Iraqi PM says his govt stopped civil war
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Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday his government had stopped Iraq sliding into civil war and pledged his commitment to reconciling the country's majority Shi'ites and Sunni Arabs.
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Iraq's prime minister announced a broad plan to halt militia killings on Monday, as mass kidnaps by men in uniform and dozens of tortured bodies found in Baghdad fueled fears of all-out sectarian civil war.
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Iraq has closed its borders with Iran and Syria as part of a security crackdown aimed at stopping foreign fighters and weapons entering the country, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said on Thursday.
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Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister, Ayad Allawi, yesterday contradicted Tony Blair&#39;s claim that there was a new conflict inside Iraq and dismissed fears of a civil war.
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The Iraqi government tonight accepted a peace deal brokered by Iraqâs top Shiite cleric to end weeks of devastating violence in the holy city of Najaf, State Minister Qassim Dawoud said.
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Iraq&#39;s interim government has declared a 60-day state of emergency across the country, except for the Kurdish north. The move was announced by a spokesman for interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Iraq&#39;s interim government said it had defused a Shi&#39;ite rebellion in Najaf on Friday without a shot being fired, but rebel militiamen denied police had seized the city&#39;s sacred Imam Ali Mosque from their control.
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Iraq's Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki defended his government's record on Sunday and urged neighboring countries to work together to stop what he called "evil" from destabilizing the region.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki made an urgent plea on Sunday to the rival sectarian factions in his government to end disputes that he said were behind the bloodshed and crisis of recent days.
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Baghdad - Iraq&#39;s interim government on Wednesday hailed radical Shi&#39;a cleric Moqtada al-Sadr&#39;s decision to call a nationwide ceasefire and join the political arena.
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Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Sunday responded to critics in the U.S. Congress, saying his government had kept Iraq from sliding into sectarian civil war.
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The interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi insisted that Iraq's looming elections would put an end to the country's bloody violence.
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Improved security in Baghdad has pulled Iraq back from the brink of all-out civil war but security forces must not relax in the battle against threats such as al Qaeda, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Friday.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi says there are new military plans to defeat the insurgency gripping Iraqi cities, and he says his government will hold elections in January as scheduled.
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Civil war has been averted in Iraq and Iranian intervention there has "ceased to exist," Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said yesterday.
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Shia, Sunni and Kurdish leaders sign a deal aimed at curbing sectarian violence, Iraq's prime minister says.
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Iraq's prime minister said Thursday that efforts to improve security in his country include plans to disband all militias and stop the flow of militants across the border.