Red Mosque operation 'nears end'
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An operation to flush out militants from Islamabad's Red Mosque is in its final stages, Pakistan's army says.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - The fate of a radical Shi&#39;ite rebellion in the holy city of Najaf was uncertain on Friday amid disputed reports that Iraqi police had gained control of the Imam Ali Mosque.
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Security forces storm radical mosque in Islamabad  in an effort to end bloody week-long siege.
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Pakistani Muslim clerics said on  Monday they were making a last-ditch bid to avert an assault on  militants holed up in a mosque after authorities issued what  they said was a last warning for them to surrender.
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President Musharraf says security forces should halt operations at Islamabad's Red Mosque to let women leave.
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After more than two years of battling remnants of al Qaeda and the Taliban, Pakistan&#39;s government announced late Friday it will end its military operation in the tense tribal region of South Waziristan.
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Iraq&#39;s Defense Minister Tuesday issued an ultimatum to followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr holding the Imam Ali Mosque -- get out or be wiped out.
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MINA, Saudi Arabia  - Saudi police went on high alert on Friday as millions of Muslims rushed to complete one of the last rituals of the annual haj pilgrimage, testing to the limits the new crowd control arrangements at an accident spot on the haj itinerary.
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The last bloody exercise in the &quot;mosque-centered&quot; Sunni-Shiite conflict in Pakistan occurred yesterday during Friday prayer.
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NAJAF, Iraq - Militants filed out of the Imam Ali Shrine, closed the doors behind them and turned over the keys to Iraq's top Shiite cleric Friday, symbolizing their acceptance of a peace deal to end three weeks of devastating fighting in this holy city.    By Friday afternoon, dozens of Iraqi police and national guardsmen surrounded the shrine compound - many kissing its doors and weeping - as the government began to re-establish control over the Old City of Najaf...
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JERUSALEM : Israel scaled back its vast operation in northern Gaza despite the deaths of four more Palestinians as tens of thousands of Muslims joined the first Friday prayers of Ramadan at Jerusalem&#39;s Al Aqsa mosque.
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Pakistani troops Wednesday battled to flush out militants making a last stand inside Islamabad&#39;s Red Mosque after fighting that left at least 62 people dead, amid fears the toll could rise dramatically.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 9 -- After saying for days that it would not negotiate with the radical cleric at the center of the Red Mosque siege, President Pervez Musharraf's government on Monday night sent a high-level delegation to the mosque's front gate for talks.
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More than 100 radical Islamic students holed up at an Islamabad mosque compound surrendered Wednesday morning, winding down an intense standoff between militants and government forces, a government source told CNN.
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NAJAF, Iraq - The handover of the Najaf shrine from Moqtada Sadrâs militiamen to the Shia religious leadership has been suspended until further notice, a spokesman for the radical leader said on Sunday.
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Pakistan's army says it has cleared a mosque in Islamabad of militants, a day after troops stormed the complex.
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NAJAF, Iraq - Prime Minister Ayad Allawi issued a "final call" Thursday to Shiite insurgents to disarm and withdraw from a revered shrine after his government threatened a massive onslaught by Iraqi forces. As a peace deal for Najaf unraveled, militants bombarded a police station with mortar rounds, killing seven police and injuring 31 others...