5 Muslim nations call for end to fighting
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Five Muslim countries denounced Israel's offensive in Lebanon on Friday, calling for an immediate halt to the hostilities.
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The leaders of Britain and Pakistan have agreed the world can not defeat terrorism by force alone. Both countries have called for quick action to remove the root causes of terrorism, such as poverty and political grievances.
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Palestinian factions on the brink of civil war gathered yesterday in Mecca, Islam's holiest city, in a last-ditch effort to end their bloody conflict. The Saudi-led push is key to any future peace talks with Israel -- and to Arab efforts to blunt Iran's growing power.
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NAJAF, Iraq - Rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr today urged his fighters to lay down their arms and leave Najaf and neighboring Kufa. The call came after Iraq&#39;s top Shiite cleric made a dramatic return to this
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UBON RATCHATHANI, Thailand  - Thai Muslims who  have studied Islam abroad are behind the spate of violence in  the far south which has claimed almost 500 lives since January,  Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Tuesday.
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RAMALLAH: Prominent Palestinian figures appealed yesterday for an end to violence, adding weight to the election campaign of moderate Mahmoud Abbas to succeed Yasser Arafat and launch peace talks with Israel.
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The European Union and the United  Nations urged Kenya's feuding politicians on Saturday to agree  a peaceful, democratic end to a violent political crisis that  has killed 500 people since a disputed December 27 election.
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Al-Qaida's deputy leader called on Muslims around the world to back Hamas with weapons, money and attacks on U.S. and Israeli interests in a Web audiotape Monday, urging the Palestinian militant group to unite with al-Qaida's "holy warriors" after its takeover of Gaza.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq Aug. 30, 2004 - Rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called for his followers across Iraq to end fighting against US and Iraqi forces and is considering joining the political process, an al-Sadr aide said Monday.
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The US and others countries back a call for early elections to end violence between Palestinian rivals.
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Iraqi officials Tuesday appealed to  neighboring countries to do more to stop the cross-border  activities of rebels whose relentless attacks have cast doubt  on whether Jan. 30 elections can be held on time.
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Foreign ministers from seven key Muslim states gathered in the Pakistani capital for talks on a new Islamic initiative to end the turmoil in the Middle East.
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf called on leading Western countries on Wednesday to rapidly resolve some longstanding disputes affecting Muslims, including the
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UNITED NATIONS -- President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan asserted yesterday that the fight against terrorists is being won, but that the &quot;ultimate war&quot; will be lost if the world's major powers don't work to resolve injustice in the Muslim world.
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Developing nations on Tuesday urged the United States and other powerful countries to consult them on tackling terror and resolving the Middle East conflict.
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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia, the world&#39;s most populous Muslim nation, on Monday called on all religions to rise up against terrorism and show that faith could be a force for peace.
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The United States urged Sudan's  Islamist rulers on Saturday to curb Arab militia attacks in  Darfur and said peace efforts in the turbulent west should draw  strength from an imminent end to a civil war in the south.