A national reconciliation conference ended Thursday after more than a month of discussions on how to combat extremism and enact good governance in Somalia, which has been torn apart by a bloody insurgency.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- About 36 hours after they stormed the Red Mosque in a blaze of gunfire, Pakistani security forces yesterday killed the last remaining radicals and took on the grim task of recovering the casualties of a fierce, close-combat battle that left more than 80 people dead.
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BAGHDAD, August 27  - The hastily reached peace deal to defuse the crisis in Najaf is in fact a &quot;doomed truce&quot; as it left some very serious loose ends pertaining to the crisis and the situation in Iraq in general, analysts and observers
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Thousands of chanting Iraqi  Shi'ites entered a sacred shrine in Najaf on Friday where they  were greeted by rebels who overnight reached a peace agreement  to end a bloody three-week uprising.
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Â· Separatist group rearmed during hiatus, PM warnedÂ· Opposition parties hit out at failed peace process
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Suspected al-Qaida bombers toppled the towering minarets of Samarra's revered Shiite shrine on Wednesday, dealing a bold blow to Iraqi hopes for peace and reopening old wounds a year after the mosque's Golden Dome was destroyed.
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Peace talks between the Sudanese government and rebels from the troubled Darfur region have collapsed after three weeks, one of the two main rebel factions said Wednesday.
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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 - A national political conference&#39;s bid to end the fighting in the Shiite Muslim holy city of Najaf appeared to have failed Tuesday.
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A year ago, the bombing of this city's revered Shiite mosque set off a spasm of sectarian violence that has pushed the country toward a full-scale civil war. The mosque remains closed, its golden dome still a mound of rubble and wires amid the wave of hatred that has made renovation work too dangerous to begin.
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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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NAJAF, Iraq  - The fate of a radical Shi&#39;ite rebellion in the holy city of Najaf was uncertain on Friday amid disputed reports that Iraqi police had gained control of the Imam Ali Mosque.
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ABUJA, Nigeria A rebel faction says peace talks for Sudan&#39;s bloodied Darfur region have collapsed after three weeks with no accord.
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President Musharraf says security forces should halt operations at Islamabad's Red Mosque to let women leave.
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Negotiations between the interim Iraqi government and insurgent leaders who control Fallujah have broken down, officials say.