Iraq&#39;s Sadr Declines to Meet Najaf Peace Delegation
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Iraq&#39;s radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr refused on Tuesday to meet a delegation of Iraqi political and religious leaders who want him to call off his uprising in the holy city of Najaf and other areas.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Fighters loyal to Iraqi cleric  Moqtada al-Sadr clashed with U.S. troops in Najaf on Saturday  after talks with religious authorities to end a siege at the  city's holiest shrine ran into difficulties.
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An Iranian-based cleric who had been the former spiritual guide of radical anti-U.S. Iraqi Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr has distanced himself from his former pupil's actions, his Web site said Sunday.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Fighters loyal to Iraqi cleric  Moqtada al-Sadr clashed sporadically with U.S. troops in Najaf  Saturday after talks with religious authorities to end a siege  at the city's holiest shrine ran into difficulties.
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The decision was made today after the rebel cleric Moktada al-Sadr refused to meet with its first peace team on Tuesday.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq  Iraq&#39;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 ...
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Fears of heavier fighting in Najaf grew on Wednesday after an Iraqi peace delegation failed to defuse a confrontation between US troops and militiamen holed up in a revered shrine in the city.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - A national political conference&#39;s bid to end the fighting in the Shiite Muslim holy city of Najaf appeared to have failed Tuesday.
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A senior Iraqi Shiite leader who is meeting President Bush next week on Saturday rejected a suggestion by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to hold an international conference on Iraq.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq  _ A delegation of Iraqis meant to help negotiate an end to an uprising in Najaf was forced to delay its mission Tuesday when it could not get a military escort for the dangerous journey to meet the radical cleric at the center of the ...
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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.
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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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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The State Department is reacting with caution to reports of a radical Shiite cleric&#39;s acceptance of a peace plan for Najaf.
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NAJAF, Iraq : Militiamen loyal to Moqtada Sadr were still holding Najaf&#39;s Imam Ali mosque Sunday, as smouldering violence and differences between Shiite leaders threatened to scupper efforts to end a weeks-long stand-off.
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Amid intermittent clashes in Najaf, talks to end a standoff between US-led forces and militiaman loyal to Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr appear to stall.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Talks to end fighting between U.S. forces and Shiite militants in the Baghdad slum of Sadr City have stalled, with the government refusing militant demands for American troops to keep out of the troubled district, negotiators for the militants said Wednesday...
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Fears of heavier fighting in Najaf grew on Wednesday after an Iraqi peace delegation failed to defuse a confrontation between U.S. troops and militiamen holed up in a revered shrine in the city.