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Iraq’s Sadr orders
halt
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NAJAF, Iraq: Radical Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr
ordered his dreaded Shiite militia on Wednesday to stop attacks on
US-led forces as part of a six-month suspension of the militant
group’s activities.
The order came after fierce
firefights left at least 52 people dead in the Shiite shrine city of
Karbala on Tuesday in violence witnesses said involved policemen and
suspected fighters from Sadr’s Mahdi Army militia.
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US welcomes
Sadr’s freeze on militia activities
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BAGHDAD: The US military
cautiously welcomed on Thursday radical Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada
al-Sadr’s freeze on militia activities, including a halt to
attacks on US-led forces.
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UN Security
Council urged to meet on Myanmar
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WASHINGTON: US lawmakers called
on President George W. Bush’s administration on Wednesday to
demand an urgent UN Security Council meeting on the Myanmar military
junta’s crackdown on dissent.
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Malaysia—key
dates since independence day in 1957
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia marks 50
years of nationhood on Friday. Here are some key events since
independence from Britain in 1957:
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Britain unveils
statue of Nelson Mandela
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LONDON: Former South African
president Nelson Mandela was given a hero’s welcome as a statue of
him was unveiled Wednesday opposite the Houses of Parliament in
London.
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