Sistani unveils electoral alliance, Sadr not on list
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Iraq&#39;s Shiite Muslims led by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on Thursday unveiled a broadly based electoral alliance which excludes radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.
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BAGHDAD -- Under the guidance of Iraq's most powerful Shi'ite cleric, Shi'ite parties presented a list yesterday of 228 candidates for next month's elections. Minority Sunni Arabs, who had been favored under Saddam Hussein, must decide whether to join the race or renounce a vote that will help determine the country's future.
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The candidate list endorsed by Iraq's top Shiite cleric is likely to emerge as the dominant political group in Sunday's election. But his followers said Monday they aren't looking to create a cleric-led Islamic state, and expectations are they won't be strong enough to govern on their own.
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NAJAF, Iraq - Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr accepted a peace plan Wednesday that would disarm his militia and remove them from their hideout in a revered shrine, raising hopes of resolving a crisis that has angered many of Iraq's majority Shiites and threatened to undermine the fledgling interim government.    But al-Sadr has made contradictory statements in the past, and aides to the cleric said he still wanted to negotiate details of the deal to end two weeks of fighting between his forces and U.S.-led troops...
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Spokesman for radical cleric says Sadr is making plans to join Iraq&#39;s nascent political process, and those plans will become known in coming days.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - A radical Shi&#39;ite cleric and Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister made gestures on Friday to defuse a two-week uprising in Najaf, after ferocious US air strikes and heavy fighting killed at least 77 people.
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Ieri un rappresentante di Ali Al-Sistani , leader religioso degli Sciiti iracheni ha affermato a Najaf che il leader della fazione antiamericana degli Sciiti Sadr ha consegnato ufficialmente a Sistani il controllo della Moschea Ali, luogo sacro della
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Backed by Iraq&#39;s Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the political coalition of 228 candidates is expected to sweep next month&#39;s elections.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraq's future political landscape began taking shape yesterday, as a coalition led by powerful Shi'ite Muslim groups revealed a few of its candidates in next month's parliamentary election. They include former exiles, a prominent cleric, and members of the interim government.
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Iraq&#39;s leading Shiite political groups formally announced today that they had formed an alliance to run in the national elections set for late January, saying their
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Several major political parties are in talks to form a coalition to break the influence of the radical Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr, Iraqi officials say.
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Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's political movement has no immediate plan to bring down Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government despite pulling out of his ruling Shi'ite Alliance, a spokesman said on Sunday.
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BAGHDAD, Nov. 27 -- Iraq's Shiite Muslim parties and the religious leadership headed by Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani on Saturday rejected a demand by other communities for a delay in nationwide elections scheduled for Jan. 30, in an escalating dispute that magnifies the country's ethnic and sectarian fault lines.
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The most powerful Shia parties in Iraq unveiled an electoral pact yesterday under which the majority of Shia leaders would stand together during the election set for 30 January.
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The most senior Shia cleric in Iraq, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, has called for general elections in the country to go ahead as planned.
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A top member of the Shia alliance that won the Iraqi election calls for national unity to build a new state.
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Iraq&#39;s majority Shiite Muslims have announced a broadly-based alliance ahead of next month&#39;s key elections, which is backed by their highest religious leader but excludes radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.