Mortars Mark Opening of Iraqi Political Conference
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Insurgents fired mortars at a meeting  where Iraqi leaders met to pick an interim national assembly  Sunday, killing at least two people in a grim reminder of the  country's tortured path toward democracy.
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BAGHDAD -- More than 1,100 Iraqis convened yesterday for the start of a conference aimed at selecting a national assembly, a milestone in the country's transition to democracy, but the high-security meeting was roiled by a dispute over the use of military force to confront militiamen loyal to a rebellious Shi'ite Muslim cleric.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt : An international conference on the future of Iraq opened for two days of talks that will bring the United States to the same table as some of its fiercest anti-war critics.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraq's interim legislature convened yesterday for the first time, walled off behind US tanks as mortar rounds hit close to its meeting place.
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Iraq's first open election in decades is hailed by Iraqi officials and other leaders, despite a spate of attacks.
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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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More than 1,100 Iraqis convened for the start of a conference aimed at selecting a national assembly, but the meeting was roiled by a dispute over the use of military force to confront militiamen loyal to Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr.
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Pro-Western Gulf Arab states meeting for a summit in Bahrain hope that Iraq's elections will produce a broad-based government, their host said Monday.
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A regional conference in Baghdad on Saturday aims to rally support behind the Iraqi government and map out ways to cooperate in easing the country's bloody conflict. But the participants are coming in with starkly different agendas. The session gathers diplomats from Iraq's Arab neighbors as well as Iran, Turkey, the United States and the four other permanent members of the U.N. Security Council.
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The interim Iraqi national assembly convened for the first time today as Iraq took a small and tentative step toward representative government.
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Talks aimed at curbing bloodshed are under way attended by representatives of various groups in Iraq.
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The conference promoted the legitimacy of Iraq's government and got Iran and US talking.
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The 25th summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) kicked off here Monday to focus on its economic integration and regional security issues including the Iraqi situation.
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NAJAF, Iraq - U.S. tanks and troops rolled back into the center of Najaf and battled with Shiite militants Sunday, reigniting violence in the holy city just as delegates in Baghdad opened a conference meant to be a landmark in the country's movement toward democracy...
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Loud explosions echoed through the Iraqi capital Tuesday morning as a number of mortar rounds landed near government offices, the Interior Ministry and witnesses said. There was no immediate word on casualties.
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KERBALA, Iraq  - Mortars killed eight people as   hundreds of thousands of pilgrims converged on an Iraqi holy   city on Friday for a religious festival where Shi'ite leaders   renewed demands for sweeping new powers in their region.
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Iraq&#39;s interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi joined the race for Iraq&#39;s Jan. 30 elections at a Wednesday news conference meant to highlight his appeal to Iraq&#39;s diverse and sometimes fractious ethnic and religious groups.