Al-Sadr bows to ayatollah
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Aides to the country&#39;s most powerful Shiite leader said they had reached a tentative agreement Thursday to end the three-week siege in this holy Shiite city, following a day
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The Iraqi Shia cleric, Moqtada Sadr, announces the "rebuilding" of his Mehdi Army militia.
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr signaled that he would accept a plea from Iraqi leaders to dissolve his militia and vacate the sacred Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, but he asked for further ...
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The Iraqi government tonight accepted a peace deal brokered by Iraqâs top Shiite cleric to end weeks of devastating violence in the holy city of Najaf, State Minister Qassim Dawoud said.
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All sides can claim partial victory in the Najaf crisis' resolution. Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, has proven his power by securing a peace deal, and renegade Muqtada al-Sadr has escaped with his militia movement intact.
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Iraqi delegates to a conference choosing a national assembly said Wednesday that radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr had agreed to demands to end an uprising in the holy city of Najaf.
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NAJAF, Iraq : Rebel cleric Moqtada Sadr bowed Thursday to demands laid down by Iraq&#39;s Shiite spiritual leader to end the conflict in Najaf, as 74 people were killed in a mortar attack and shooting in nearby Kufa.
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US officials are giving a cautious welcome to reports that radical Iraqi Shi&#39;ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr will end his rebellion in Najaf. The militia leader pledged to disarm in a letter to the national political conference in Baghdad.
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Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr reportedly agrees to end an uprising in the holy Iraqi city of Najaf.
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Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has accepted a peace plan drafted by the Iraqi National Conference, which would include laying down arms and withdrawing his militia from a holy shrine in the city of Najaf, a delegate told the conference Wednesday.
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Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr appeared in public for the first time in months on Friday
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Rebel Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr will remain a free man after he agreed a peace deal to end an uprising in the holy city of Najaf, Minister of State Kasim Daoud told a news conference early Friday.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Iraq's most revered Shi'ite  religious authority has agreed a "very positive" deal with  rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to end a three-week uprising by  Sadr's militiamen in the holy city of Najaf, police said  Thursday.
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Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani resumed control over the Imam Ali shrine Friday while a final handful of militiamen loyal to a rebel Shiite cleric exited the compound after a deadly
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Shiite militiamen loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr agreed Saturday to begin handing in weapons, a significant step toward restoring order in Baghdad&#39;s sprawling Sadr
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Iraq&#39;s most revered Shiite religious authority has agreed Thursday a &quot;very positive&quot; deal with rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to end a three-week uprising in the holy city of Najaf, as tensions were inflamed by attacks on Shiite marchers that killed at
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NAJAF, Iraq - Militiamen loyal to rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Friday removed weapons from the revered Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf in a step aimed at ending the 2-week-old uprising centered on the holy site.    Iraq's highest Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani, agreed to take control of the shrine, which al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia turned into a stronghold and refuge during their fight with U.S...