Iraq&#39;s Government in Talks with Sunni, Shi&#39;ite Leaders
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Iraq&#39;s interim government is engaged in cease-fire talks with Sunni and Shi&#39;ite leaders in an effort to restore calm to violent parts of Iraq before January&#39;s scheduled election.
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Iraq's Sunni vice president held a rare meeting Thursday with the country's top shi'ite cleric to seek support for a 25-point blueprint for political reform
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Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani met the country's Sunni vice president on Thursday for the first time to discuss a new initiative aimed at uniting feuding politicians.
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Description: After two months of negotiations, a major Iraqi electoral alliance forms, dominated by the country&#39;s main Shiite political parties.
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Shi&#39;a tribal leaders in Baghdad&#39;s Al-Sadr City district met today with Iraqi police and US Army officials for talks on how to restore calm amid almost daily clashes that have killed and injured many people.
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U.S. and Iranian envoys will hold talks in Baghdad on Tuesday to discuss Iraq's security woes, following up on a landmark meeting in May, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Sunday.
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US military officials and representatives of rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr held talks Sunday aimed at reducing violence in the restive
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Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi met Iraqi Sunni tribal leaders in neighboring Jordan, trying to drum up support for the election, seen as vital for building a democratic government in Iraq.
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BAGHDAD, Aug 29  - The Iraqi government and the office of Shiite Muslim radical leader Moqtada Sadr held talks Sunday to try to end continued fighting in his militia&#39;s Baghdad stronghold of Sadr City.
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In talks with some groups, the US aims to convince Shiite militias that political reconciliation, not violence, is the way forward.
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Several of IraqÂs major political parties are in talks to form a coalition whose aim is to break the influence of the radical Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr, Iraqi officials say.
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The United States is talking to Iraqi leaders about ways to guarantee minority Sunni Muslims a minimum level of top posts in Iraq&#39;s future government, The New York Times reported on Sunday.
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The Bush administration is talking to Iraqi leaders about guaranteeing Sunni Arabs a certain number of ministries or high-level jobs in the future Iraqi government
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The meeting is a possible sign that the United States is exploring new options in Iraq.
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A Shi&#39;ite militia disarmament plan that could end weeks of fighting in Baghdad got off to a slow start on Monday as Iraq&#39;s interim government pursued peace talks with the rebel-held Sunni Muslim city of Falluja.
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BAGHDAD - An Iraqi government-backed delegation and leaders from the rebel city of Falujah are holding crunch talks that are set to deliver imminent results, officials said on Saturday.
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The Bush administration is deliberating whether to abandon U.S. reconciliation efforts with Sunni insurgents and instead give priority to Shiites and Kurds, who won elections and now dominate the government, according to U.S. officials.