Tensions high in Baghdad as curfew lifted
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Baghdad authorities on Monday lifted a three-day curfew imposed on the city after the worst bombing since the U.S. invasion in 2003, but nerves were frayed on fears of a new wave of blood-letting.
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 30 -- The streets of Baghdad were mostly quiet Saturday, with the capital under total lockdown a day after U.S. troops arrested a bodyguard of a Sunni Arab political leader on suspicion of planning suicide bombings inside the fortified Green Zone.
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Military-run Myanmar on Saturday lifted a curfew in the main city Yangon that was imposed on the eve of the junta's deadly crackdown on pro-democracy protests, a local official told AFP.
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A curfew of 9 pm to 5 am was imposed on the Iraqi city of Mosul following yesterday&#39;s attack on a mess tent at the US military base there that killed at least 22 people, including 14
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Burma's military regime lifts the curfew that was imposed on Rangoon at the height of protests led by monks.
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BAGHDAD, Feb. 16 -- The  relative lull in violence is a promising sign that the Baghdad security plan is off to a good start, the Iraqi prime minister said yesterday, while a top U.S. military official cautioned that it might be a temporary letup as militant organizations assess the new measures and gear up to fight back....
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BAGHDAD, Aug. 29 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki declared an indefinite curfew in the holy city of Karbala today following vicious riots that left at least 49 people dead.
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Iraq ordered a limited curfew in Baghdad on Saturday ahead of a Shi'ite pilgrimage, but the measure fell short of a ban on cars and trucks imposed at other religious ceremonies to reduce the risk of bombs.
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Iraqis slowly began returning to the streets of Baghdad when a curfew was lifted on Sunday, four days after the bombing of a revered Shi'ite Muslim mosque to the south sparked fears of reprisal sectarian attacks.
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Government forces fanned out across Baghdad, setting up checkpoints and frisking motorists in a major security operation to crackdown on violence in the capital. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki promised the crackdown would not target any ethnic or sectarian group.
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BAGHDAD -- Officials imposed curfews, Iraqis hunkered down in their homes, and a top US commander admitted to a "sinking feeling" yesterday after bombs once again struck a Shi'ite Muslim mosque partially destroyed in an attack last year.
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Authorities cracking down on violence in southern Nigeria&#39;s oil capital Port Harcourt have extended for the second time a curfew in the city.
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Iraq's government shut down the capital with a one-day curfew on Saturday, ordering all cars and pedestrians off the streets, but giving no reason for the measure.
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Nightly curfews are planned and TV ads are now encouraging Iraqis to assert their rights on Sunday.
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Iraq was on the brink of a renewed outbreak of nationwide violence last night after United States forces and militiamen fought bloody engagements across Baghdad&#39;s slum district of Sadr City.
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Hundreds of soldiers patrolled the streets of Kathmandu today after the government lifted a curfew imposed after deadly anti-Muslim riots erupted last week in Nepalâs capital.
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Myanmar's military junta lifted a curfew  in the country's main city Yangon on Saturday which was imposed  last month after mass protests that prompted a crackdown.