Sadr refuses to meet with peace delegation
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NAJAF, Iraq -- Radical Shi&#39;ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr refused yesterday to meet with a delegation of Iraqi political figures that had rushed here from Baghdad with a last-ditch offer for peace, ...
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Threats from insurgents delayed a trip  by Iraqi political and religious leaders to the holy city of  Najaf on Tuesday to try and persuade a radical Shi'ite cleric  to end a rebellion that has killed hundreds.
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New truce talks suggest that the political cost of a U.S. military victory over Sadr may have been prohibitive
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Peace has failed to bring reconciliation in Najaf, a city considered significant to Shi&#39;ite Muslims and where self-declared holy warriors battled US forces last month.
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The top Iranian official attending a regional conference on Iraq said on Saturday he had no one-to-one talks with U.S. officials but he did call for a withdrawal of U.S. forces and rejected charges of interference.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Heavy fighting broke out between  U.S. troops and Shi'ite militiamen in the Iraqi city of Najaf  on Wednesday after a peace delegation failed to broker a truce  to end nearly two weeks of clashes.
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Loyalists of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr remained in control of the gold-domed Imam Ali shrine on Saturday after failing to reach an agreement
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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, as a delegation returned to Baghdad early today without having met with rebel cleric ...
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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 standoff in the holy city.    It was an embarrassing turn of events for Iraqi leaders seeking a political victory to give them credibility as they try to chart the country's new course and end the fighting in Najaf - their worst crisis since taking power in the end of June...
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The chief spokesman for rebel Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said on Wednesday no deal had been agreed with Iraq&#39;s government to end fighting in Baghdad&#39;s Shi&#39;ite slum district of Sadr City.
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Radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr avoids meeting with the council, though he claims to support their effort to end the fighting in the Shiite holy city.
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Officials linked to Muqtada al-Sadr denied Wednesday that the radical Shiite cleric had fled to Iran ahead of a security crackdown in Baghdad.
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The Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr remained in control of a holy shrine here on Saturday in defiance of the Iraqi government, even as his aides said they were making
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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 seeking to end a rebellion in the holy city of Najaf and other parts of the country.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Iraq'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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The Iraqi president, Jalal Talabani, rejected today calls for an international conference to reach a solution to the widening sectarian war in Iraq.
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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