Iraq Rebels Leave Najaf Shrine, Hand in Weapons
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Shi'ite fighters left the holiest  shrine in the Iraqi city of Najaf Friday and began turning in  their weapons, after tens of thousands of pilgrims celebrated a  peace agreement that ended a bloody rebellion.
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Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani resumed control over the Imam Ali shrine Friday while a final handful of militiamen loyal to a rebel Shiite cleric exited the compound after a deadly
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Shi'ite fighters appeared to be in  control of a holy shrine in Najaf on Friday hours after Iraq's  interim government said it had overcome a bloody uprising by  seizing the Imam Ali mosque without a shot being fired.
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NAJAF, Iraq - Militants loyal to firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said Saturday that they had handed over the keys to a revered Muslim shrine in the holy city of Najaf to top Shiite religious leaders, a move that marks a crucial step toward ending two weeks of fighting.    The militants, however, remain in control of the Imam Ali Shrine while final details of the transfer are worked out, said al-Sadr aide Ahmed al-Shaibany...
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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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NAJAF, Iraq - Militiamen loyal to rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr removed weapons from the revered Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf but remained in control of the holy site Friday amid efforts to end their 2-week-old uprising.    Fighters from al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia were inside the shrine but left their guns outside...
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NAJAF, Iraq - Militants loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr kept their hold on a revered shrine, and clashes flared in Najaf on Saturday, raising fears that a resolution to the crisis in the holy city could collapse amid bickering between Shiite leaders.    An unofficial mediator pleaded with al-Sadr to disarm his militants, pull them out of the shrine and disband his militia immediately...
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Militants filed out of the Imam Ali Shrine, closed the doors behind them and turned over the keys to Iraq&#39;s top Shiite cleric Friday, symbolizing their acceptance of a peace deal to end three weeks of devastating fighting in this holy
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Militants filed out of the Imam Ali Mosque, 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 fighting ...
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NAJAF, Iraq - Militants loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr kept their hold on a revered shrine as clashes flared in Najaf on Sunday, raising fears a resolution to the crisis in the holy city could collapse amid bickering between Shiite leaders.    An unofficial mediator and distant relative of the cleric pleaded with al-Sadr to disarm his militants, pull them out of the shrine and disband his militia immediately...
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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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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.
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Radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr accepted a peace plan yesterday that calls for his militiamen to disarm and leave their hideout in a revered Shiite shrine, raising hopes of ending a battle that has threatened to undermine Iraq&#39;s interim government.
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FIGHTERS loyal to firebrand Shi&#39;ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr have been allowed to keep weapons such as AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenade launchers as part of secret provisions in a deal that ended the 22-day siege of the holy city of Najaf.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Walking past pockmarked buildings  and spent ammunition, thousands of Iraqi Shi'ites marched to  Najaf's sacred Imam Ali shrine Friday after a peace deal was  reached overnight to end an uprising.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Iraq warned Shi'ite rebels besieged  in a holy shrine in the city of Najaf to surrender or face an  attack later on Tuesday that would "wipe them out," as  government forces entered the battle zone for the first time.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Radical Shi&#39;ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has agreed to disarm his Iraqi militia and leave a holy shrine but only after a truce with encircling US marines.