Radical militia offers to disarm while insurgency continues
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A radical Shiite militia agreed on Saturday to hand in weapons and suspend attacks against US and Iraqi forces, as the government has tried to use carrots and sticks to curb a mounting insurgency throughout the country.
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Militia fighters in the Baghdad slum of Sadr City are to begin surrendering their mortars, grenades, machine guns and other weapons Monday under an accord with the interim Iraqi government, both sides announced Saturday.
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The deal would end an insurgency that has  threatened to unravel the countryâs new elected government.
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While Iraq&#39;s interim government has accepted an initiative from an armed militia group to give up its weapons and quit fighting, a senior interim government official says there were never any negotiations with the group.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - A radical Iraqi cleric leading a  Shi'ite uprising agreed Wednesday to disarm his militia and  leave one of the country's holiest Islamic shrines after  warnings of an onslaught by government forces.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi announced plans yesterday to extend a cash-for-weapons program for Shi'ite fighters in Baghdad's Sadr City to cities nationwide in an attempt to disarm the country.
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The United Nations is seeking to disarm both rebels and government-backed militias in Darfur, a senior UN official says.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - A radical Iraqi cleric leading a Shi&#39;ite uprising agreed Wednesday to disarm his militia and leave one of the country&#39;s holiest Islamic shrines, but only after a truce with encircling US Marines.
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BELFAST: Northern Ireland&#39;s largest Protestant guerrilla group promised yesterday to join the peace process in the British-ruled province by ending violence, but said it would disarm only when its republican foes did so too.
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LIMA, Peru  - The leader of an armed group which  took over a police station in a southern Peruvian town three  days ago and demanded the president's resignation made a fresh  promise on Monday to surrender.
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Former militia leaders and residents in northern Afghanistan have been stockpiling weapons in violation of disarmament laws.
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The last two main militia groups in Congo's most troubled province agreed to disarm in exchange for amnesty and army positions, officials said Thursday as violence erupted in the capital reportedly killing seven people ahead of historic weekend elections.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Shiite militiamen loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr agreed Saturday to begin handing in weapons, a significant step toward restoring order in Baghdad's sprawling Sadr City slum as the interim government struggles to curb Iraq's more widespread Sunni insurgency.    In a sign of persistent Sunni unrest, clashes flared in several cities as the search continued for the body of British hostage Kenneth Bigley, who was decapitated by his abductors - reportedly after a failed escape attempt...
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US officials are giving a cautious welcome to reports that radical Iraqi Shi&#39;ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr will end his rebellion in Najaf. The militia leader pledged to disarm in a letter to the national political conference in Baghdad.
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The Iraqi government has given Shi&#39;ite militiamen five days to hand in weapons under a weekend peace agreement. National Security Adviser Kassim Daoud said the Iraqi interim government will commit more than
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Rebels, encouraged by their comrades on the airwaves, are surrendering in exchange for amnesty.
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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.