Iraq PM extends weapons amnesty
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Iraq's prime minister says an arms-for-cash scheme that started in Baghdad last week will be extended to other parts of Iraq.
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BAGHDAD, 19 October 2004 - Buoyed by the apparent success of a Baghdad arms-for-cash program, Iraqâs interim government yesterday announced plans to extend it to all of the country ahead of scheduled January elections.
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TOKYO - Japan&#39;s cabinet decided Thursday to extend the country&#39;s deployment of non-combat troops in Iraq by one more year.
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Iraq&#39;s interim government will declare a nationwide arms amnesty next week, but insists the city of Falluja must turn in foreign militants or face assault, National Security Adviser Kassim Daoud said Monday.
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The United States welcomed on Thursday Japan&#39;s decision to extend the deployment of its forces in Iraq for an additional 12 months.
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Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said Monday that an exchange of weapons for cash would be extended across the country in an effort to disarm Shiite militiamen and
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TOKYO The cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi decided Thursday to extend the mission of Japanese troops in Iraq despite the growing opposition of voters, political opponents and members of his own party.
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Iraq's interim government extends a month-long ban on the Arabic TV news channel, al-Jazeera.
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Prime Minister Ayad Allawi of Iraq said today that a weapons-for-cash program in Baghdad would be expanded nationwide.
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BAGHDAD -- Prime Minister Ayad Allawi publicly acknowledged for the first time yesterday that parts of Iraq probably won't be safe enough for people to vote in the Jan. 30 elections, and he announced plans to boost the size of the country's army from 100,000 to 150,000 men by year's end.
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Iraq's government said on Tuesday it had closed its borders with Syria and Iran, and extended the hours of a night curfew in Baghdad under a U.S.-backed security plan to rein in violence in the capital.
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The Iraqi government will present a national reconciliation plan to parliament Sunday that would grant some insurgents amnesty and ask for approval of a series of steps for Iraqis to take over security from U.S. troops, according to a key politician and a draft of the document.
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A nationwide arms amnesty will be held in Iraq, to be announced next week, according to reports. National security adviser Kassin Daoud told Reuters that the move is aimed at stemming the flow of arms to the
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Iraq may modify plans for its first free election to give people more time to vote next month, officials said Wednesday as suicide bombers and gunmen again struck Sunni Muslim towns north and west of the capital.
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Iraq Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has extended for 30 days emergency laws that give his government special powers to crack down on insurgents, the government said in a statement on Thursday.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq, Oct. 17 - A government plan to disarm Iraq&#39;s biggest Shiite militia here has brought in enough weaponry in its first week that Iraqi officials extended the program on Sunday and said that it might be spread to other cities.
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Iraq will shut its borders with Iran and Syria for 72 hours and extend the hours of a nightly curfew in Baghdad as part of a U.S.- backed plan to rein in unrelenting violence, an official said on Tuesday.