Iraqi Shi&#39;ite leader escapes bomb
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hours before the most prominent Sunni party withdrew from the historic poll. party set up in exile in Iran to oppose
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BAGHDAD -- Iraq's Shi'ite vice president narrowly escaped assassination yesterday as a blast ripped through a government meeting hall just hours after it was searched by US teams with bomb-sniffing dogs. At least 10 people were killed.
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Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, whose supporters had allegedly made Fallujah their base, and a militant cleric who was one of his top aides have escaped the US-led offensive on the city, Iraq&#39;s secretary of state for national security, Qassem Daoud, has said.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Rebel Shi'ite fighters appeared  still to be in control of the Imam Ali mosque in the Iraqi city  of Najaf, but the whereabouts of their leader, the fiery cleric  Moqtada al-Sadr, were unknown on Saturday.
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A bomb near a Shi&#39;ite shrine has killed eight people and a fierce attack on Iran by a minister fuelled fears of sectarian strife as campaigning began for Iraq&#39;s first election since Saddam Hussein&#39;s fall.
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26 August 2004 -- Iraq&#39;s top Shi&#39;ite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, arrived in the city of Al-Najaf today in a bid to end a weeks-long conflict between US forces and militiamen loyal to Shi&#39;ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
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BAGHDAD - A deadly bomb blast in the holy Shiite city of Karbala and furious criticism of Shiite politicians by Iraq&#39;s defense minister cast a pall over the official launch Wednesday of Iraq&#39;s election campaign, threatening to inflame sectarian tension
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A suicide car bomber hit one of Iraq's  biggest Shi'ite Muslim parties running in elections next month,  killing nine people but missing its leader, hours before the  most prominent Sunni party withdrew from the historic poll.
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Description: NPR&#39;s Lourdes Garcia-Navarro reports from Baghdad about the latest developments in Iraq -- including a suicide bombing at the home of a top Shiite political leader.
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Iraq&#39;s Shi&#39;a spiritual leader rushed back from abroad on Wednesday to &quot;save Najaf&quot; after American forces smashed militia defences to trap hundreds of supporters of rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the city&#39;s shrine.
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A suicide bomber detonated his car Monday at the gate to the home of the leader of Iraq&#39;s biggest political party, killing and wounding several of the guards but leaving the cleric unharmed, his spokesman said.
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The surprise return to Iraq of Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the country&#39;s most powerful religious leader, may help him win back support eroded by a radical Shi&#39;ite uprising.
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BAGHDAD - As top Shi'ite and Sunni Muslim leaders broke their Ramadan fast together in a symbolic show of unity yesterday, a suicide bomber struck in their midst, killing as many as 25 people and injuring 40 in Baqubah.
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KERBALA, Iraq  - A bomb exploded near the office  of a senior Shi'ite cleric in the Iraqi holy city of Kerbala on  Wednesday, killing eight people and wounding 32 in a failed  attempt on the cleric's life, officials said.
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A car bomb exploded outside the Baghdad offices of one of Iraq &#39;s leading Shi&#39;ite Muslim political parties on Monday, killing and wounding several people, party officials and witnesses said.
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Radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is in Iraq and has not left for Iran, his aides said on Wednesday, after American officials suggested he may have departed to avoid an offensive against militants.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai&#39;s running mate in Saturday&#39;s presidential election escaped unhurt when a bomb exploded near his convoy in the northern city of Faizabad.